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Bayview & Steeles

Bayview Ave & Steeles Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Bayview & Steeles is a top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It sits in Toronto. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
56,216
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 28, 2025
314 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · #11 busiest
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1374 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 4,020 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 3.5× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 179 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13).

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Bayview & Steeles

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1153 nearest 69 m
Express
953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Bayview Ave at Steeles Ave East South Side; Steeles Ave East Loop at Bayview Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 091 Bayview at Bayview Av / Steeles Av39 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (9)
  • Brebeuf College SchoolEnglish Separate · 608 m
  • St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 725 m
  • Tyndale University College and Seminary School - BayviewPrivate · 761 m
  • Steelesview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 860 m
  • St Anne Catholic Academy, School of Virtual LearningEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • St Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (12)
  • Creekside Park68 m
  • Garnier Park277 m
  • Debell Lane Parkette349 m
  • Newton Parkette488 m
  • Ballyconnor Park886 m
  • Conacher Park896 m
  • and 6 more
Signal
0652, activated 1966 · SA1

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Restaurants & cafésnone within 1 km
Grocery & conveniencenone within 1 km

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 public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 331 m away at Debell Lane Parkette.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Debell Lane Parkette drinking fountain · 331 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 86 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Agnes - Toronto (724 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 86 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Plasp St. Agnes - Toronto · 280 Otonabee Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    724 m
  • Plasp Steelesview Public School · 105 Bestview Dr
    58 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    860 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 111 · 1.5 km3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 3.8 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 1.5 km3300 Bayview Ave

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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 641 rental units. The nearest is 4005 Bayview Ave (196 m, 235 units, 12 storeys, built 1971), which scored 97 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 641 units
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 3
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4005 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management23512197197 · Jun 20243196 m
4003 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management17212197199 · Aug 20252 · 3 fire301 m
4001 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management23412197194 · Sep 20240390 m

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 lots42 lots · ≈6,950 spaces · 20.8 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈770 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 143 m away, ≈21 spaces; 150 m away, ≈34 spaces; 318 m away, ≈719 spaces; 547 m away, ≈14 spaces; 573 m away, ≈261 spaces; 744 m away, ≈829 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, Jan 28, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 16,617 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 12,665 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 5,201 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 4,803 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north16,617southbound · 1 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west12,665eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles56,216314 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 2.6% heavy
From the east14,157westbound · 1 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south12,777northbound · 1 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour4,803 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour5,201 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jan 28, 2025

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 most recent midblock count on Bayview Ave between Clearcrest Ave and Steeles Ave E (58 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 43,371 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bayview Ave · Clearcrest Ave – Steeles Ave E · 58 mJun 2016 · 3 days43,371
Steeles Ave E · Conacher Dr – Bayview Ave · 324 mApr 2014 · 3 days21,392

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 16, 2018.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1374 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#793 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Nov 16, 2018

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bayview & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1374 of 1,505). 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 Bayview & Steeles?

A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #11 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.5× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Bayview & Steeles?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 42 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,950 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Bayview & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 11, 53, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bayview Ave at Steeles Ave East South Side, 69 m); York Region Transit route 091 Bayview at Bayview Av / Steeles Av.

Is there a public washroom near Bayview & Steeles?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 331 m away at Debell Lane Parkette. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Bayview & Steeles?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 86 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp St. Agnes - Toronto (724 m, 28 spaces) and Plasp Steelesview Public School (860 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bayview & Steeles?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 641 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4005 Bayview Ave (196 m, 235 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4003 Bayview Ave (301 m, 172 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 4001 Bayview Ave (390 m, 234 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 97 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.

What ward is Bayview & Steeles in?

Bayview & Steeles is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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