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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 · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 14,635 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 578 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,727 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:00 p.m., against 2,416 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 2,416 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 2,727 from 3:00 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 16 collisions. 17 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 15 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 11, 2026.
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 Apr 17, 2007.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 101 | #1107 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 17 | #1063 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 72 | |
| Fail to remain | 12 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1385 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 12 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 15 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Apr 17, 2007 |
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, 171 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.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbank Dr · Whittaker Cres – Lockton Crt · 171 m | Oct 2024 · 3 days | 5,232 | 42 km/h | 49 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Sheppard Ave E · Blue Ridge Rd – Provost Dr · 328 m | Sep 2014 · 7 days | 21,075 | — | — | — |
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0743, activated 1967 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Bessarion Station (Line 4)27 m; Leslie Station (Line 4)832 m · 10 min; Bayview Station (Line 4)853 m · 10 min
- TTC bus
- 185 151 51 11 nearest 46 m
- Blue Night
- 385
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Bessarion Rd East Side - Bessarion Station; Sheppard Ave East at Burbank Dr - Bessarion Station
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Bessarion Rd / Sheppard Ave E 59 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 41 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 · 125 m · 10 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 24 mapped lots within 500 m, 148 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface | 932 m | 102 * | — |
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
A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Kourosh Supermarket, 89 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Taro's Fish at 178 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 15 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Pizza, 135 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Prince Rx - Bessarion Pharmacy, 142 m away. The nearest hospital site is North York General Hospital, 1.2 km away. For seniors' housing: Amica Bayview Gardens, a retirement home 664 m away (two within a kilometre).
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pizza Pizza · 738 Sheppard Ave E135 m
- A Sunshine Restaurant · 796 Sheppard Ave E198 m
- Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine · 804 Sheppard Ave E215 m
- Papa Johns · 678d Sheppard Ave E314 m · 4 min
- Starbucks Coffee · 1015 Sheppard Ave E359 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Kourosh Supermarket 89 m
- Food shops
- Taro's Fish 178 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Prince Rx - Bessarion Pharmacy 142 m · 7 within 1 km
- Child care
- Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day114 m
- Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) · 102 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day511 m · 6 min
- North York Jr YMCA · 78 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
- Washrooms
- Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible822 m · 10 min
- East Don Parkland Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Under Construction1 km · 11 min
- Health and care
- North York General Hospital · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
- Amica Bayview Gardens · retirement home · 2 within 1 km664 m · 8 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 (16)
- Bessarion Parkette77 m
- Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park381 m · 5 min
- Talara Park411 m · 5 min
- Elkhorn Parkette451 m · 5 min
- Ambrose Parkette516 m · 6 min
- Community centres
- Schools
- North York LINCEnglish Public · 216 m
- Elkhorn Public SchoolEnglish Public · 511 m · 6 min
- St George AcademyPrivate · 612 m · 7 min
- Bay School of CanadaPrivate · 707 m · 8 min
- St Gabriel Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.5 km · 18 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Ethennonnhawahstihnen' (formely Bayview) branch121 m
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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #624 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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 (266 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 buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 688 Sheppard Ave E · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc | 35 | 4 | 1958 | 85 · Jul 2025 | 266 m · 3 min |
| 640 Sheppard Ave E | 128 | 19 | 1970 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 556 m · 7 min |
| 71 Talara Dr · Signet Group Inc | 29 | 3 | 1959 | 82 · Sep 2024 | 606 m · 7 min |
| 22 Elkhorn Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management | 223 | 5 | 1970 | 86 · Aug 2025 | 637 m · 8 min |
| 75 Talara Dr · CAPREIT | 66 | 4 | 1970 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 641 m · 8 min |
| 11 Dervock Cres · CAPREIT | 77 | 4 | 1959 | 95 · Aug 2024 | 679 m · 8 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
Two thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the bike thefts were from transit property.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 2 | 0 | other (1), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 2 | 0 | transit property (6) |
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 & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 101 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 & Sheppard?
A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #330 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.87× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Burbank & Sheppard a walkable intersection?
Burbank & Sheppard scores 74 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #624 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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; Bessarion Station · 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Burbank & Sheppard?
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 & Sheppard?
The nearest Green P car park is Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street (932 m away, 102 spaces). The City's mapping shows 148 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,820 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (125 m).
How do I get to Burbank & Sheppard by transit?
Bessarion Station (Line 4) is 27 m away; bus routes 185, 151, 51, 11 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Bessarion Rd East Side - Bessarion Station, 46 m).
What restaurants are near Burbank & Sheppard?
3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizza Pizza (135 m), A Sunshine Restaurant (198 m), Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine (215 m), Papa Johns (314 m) and Starbucks Coffee (359 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Burbank & Sheppard?
The nearest is Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 80 Mcmahon Dr E, 822 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: East Don Parkland Washroom (1.0 km).
Is there child care near Burbank & Sheppard?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 232 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 (114 m, 52 spaces), Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) (511 m, 102 spaces) and North York Jr YMCA (1.0 km, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Burbank & Sheppard?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 812 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 688 Sheppard Ave E (266 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 640 Sheppard Ave E (556 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 71 Talara Dr (606 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 22 Elkhorn Dr (637 m, 223 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 89 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Burbank & Sheppard?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and six 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 & Sheppard in?
Burbank & Sheppard 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 15, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 17 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.76920, -79.37665 · centreline node 13447531.