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Chesswood & Steeprock

Chesswood Dr & Steeprock Dr · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Chesswood & Steeprock, in York University Heights, is an intersection of typical volume. It has a protected bikeway and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Downsview Park Station (Line 1) 522 m away and Downsview Park GO 477 m away.

Traffic volume
15,347
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 30, 2024
654 pedestrians · 97 cyclists · #1264 busiest
Collisions
114
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 82 property damage · #963 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Downsview Park Station 522 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,100 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 23 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 7.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.50× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 13%, from 61 in 2016–2020 to 53 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Chesswood & Steeprock

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Downsview Park Station (Line 1)522 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie477 m
TTC bus
10710184106108105104 nearest 27 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384329
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Steeprock Dr at Chesswood Dr; Steeprock Dr at Chesswood Dr East Side
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd802 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Chesswood Dr installed 2023; Cycle Track on Steeprock Dr installed 2024
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 188 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 39 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 (7)
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 432 m
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 923 m
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1 km
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 1.1 km
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 1 more
Parks (4)
  • Kennard Parkette1 km
  • Garthdale Parkette1.2 km
  • Michael Feldman Parkette1.2 km
  • Grandravine Park1.4 km
Signal
1513, activated 1986 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

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, and 62 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bakerberry's, 21 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2024.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 62 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bakerberry's · 3958 Chesswood Dr21 mPassed, Mar 2024
Delicious Solutions · 3974 Chesswood Dr21 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
California Sandwiches · 3701 Chesswood Dr130 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Coffee Time · 3701 Chesswood Dr130 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Kgolf Toronto · 3705 Chesswood Dr130 mPassed, Apr 2026
Toronto Brewing · 3701 Chesswood Dr Unit-115130 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Ristorante Monte Cassino · 3710 Chesswood Dr134 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Mayfair Bistro & Bar · 3855 Chesswood Dr143 mPassed, Aug 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 49 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (847 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 49 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    847 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (4.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 854 m away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.4 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police31 Division · 4.2 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 854 m4330 Dufferin St

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

One registered apartment building with 79 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (909 m, 79 units, 4 storeys, built 1993), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 79 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241909 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 lots402 lots · ≈91,470 spaces · 274.4 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈11,210 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 967 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.5 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.6 km335 *
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.7 km632 *

Nearest lots: 51 m away, ≈30 spaces; 59 m away, ≈98 spaces; 82 m away, ≈101 spaces; 127 m away, ≈272 spaces; 130 m away, ≈606 spaces; 133 m away, ≈1,576 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, May 30, 2024

The north leg carries the load — 5,841 southbound vehicles, or 38% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 676. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,450 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 26% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,149). Trucks and buses were 7.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north5,841southbound · 28 bikes · 10.4% heavy
From the west676eastbound · 11 bikes · 5.0% heavy
Total vehicles15,347654 pedestrians · 97 cyclists · 7.9% heavy
From the east3,470westbound · 29 bikes · 7.1% heavy
From the south5,360northbound · 29 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,149 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,450 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 30, 2024

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 Chesswood Dr between Sheppard Ave W and Steeprock Dr (97 m away, Apr 2013) recorded volume only — about 15,715 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Chesswood Dr · Sheppard Ave W – Steeprock Dr · 97 mApr 2013 · 3 days15,715
Steeprock Dr · Chesswood Dr – Whitehorse Rd · 131 mNov 2011 · 3 days9,102

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

2019 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 28 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions114#963 of 5,508
With an injury9#1842 of 4,660
Property damage only82
Fail to remain28
Involving a pedestrian1#2317 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1051 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified23
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014135latest May 31, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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 22 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.4 a year. 73% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2241street/outdoor (16), commercial premises (5)
Bicycle theft220commercial premises (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 24, 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Chesswood & Steeprock a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 114 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 Chesswood & Steeprock?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1264 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Chesswood & Steeprock?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.6 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 402 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 91,470 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Chesswood & Steeprock by transit?

Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 522 m away; Downsview Park GO is 477 m away; bus routes 107, 101, 84, 106, 108, 105, 104, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeprock Dr at Chesswood Dr, 27 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd.

What restaurants are near Chesswood & Steeprock?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 62 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bakerberry's (21 m), Delicious Solutions (21 m), California Sandwiches (130 m), Coffee Time (130 m) and Kgolf Toronto (130 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Chesswood & Steeprock?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 49 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (847 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Chesswood & Steeprock?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 79 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (909 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 86 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 Chesswood & Steeprock?

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Chesswood & Steeprock in?

Chesswood & Steeprock is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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