Toronto · intersection · signal 743

Burbank & Sheppard

Burbank Dr & Sheppard Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Bayview Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Burbank & Sheppard, in Bayview Village, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: Bessarion Station, a school within 250 m and parks.

Traffic volume
30,194
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
1,205 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · #323 busiest
Collisions
101
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
17 with an injury · 72 property damage · #1107 of 5,508 · +9 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
Bessarion Station
subway station within 250 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,160 vehicles an hour, 1.87× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 25 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 10 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 20%, from 46 in 2016–2020 to 55 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Burbank & Sheppard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bessarion Station (Line 4)27 m; Leslie Station (Line 4)824 m; Bayview Station (Line 4)847 m
TTC bus
1851151515111 nearest 46 m
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
5 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 54 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (9)
  • North York LINCEnglish Public · 171 m
  • Elkhorn Public SchoolEnglish Public · 354 m
  • St George AcademyPrivate · 600 m
  • Bay School of CanadaPrivate · 656 m
  • Dunlace Public SchoolEnglish Public · 904 m
  • Bayview Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (26)
  • Bessarion Parkette56 m
  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park312 m
  • Elkhorn Parkette323 m
  • Talara Park348 m
  • Maureen Parkette472 m
  • Ambrose Parkette504 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Ethennonnhawahstihnen' (formely Bayview) branch90 m
Signal
0743, activated 1967 · SA2 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 40. The nearest is Ethennonnhawahstihnen CRC & Library Kitchen, 87 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2025.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shell · 730 Sheppard Ave Egrocery64 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ethennonnhawahstihnen CRC & Library Kitchen · 100 Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Lane Flr-287 mPassed, Jan 2025
Kourosh Supermarket · 740 Sheppard Ave E Unit-2grocery89 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizza Pizza · 738 Sheppard Ave E97 mPassed, Jul 2026
A Sunshine Restaurant · 796 Sheppard Ave E175 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Taro's Fish · 800 Sheppard Ave Egrocery177 mPassed, May 2026
Kourosh Bakery & Fast-Food · 802 Sheppard Ave Egrocery188 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine · 804 Sheppard Ave E192 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions

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 Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 406 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 393 m away at Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park.

  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 80 Mcmahon Dr E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    406 m
  • East Don Parkland Washroom · 1240 Sheppard Ave E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Under Construction
    924 m
Drinking water
Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park bottle filling station · 393 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 416 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre (86 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 416 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre · 100 Ethennonnhawahstihnen Lane
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    86 m
  • Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) · 10 Elkhorn Dr
    102 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    354 m
  • North York Jr YMCA · 567 Sheppard Ave E
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    893 m
  • Dunlace Children's Centre · 20 Dunlace Dr
    106 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    904 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 116 (930 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 116 · 930 m255 Esther Shiner Blvd
Police33 Division · 2.9 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 2.7 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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,116 rental units. The nearest is 688 Sheppard Ave E (215 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 33 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 1,116 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202633 across the 9
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
688 Sheppard Ave E · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc354195885 · Jul 20251215 m
22 Elkhorn Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management2235197086 · Aug 20258 · 1 fire442 m
71 Talara Dr · Signet Group Inc293195982 · Sep 20240455 m
11 Dervock Cres · CAPREIT774195995 · Aug 20245459 m
75 Talara Dr · CAPREIT664197097 · Aug 202510472 m
642 Sheppard Ave E · GWLRA Residential12619197086 · Jul 20263487 m
640 Sheppard Ave E12819197094 · Jul 20251498 m
644 Sheppard Ave E · GWLRA Residential12818197085 · Jul 20264522 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 lots229 lots · ≈25,450 spaces · 76.3 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈2,650 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 102 spaces
EV charging (City)Bessarion CC · 105 m · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface742 m102 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈47 spaces; 94 m away, ≈28 spaces; 114 m away, ≈124 spaces; 121 m away, ≈21 spaces; 129 m away, ≈49 spaces; 140 m away, ≈2 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, Nov 15, 2025 (a weekend day)

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 16,183 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.

From the north2,684southbound · 6 bikes · 0.2% heavy
From the west14,635eastbound · 10 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles30,1941,205 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · 0.6% heavy
From the east12,297westbound · 18 bikes · 0.5% heavy
From the south578northbound · 1 bikes · 0.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,416 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,727 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 15, 2025 · 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

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. At the school-zone speed sign on Elkhorn Dr (358 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 307 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Burbank Dr · Whittaker Cres – Lockton Crt · 171 mOct 2024 · 3 days5,23242 km/h49 km/h53 km/h
Sheppard Ave E · Blue Ridge Rd – Provost Dr · 328 mSep 2014 · 7 days21,075

School-zone speed sign 358 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Elkhorn Dr (eastbound), 53m West of Elkhorn Drive · 307 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 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, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions101#1107 of 5,508
With an injury17#1063 of 4,660
Property damage only72
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian3#1385 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
All since 2014137latest Jun 23, 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 Apr 17, 2007.

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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle220other (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft620transit property (6)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 22, 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 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 #323 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.87× the median for a counted intersection.

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. At the school-zone speed sign 358 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Burbank & Sheppard?

The nearest Green P car park is Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street (742 m away, 102 spaces). The City's mapping shows 229 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,450 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (105 m).

How do I get to Burbank & Sheppard by transit?

Bessarion Station (Line 4) is 27 m away; bus routes 185, 115, 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?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ethennonnhawahstihnen CRC & Library Kitchen (87 m), Pizza Pizza (97 m), A Sunshine Restaurant (175 m) and Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine (192 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 Burbank & Sheppard?

The nearest is Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 80 Mcmahon Dr E, 406 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: East Don Parkland Washroom (924 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 Burbank & Sheppard?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 416 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre (86 m, 52 spaces), Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) (354 m, 102 spaces) and North York Jr YMCA (893 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Burbank & Sheppard?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,116 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 688 Sheppard Ave E (215 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 22 Elkhorn Dr (442 m, 223 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 71 Talara Dr (455 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 11 Dervock Cres (459 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 89 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 Burbank & Sheppard?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and six 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 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

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