Toronto · intersection · signal 1869

Keele & Dovehouse

Keele St & Dovehouse Ave · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre

Keele & Dovehouse is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in York University Heights. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Downsview Park Station (Line 1) 825 m away and Downsview Park GO 867 m away.

Traffic volume
14,554
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 23, 2016
264 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
48
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 35 property damage · #2128 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1026 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Downsview Park Station 825 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane, Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 16 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,820 vehicles an hour, 1.57× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 55 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 4.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 29%, from 21 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 48 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Keele & Dovehouse

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)825 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie867 m
TTC bus
4110884106101 nearest 28 m
Express
941984
Blue Night
341384
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Keele St at Dovehouse Ave South Side; Keele St at Dovehouse Ave North Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Dovehouse Ave installed 2018; Multi-Use Trail on Downsview Park Trl installed 2016
Bike Share
Keele St / Dovehouse Ave - SMART 53 m · 16 docks · 3 stations, 51 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 (10)
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 135 m
  • Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 468 m
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 479 m
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 948 m
  • Elia Mdl School 416 395-3020English Public · 1 km
  • Blyth Academy School - Downsview ParkPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (9)
  • Grandravine Park395 m
  • Brookwell Park456 m
  • Sunfield Park768 m
  • Seeley Greenbelt913 m
  • Diana Park930 m
  • Benjamin Boake Greenbelt946 m
  • and 3 more
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 694 m
Signal
1869, activated 2003 · SA2 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 86. The nearest is Caribbean Cove Family Restaurant, 122 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 86 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Caribbean Cove Family Restaurant · 3585 Keele St Unit-5122 mPassed, Jan 2026
Destan Turkish Restaurant · 3585 Keele St Unit-12122 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Leng Keng · 3585 Keele St Unit-9122 mPassed, Jun 2026
If Cafe · 3472 Keele St336 mPassed, Jul 2025
If Cafe · 3472 Keele St336 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ayasofya Turkish Supermarket · 3372 Keele Stgrocery397 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 5 infractions
Bob's Variety · 3364 Keele Stgrocery397 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Grand Bazaar Turkish Cuisine · 3354 Keele St397 mPassed, Jul 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 Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 332 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 385 m away at Grandravine Park.

  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    332 m
  • Northwood Park Washroom · 140 Stilecroft Dr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    776 m
Drinking water
Grandravine Park drinking fountain · 385 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 451 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Jerome Jr YMCA (135 m, 112 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 451 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    135 m
  • Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 1430 Sheppard Ave W
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    468 m
  • Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    479 m
  • Uptown Montessori School · 39 Carl Hall Rd
    165 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    829 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 144 · 1.6 km2945 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.3 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 2.2 km4330 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

Within a kilometre there are 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,936 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3444 Keele St (84 m, 61 units, 9 storeys, built 1967), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 70 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 1,936 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202670 across the 22
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3444 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.619196791 · Jul 2024584 m
3400 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1419196799 · Aug 20266179 m
3470 Keele Stsocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc.594199481 · Sep 20252304 m
3390 Keele St · Sterling Karamar Property Management25811196594 · Oct 202518305 m
3680 Keele StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2383197098 · Aug 20258486 m
1450 Sheppard Ave W · Cogir Real Estate1817196893 · Aug 202616559 m
1385 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196090 · Aug 20265599 m
1395 Sheppard Ave W · 1846022 Ontario Limited404196091 · Jun 20252625 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 lots347 lots · ≈68,430 spaces · 205.3 ha
Within 500 m22 lots · ≈3,160 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.7 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.8 km335 *

Nearest lots: 99 m away, ≈32 spaces; 119 m away, ≈260 spaces; 134 m away, ≈115 spaces; 170 m away, ≈204 spaces; 174 m away, ≈18 spaces; 180 m away, ≈16 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 — 8-hour, Feb 23, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,988 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 662 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,188 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,898 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north6,988southbound · 1 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the west662eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles14,554264 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south6,904northbound · 3 bikes · 5.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,898 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,188 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 23, 2016

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 Keele St between Downsview Park Trl and Dovehouse Ave, 144 m from the corner, a 2-day count in September 2019 put the average speed at 59 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 69 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 76 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,000 vehicles a day. Dovehouse Ave between Keele St and Sharpecroft Blvd measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Sep 2020). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Sharpecroft Blvd (182 m away, 30 km/h limit), 10% of the 36,349 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dovehouse Ave · Keele St – Sharpecroft Blvd · 84 mSep 2020 · 3 days2,44940 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Keele St · Downsview Park Trl – Dovehouse Ave · 144 mSep 2019 · 2 days24,96259 km/h69 km/h76 km/h

School-zone speed sign 182 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct28 · 38 km/h
Over the limit26%
40 km/h or more10%

Sharpecroft Blvd (southbound), 150 Sharpecroft Boulevard · 36,349 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 10 collisions. 7 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions48#2128 of 5,508
With an injury7#2255 of 4,660
Property damage only35
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian2#1797 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1965 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201464latest Jun 20, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Sep 1, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1026 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Sep 1, 2018

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

Ten thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 0 in 2023–2025, about 0.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1000street/outdoor (4), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 28, 2020. 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 Keele & Dovehouse a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1026 of 1,505), out of 48 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Keele & Dovehouse?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 23, 2016, 1.57× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Keele & Dovehouse?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Keele St between Downsview Park Trl and Dovehouse Ave (September 2019), found an average of 59 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 182 m away (30 km/h), 10% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Keele & Dovehouse?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.8 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 347 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 68,430 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Keele & Dovehouse by transit?

Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 825 m away; Downsview Park GO is 867 m away; bus routes 41, 108, 84, 106, 101, 941, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Keele St at Dovehouse Ave South Side, 28 m).

What restaurants are near Keele & Dovehouse?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 86 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Caribbean Cove Family Restaurant (122 m), Destan Turkish Restaurant (122 m), Leng Keng (122 m), If Cafe (336 m) and If Cafe (336 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 Keele & Dovehouse?

The nearest is Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 23 Grandravine Dr, 332 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Northwood Park Washroom (776 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 Keele & Dovehouse?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 451 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Jerome Jr YMCA (135 m, 112 spaces), Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (468 m, 120 spaces) and Stilecroft Superkids (479 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Keele & Dovehouse?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,936 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3444 Keele St (84 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3400 Keele St (179 m, 141 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 3470 Keele St (304 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 3390 Keele St (305 m, 258 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 91 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 Keele & Dovehouse?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and no 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Keele & Dovehouse in?

Keele & Dovehouse 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.

Sources

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