Toronto · intersection · signal 1750

Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)

Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East), in York University Heights, is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a multi-use trail, a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Sentinel Station (Line 6) 265 m away.

Traffic volume
24,969
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 8, 2025
1,486 pedestrians · 166 cyclists · #562 busiest
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
2 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #172 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Sentinel Station 265 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,780 vehicles, 1.54× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 17 vehicles, close to the citywide median.

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Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Sentinel Station (Line 6)265 m; Tobermory Station (Line 6)370 m; Driftwood Station (Line 6)826 m
TTC bus
10641108 nearest 270 m
Blue Night
336341
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Opposite 1685 Finch Ave West - St Wilfred Catholic School; 1685 Finch Ave West - St Wilfred Cathoiic School
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Black Creek Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Tobermory Dr / Finch Corridor Trail 614 m · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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 (17)
  • St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 68 m
  • C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 357 m
  • Lamberton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 741 m
  • Topcliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 788 m
  • Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 795 m
  • Elia Mdl School 416 395-3020English Public · 824 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (17)
  • Black Creek Parkland250 m
  • Fountainhead Park396 m
  • Bratty Park677 m
  • Topcliff Park682 m
  • Sentinel Park687 m
  • Driftwood Park752 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch353 m
Signal
1750, activated 1996 · PA - MPS · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · transit priority

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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 25 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is St Wilfrid's Student Nutrition Program, 77 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
St Wilfrid's Student Nutrition Program · 1685 Finch Ave W77 mPassed, Jun 2026
Petro Canada · 1493 Finch Ave Wgrocery330 mPassed, Jun 2024
Tim Hortons · 1493 Finch Ave W330 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Petro Canada · 1493 Finch Ave Wgrocery330 mPassed, Jul 2026
Amaya's Sweet Treats/Tito P's · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 Unit G447 mPassed, Jul 2026
Oma African Store · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 - D447 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cooper's Coffee & Bubble Tea · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 Unit B447 mPassed, Jul 2026
Macaan Pizzeria · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 Unit K447 mPassed, Jul 2026

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 Derrydowns Park Washroom, 295 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 472 m away at Fountainhead Park.

  • Derrydowns Park Washroom · 271 Derrydown Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    295 m
Drinking water
Fountainhead Park bottle filling station · 472 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 567 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Wilfred YMCA (68 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 567 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 7
  • St. Wilfred YMCA · 1685 Finch Ave W
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    68 m
  • University City Jr YMCA · 453 Sentinel Rd
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    402 m
  • Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview · 96 Hucknall Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    731 m
  • Sandalwood Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) · 1825 Finch Ave W
    145 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    738 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 1.1 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 2 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.8 km2753 Jane 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

Within a kilometre there are 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,283 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 35 Fountainhead Rd (95 m, 370 units, 22 storeys, built 1973), which scored 96 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 99 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 3,283 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202699 across the 14
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
35 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197396 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire95 m
1 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022196883 · Jul 202410202 m
390 Sentinel Rd · Model Building Maintenance Inc534197090 · Aug 20254253 m
40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197288 · Oct 20259 · 1 fire263 m
470 Sentinel Rd · Ranee Management37022197095 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire313 m
391 Sentinel Rd · Rona Property Management444196686 · Jul 20241339 m
15 Tobermory DrToronto Community Housing · TCH37424197281 · Nov 20254365 m
500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT39019197898 · Nov 20250 · 2 fire472 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 lots416 lots · ≈58,370 spaces · 175.1 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈2,160 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 878 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.1 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.1 km335 *

Nearest lots: 125 m away, ≈143 spaces; 135 m away, ≈79 spaces; 144 m away, ≈181 spaces; 179 m away, ≈66 spaces; 203 m away, ≈54 spaces; 224 m away, ≈18 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 8, 2025 (a weekend day)

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 11,776 and 13,193 vehicles. Most cyclists arrived from the east (77 of 166). Evening rush dominates here: 2,345 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,625 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% 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 north0southbound · 14 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west13,193eastbound · 75 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles24,9691,486 pedestrians · 166 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east11,776westbound · 77 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,625 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,345 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 8, 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

The City's most recent midblock count on Finch Ave W between Sentinel Rd and Black Creek Trl (141 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 21,241 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Derrydown Rd C (248 m away, 40 km/h limit), 6.5% of the 27,035 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave W · Sentinel Rd – Black Creek Trl · 141 mNov 2011 · 3 days21,241

School-zone speed sign 248 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct37 · 45 km/h
Over the limit18%
50 km/h or more6.5%

Derrydown Rd C (eastbound), 228 Derrydown Road · 27,035 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, all were fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. The most recent was on Apr 15, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#172 of 1,505
Fatal2#13 of 319
Involving a pedestrian2#50 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Apr 15, 2021

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#172 of 1,505). 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 Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #562 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.54× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.1 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 416 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 58,370 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (878 m).

How do I get to Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East) by transit?

Sentinel Station (Line 6) is 265 m away; bus routes 106, 41, 108 within 1 km (nearest stop: Opposite 1685 Finch Ave West - St Wilfred Catholic School, 270 m).

What restaurants are near Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 25 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St Wilfrid's Student Nutrition Program (77 m), Tim Hortons (330 m), Amaya's Sweet Treats/Tito P's (447 m), Oma African Store (447 m) and Cooper's Coffee & Bubble Tea (447 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 Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)?

The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 295 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 567 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Wilfred YMCA (68 m, 71 spaces), University City Jr YMCA (402 m, 90 spaces) and Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview (731 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East)?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,283 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 35 Fountainhead Rd (95 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1 Fountainhead Rd (202 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 390 Sentinel Rd (253 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 40 Fountainhead Rd (263 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 90 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.

What neighbourhood is Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East) in?

Finch Ave W & Black Creek Trl (East) is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

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