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York Mills & Scarsdale

York Mills Rd & Scarsdale Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Banbury-Don Mills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

In Banbury-Don Mills, York Mills & Scarsdale is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
13,753
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2022
318 pedestrians · 34 cyclists
Collisions
443
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
29 with an injury · 298 property damage · #154 of 5,508 · +26 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #167 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings), Bike Lane - Buffered, Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,720 vehicles an hour, 1.49× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 43 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 44 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 14× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 24%, from 252 in 2016–2020 to 191 in 2021–2025. About one in 148 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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York Mills & Scarsdale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
951225111525 nearest 26 m
Express
995996925
Blue Night
395325
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — York Mills Rd at Scarsdale Rd; York Mills Rd at Scarsdale Rd West Side
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Scarsdale Rd installed 2013; Bike Lane - Buffered on York Mills Rd installed 2010; Multi-Use Trail on Don Mills Trail installed 2016
Bike Share
York Mills Rd / Lesmill Rd 488 m · 14 docks · 2 stations, 29 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 (28)
  • Central Montessori School - York MillsPrivate · 271 m
  • Hawthorn School For GirlsPrivate · 306 m
  • The Giles Elementary SchoolPrivate · 382 m
  • The Laurel SchoolPrivate · 650 m
  • Willowwood SchoolPrivate · 653 m
  • Brooklyn College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 663 m
  • and 22 more
Parks (15)
  • Kirkwood Park410 m
  • Mossgrove Park575 m
  • Longwood Park711 m
  • Southwell Park715 m
  • Don Mills Trail755 m
  • Ames Park787 m
  • and 9 more
Places of interest
  • Canadian Sculpture CentreGallery · 843 m
Signal
1866, activated 2000 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 18 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 84 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento, 33 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés18 within 300 m · 84 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bento · 808 York Mills Rd33 mPassed, Aug 2026
Booster Juice · 808 York Mills Rd Unit-34a33 mPassed, Mar 2026
Boustan · 808 York Mills Rd Unit-18b33 mPassed, Jun 2026
Coco · 808 York Mills Rd Unit-3133 mPassed, Jun 2026
D Spot Desserts · 808 York Mills Rd Unit-3733 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Fat Bastard Burrito Co. · 808 York Mills Rd33 mPassed, May 2026
Imperfect Fresh Eats · 808 York Mills Rd Unit-A01020a33 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Jersey Mike's Subs · 808 York Mills Rd33 mPassed, Jun 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

The nearest public washroom is Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom, 944 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom · 120 Bond Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    944 m

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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 697 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus (272 m, 319 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 697 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 10
  • Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus · 18 Coldwater Rd
    319 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    272 m
  • Hawthorn School Day Care · 101 Scarsdale Rd
    14 spaces · toddler, preschool
    306 m
  • The Giles School · 80 Scarsdale Rd
    13 spaces · toddler, preschool
    382 m
  • Miracle Montessori School Inc · 20 Upjohn Rd
    42 spaces · toddler, preschool
    524 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (654 m) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 123 · 1.2 km143 Bond Ave
Police33 Division · 654 m50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.7 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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

Six registered apartment buildings with 770 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 750 York Mills Rd (271 m, 137 units, 19 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 24 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings6 · 770 units
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202624 across the 6
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
750 York Mills Rd · Minto Properties Inc13719197095 · Aug 20267 · 6 fire271 m
755 York Mills Rd · M&r Property Management13818197096 · Aug 20261290 m
17 Farmstead Rd · Minto Properties Inc13619197094 · Aug 20266350 m
740 York Mills Rd · Minto Properties Inc13719197097 · Oct 20257 · 1 fire366 m
745 York Mills Rd · M&r Property Management13818197297 · Aug 20261377 m
44 Stubbs Dr · CAPREIT847197498 · Oct 202521 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 lots216 lots · ≈32,490 spaces · 97.5 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈6,850 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m

Nearest lots: 82 m away, ≈420 spaces; 85 m away, ≈924 spaces; 139 m away, ≈280 spaces; 168 m away, ≈103 spaces; 173 m away, ≈84 spaces; 190 m away, ≈22 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 — 8-hour, Dec 17, 2022 (a weekend day)

The east leg carries the load — 5,854 westbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 716. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,706 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 191% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (931). Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north1,685southbound · 0 bikes · 0.3% heavy
From the west5,498eastbound · 3 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,753318 pedestrians · 34 cyclists · 1.8% heavy
From the east5,854westbound · 19 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south716northbound · 12 bikes · 0.3% heavy
AM peak hour931 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,706 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 17, 2022 · weekend

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

The City's counter on Scarsdale Rd between Don Mills Trail and York Mills Rd (13 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 3,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Scarsdale Rd · Don Mills Trail – York Mills Rd · 13 mSep 2021 · 3 days3,59640 km/h47 km/h52 km/h
York Mills Rd · Leslie St – Scarsdale Rd · 104 mJun 2017 · 3 days18,006

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

2019 was the peak year (59 collisions), and 2025 closed with 43. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 127 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 26 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions443#154 of 5,508
With an injury29#543 of 4,660
Property damage only298
Fail to remain127
Involving a pedestrian10#253 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1453 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified116
Since January 2026 (outside the window)26
All since 2014586latest Jun 30, 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

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 2 pedestrians and 1 cyclist were among those hurt. 2 of the 3 happened in darkness — 67%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Dec 14, 2019.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#167 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian2#168 of 879
Involving a cyclist1#271 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness267% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20063latest Dec 14, 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

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 89% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 63% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle930street/outdoor (8), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft850commercial premises (5), street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 12, 2025. 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 Banbury-Don Mills.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is York Mills & Scarsdale a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#167 of 1,505), out of 443 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 York Mills & Scarsdale?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2022, 1.49× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at York Mills & Scarsdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Scarsdale Rd between Don Mills Trail and York Mills Rd (September 2021), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near York Mills & Scarsdale?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 216 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,490 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to York Mills & Scarsdale by transit?

Bus routes 95, 122, 51, 115, 25, 995, 996, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: York Mills Rd at Scarsdale Rd, 26 m).

What restaurants are near York Mills & Scarsdale?

18 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 84 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bento (33 m), Booster Juice (33 m), Boustan (33 m), Coco (33 m) and D Spot Desserts (33 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near York Mills & Scarsdale?

The nearest is Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom, 120 Bond Ave, 944 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near York Mills & Scarsdale?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 697 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus (272 m, 319 spaces), Hawthorn School Day Care (306 m, 14 spaces) and The Giles School (382 m, 13 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near York Mills & Scarsdale?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 770 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 750 York Mills Rd (271 m, 137 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 755 York Mills Rd (290 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 17 Farmstead Rd (350 m, 136 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 740 York Mills Rd (366 m, 137 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 96 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 York Mills & Scarsdale?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and eight 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 Banbury-Don Mills page.

What neighbourhood is York Mills & Scarsdale in?

York Mills & Scarsdale is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined