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Warden & Boem (North)

Warden Ave & Boem Ave (North) · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Warden & Boem (North) is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Wexford/Maryvale. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
21,521
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 18, 2026
194 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · #776 busiest
Collisions
61
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1777 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1437 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,540 vehicles an hour, 1.33× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 111 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 6.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 105%, from 20 in 2016–2020 to 41 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 61 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Warden & Boem (North)

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
68546717 nearest 20 m
Express
968954
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Warden Ave at Boem Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dulverton Rd / Birchmount Rd 907 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (15)
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 471 m
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 563 m
  • St Kevin Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 866 m
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 904 m
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 9 more
Parks (6)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch1.2 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 87. The nearest is Shawarma Bros, 286 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 87 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shawarma Bros · 2038 Lawrence Ave E286 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 2044 Lawrence Ave E296 mPassed, Mar 2026
Aseer Time · 2062 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2062296 mPassed, Jul 2026
Farooj Abo Alabad · 2064 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2064297 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Potato Bar · 2068 Lawrence Ave E300 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Boustan · 2072 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-A2300 mPassed, Mar 2024
Narcos Tacos · 2072 Lawrence Ave E300 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Shelby's Shawarma · 2072 Lawrence Ave E302 mPassed, May 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No City washroom within 1 km.

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 79 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Citadel Child Care (369 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 79 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Scarborough Citadel Child Care · 2021 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    369 m
  • Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program · 4 Bucannan Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    470 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 1.6 km59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 2.5 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 2 km2430 Lawrence Ave E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 817 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2015 Lawrence Ave E (382 m, 158 units, 11 storeys, built 1994), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings6 · 817 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 6
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2015 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing15811199496 · Sep 20260382 m
1860 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing908197898 · Sep 20240743 m
2155 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Aldebrain Attendant Care Services of Toronto24311199392 · Nov 20251855 m
1236 Birchmount Rd · Homes First Property Management Inc.2201520231 · 2 fire893 m
1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.706196089 · Aug 202691 km
1790 Lawrence Ave E · Dixland Apartments Lts.365196297 · Oct 202501 km

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots418 lots · ≈65,100 spaces · 195.3 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈1,710 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface500 m25 *

Nearest lots: 72 m away, ≈37 spaces; 191 m away, ≈36 spaces; 296 m away, ≈73 spaces; 304 m away, ≈476 spaces; 305 m away, ≈23 spaces; 305 m away, ≈20 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Aug 18, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 11,167 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 283 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,837 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:30 p.m., against 1,570 in the morning peak from 8:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north11,167southbound · 20 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the west352eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.9% heavy
Total vehicles21,521194 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east283westbound · 1 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south9,719northbound · 13 bikes · 6.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,570 vehicles from 8:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,837 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Aug 18, 2026

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Boem Ave between Ainsdale Rd and Compton Dr, 200 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2023 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 51 km/h or more. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Boem Ave · Ainsdale Rd – Compton Dr · 200 mMar 2023 · 3 days37937 km/h45 km/h51 km/h
Warden Ave · Hancock Cres – Lawrence Ave E · 399 mFeb 2016 · 7 days14,930

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 16 collisions. 15 collisions (25%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions61#1777 of 5,508
With an injury15#1227 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#3112 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2478 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201473latest Jun 11, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Nov 20, 2019.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1437 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Nov 20, 2019

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 9, 2018. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Warden & Boem (North) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1437 of 1,505), out of 61 reported collisions of any severity. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Warden & Boem (North)?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #776 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.33× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Warden & Boem (North)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Boem Ave between Ainsdale Rd and Compton Dr (March 2023), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Warden & Boem (North)?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (500 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 418 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 65,100 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Warden & Boem (North) by transit?

Bus routes 68, 54, 67, 17, 968, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Warden Ave at Boem Ave, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Warden & Boem (North)?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 87 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Shawarma Bros (286 m), Tim Hortons (296 m), Aseer Time (296 m), Farooj Abo Alabad (297 m) and Potato Bar (300 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Warden & Boem (North)?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 79 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Citadel Child Care (369 m, 49 spaces) and Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program (470 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Warden & Boem (North)?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 817 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2015 Lawrence Ave E (382 m, 158 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1860 Lawrence Ave E (743 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2155 Lawrence Ave E (855 m, 243 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 1236 Birchmount Rd (893 m, 220 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 94 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Warden & Boem (North)?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Warden & Boem (North) in?

Warden & Boem (North) is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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