Toronto · intersection · signal 1978

Beecroft & North York

Beecroft Rd & North York Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Willowdale West · Ward 18, Willowdale · Yonge North York BIA

Beecroft & North York, in Willowdale West, is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has a school within 250 m, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: North York Centre Station (Line 1) 257 m away.

Traffic volume
16,421
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 26, 2026
2,842 pedestrians · 249 cyclists · #1179 busiest
Collisions
72
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 56 property damage · #1506 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
North York Centre Station 257 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 1,170 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 7.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 15%, from 39 in 2016–2020 to 33 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Beecroft & North York

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
North York Centre Station (Line 1)257 m; Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4)634 m
GO Transit
GO bus 27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York96 Oshawa / Finch Express67 Keswick / North York94 Pickering / Square One at Yonge St. @ North York Blvd.240 m
TTC bus
979818584 nearest 243 m
Express
984
Blue Night
320385384
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Yonge St / North York Blvd 243 m · 23 docks · 6 stations, 134 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)
  • Toronto District School Board - Head OfficeEnglish Public · 176 m
  • Elpis College Toronto (Temporarily Moved)Private · 479 m
  • Claude Watson School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 487 m
  • Crown AcademyPrivate · 507 m
  • Cardinal Carter Academy For the ArtsEnglish Separate · 515 m
  • Toronto French MontessoriPrivate · 601 m
  • and 22 more
Parks (36)
  • North York Civic Centre114 m
  • Beecroft Park173 m
  • Mel Lastman Square202 m
  • Gibson Park305 m
  • North York Rose Garden386 m
  • Princess Park442 m
  • and 30 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch215 m
Places of interest
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 102 m
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 163 m
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 367 m
Signal
1978, activated 2016 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/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 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 231 eating places within a kilometre — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is To Live Mac, 109 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 231 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
To Live Mac · 5040 Yonge St109 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pizzeria Libretto Yonge · 5000 Yonge St237 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Cafe Landwer · 5000 Yonge St Unit-102238 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Yonge Cafe and Bistro · 5000 Yonge St Unit-105238 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizzeria Libretto Yonge · 5000 Yonge St238 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 4968 Yonge St, Unit-5248 mPassed, Oct 2025
Tim Hortons · 4968 Yonge St Unit-5248 mPassed, Aug 2026
Centre Cafe · 5 Park Home Ave251 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction

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 North York Civic Centre, 110 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 219 m away at Mel Lastman Square.

  • North York Civic Centre · 5100 Yonge Street
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    110 m
  • Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre Washroom · 5100 Yonge St
    View centre hours · accessible
    111 m
  • Mel Lastman Square Washroom · 5100 Yonge St
    View centre hours · closed — Planned Closure
    138 m
Drinking water
Mel Lastman Square drinking fountain · 219 m; Mel Lastman Square drinking fountain · 223 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 770 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre (423 m, 114 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 770 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre · 5176 Yonge St
    114 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    423 m
  • Angus Valley Montessori · 4841 Yonge St
    141 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    574 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre · 30 Sheppard Ave E
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    637 m
  • The Learning Nest Academy · 95 Sheppard Ave W
    87 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    685 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 114 (700 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (599 m) and the nearest ambulance station 700 m away.

FireFire Station 114 · 700 m12 Canterbury Pl
Police32 Division · 599 m30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 700 m12 Canterbury Pl

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 2,091 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 151 Beecroft Rd (188 m, 306 units, 27 storeys, built 2003), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 8 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 2,091 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20268 across the 7
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest36 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
151 Beecroft Rd30627200397 · Aug 20250188 m
35 Park Home AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation28310197492 · Aug 20250199 m
65 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management1076196697 · Oct 20250511 m
35 Greenfield Ave · Rhapsody Property Management Services36136202098 · Jun 20243 · 1 fire532 m
55 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management39117196699 · Jun 20242 · 1 fire537 m
2 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc36629197690 · Aug 20252 · 1 fire605 m
4 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc27729197590 · Aug 20251 · 2 fire612 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 lots432 lots · ≈31,230 spaces · 93.7 ha
Within 500 m44 lots · ≈7,150 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 3,375 spaces
EV charging (City)33 Elmhurst Ave · 443 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking32 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
180 Beecroft Road · Surface150 m173 *
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage324 m38615% (Q1 2026)
10 Empress Ave · Surface417 m6769% (Q1 2026)
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface502 m5344% (Q1 2026)
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface521 m112 *

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈12 spaces; 71 m away, ≈17 spaces; 92 m away, ≈172 spaces; 95 m away, ≈12 spaces; 150 m away, ≈50 spaces (Green P); 168 m away, ≈50 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (909 m, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (915 m, 2 ports).

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, May 26, 2026

The north leg carries the load — 7,640 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 385. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,797 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,637). Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north7,640southbound · 81 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west385eastbound · 47 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles16,4212,842 pedestrians · 249 cyclists · 1.9% heavy
From the east1,587westbound · 26 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south6,809northbound · 95 bikes · 1.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,637 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,797 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 26, 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

The City's counter on Beecroft Rd between Elmhurst Ave and North York Blvd (293 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 64 km/h. That segment carries about 13,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
North York Blvd · Yonge St – Beecroft Rd · 128 mNov 2010 · 3 days4,553
Beecroft Rd · Elmhurst Ave – North York Blvd · 293 mMay 2022 · 3 days13,88954 km/h64 km/h72 km/h

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 12 collisions. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 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

Exposure-adjusted: 4.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions72#1506 of 5,508
With an injury8#1996 of 4,660
Property damage only56
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian2#1572 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 201496latest 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 10, 2011.

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 eight thefts from vehicles and 15 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 88% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 33% of the bike thefts were from other premises. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Mar 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle830street/outdoor (7), other (1)
Bicycle theft1562other (5), apartment parking (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 29, 2026. 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 Willowdale West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Beecroft & North York a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 72 lesser collisions. 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 Beecroft & North York?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1179 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Beecroft & North York?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Beecroft Rd between Elmhurst Ave and North York Blvd (May 2022), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Beecroft & North York?

The nearest Green P car park is 180 Beecroft Road (150 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 432 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,230 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (443 m).

How do I get to Beecroft & North York by transit?

North York Centre Station (Line 1) is 257 m away; bus routes 97, 98, 185, 84, 984 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Beecroft & North York?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 231 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are To Live Mac (109 m), Pizzeria Libretto Yonge (237 m), Cafe Landwer (238 m), Yonge Cafe and Bistro (238 m) and Pizzeria Libretto Yonge (238 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 Beecroft & North York?

The nearest is North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street, 110 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre Washroom (111 m); Mel Lastman Square Washroom (138 m). 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 Beecroft & North York?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 770 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre (423 m, 114 spaces), Angus Valley Montessori (574 m, 141 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre (637 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Beecroft & North York?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,091 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 151 Beecroft Rd (188 m, 306 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 35 Park Home Ave (199 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 65 Ellerslie Ave (511 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 35 Greenfield Ave (532 m, 361 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 95 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 Beecroft & North York?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and 15 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Willowdale West page.

What neighbourhood is Beecroft & North York in?

Beecroft & North York is in Willowdale West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 037). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng. The corner falls inside the Yonge North York Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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