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Burbank & Arrowstook

Burbank Dr & Arrowstook Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Bayview Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Burbank & Arrowstook is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Bayview Village. Nearby is Bessarion Station (Line 4) 251 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
6,377
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 1, 2024
469 pedestrians · 70 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Bessarion Station 251 m · 3 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
46/100
city median 48
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 322 m

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Burbank & Arrowstook

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 1, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 3,320 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 31 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (30 of 70). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 774 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 15% above the afternoon peak from 3:15 p.m. (675). Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,320southbound · 19 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west31eastbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,377469 pedestrians · 70 cyclists · 1.4% heavy
From the east947westbound · 18 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south2,079northbound · 30 bikes · 1.4% heavy

Peak hours: 774 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 675 from 3:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2021, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (14%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 6, 2024.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 17, 2015.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7
With an injury1
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Jun 17, 2015

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Burbank Dr between Whittaker Cres and Lockton Crt, 62 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2024 put the average speed at 42 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,200 vehicles a day. Arrowstook Rd between Ambrose Rd and Blue Ridge Rd measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Sep 2015).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Burbank Dr · Whittaker Cres – Lockton Crt · 62 mOct 2024 · 3 days5,23242 km/h49 km/h53 km/h
Arrowstook Rd · Ambrose Rd – Blue Ridge Rd · 319 mSep 2015 · 24 h78639 km/h47 km/h54 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Bessarion Station (Line 4)251 m · 3 min
TTC bus
185 nearest 279 m · 3 min
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bessarion Rd / Sheppard Ave E 292 m · 3 min · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 docks within 1 km

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

Parking within 2 km

Green P
1 car park · about 102 spaces
EV charging
Bessarion CC · 358 m · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
11 mapped lots within 500 m, 140 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface1.2 km102 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Kourosh Supermarket, 322 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 14 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Pizza, 206 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Prince Rx - Bessarion Pharmacy, 375 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is North York General Hospital, 1.4 km away. For seniors' housing: Amica Bayview Gardens, a retirement home 897 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Pizza Pizza · 738 Sheppard Ave E206 m
  • Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine · 804 Sheppard Ave E423 m · 5 min
  • A Sunshine Restaurant · 796 Sheppard Ave E431 m · 5 min
  • Papa Johns · 678d Sheppard Ave E547 m · 7 min
  • Starbucks Coffee · 1015 Sheppard Ave E592 m · 7 min
1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Grocery
Kourosh Supermarket 322 m · 4 min
Food shops
Taro's Fish 411 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Prince Rx - Bessarion Pharmacy 375 m · 4 min · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day347 m · 4 min
  • Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) · 102 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day419 m · 5 min
2 licensed centres · 154 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • North York General Hospital · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
  • Amica Bayview Gardens · retirement home897 m · 11 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (17)
  • Bessarion Parkette310 m · 4 min
  • Elkhorn Parkette363 m · 4 min
  • Maureen Parkette454 m · 5 min
  • Blue Ridge Park487 m · 6 min
  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park614 m · 7 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Schools
  • Elkhorn Public SchoolEnglish Public · 419 m · 5 min
  • North York LINCEnglish Public · 449 m · 5 min
  • St George AcademyPrivate · 845 m · 10 min
  • Bay School of CanadaPrivate · 933 m · 11 min
  • Bayview Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 min
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Ethennonnhawahstihnen' (formely Bayview) branch354 m · 4 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

46of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food10/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit11/28

    Bessarion Station 0.3 km · 1 stop within 300 m · 3 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    library 354 m away

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

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

Within a kilometre there are eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 812 rental units. The nearest is 688 Sheppard Ave E (499 m, 35 units, 4 storeys, built 1958), which scored 85 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
688 Sheppard Ave E · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc354195885 · Jul 2025499 m · 6 min
22 Elkhorn Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management2235197086 · Aug 2025652 m · 8 min
644 Sheppard Ave E · GWLRA Residential12818197085 · Jul 2026789 m · 9 min
640 Sheppard Ave E12819197094 · Jul 2025789 m · 9 min
71 Talara Dr · Signet Group Inc293195982 · Sep 2024839 m · 10 min
75 Talara Dr · CAPREIT664197097 · Aug 2025874 m · 10 min

8 registered buildings · 812 units · tallest 19 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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.

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

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 Bayview Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Burbank & Arrowstook a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 Burbank & Arrowstook?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 1, 2024, 39% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Burbank & Arrowstook a walkable intersection?

Burbank & Arrowstook scores 46 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; library 354 m away.

How fast do cars go at Burbank & Arrowstook?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Burbank Dr between Whittaker Cres and Lockton Crt (October 2024), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Burbank & Arrowstook?

The nearest Green P car park is Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street (1.2 km away, 102 spaces). The City's mapping shows 140 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,690 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (358 m).

How do I get to Burbank & Arrowstook by transit?

Bessarion Station (Line 4) is 251 m away; bus route 185 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Burbank & Arrowstook?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizza Pizza (206 m), Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine (423 m), A Sunshine Restaurant (431 m), Papa Johns (547 m) and Starbucks Coffee (592 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Burbank & Arrowstook?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 154 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre (347 m, 52 spaces) and Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) (419 m, 102 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Burbank & Arrowstook?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 812 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 688 Sheppard Ave E (499 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 22 Elkhorn Dr (652 m, 223 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 644 Sheppard Ave E (789 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 640 Sheppard Ave E (789 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Burbank & Arrowstook?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bayview Village page.

What neighbourhood is Burbank & Arrowstook in?

Burbank & Arrowstook is in Bayview Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 052). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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