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Keele & George Appleton

Keele St & George Appleton Way · Toronto, Ontario · Downsview · Ward 6, York Centre

Keele & George Appleton, in Downsview, is a high-volume crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
39,554
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 8, 2024
329 pedestrians · 50 cyclists · #121 busiest
Collisions
18
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3558 of 5,508 · +1 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
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,830 vehicles, 2.4× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 120 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 0.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Keele & George Appleton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 94 Pickering / Square One27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York36 Brampton / North York Express33 Guelph / North York at Hwy. 401 @ Keele St.209 m
TTC bus
419611811916510112040018 nearest 38 m
Express
941996
Blue Night
341396
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Keele St at George Appleton Way; Keele St at Sir William Hearst Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Humber River Hospital 443 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 68 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 (13)
  • Madonna Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 586 m
  • Downsview Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 664 m
  • Downsview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 670 m
  • St Raphael Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 680 m
  • Pierre Laporte Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 838 m
  • St Fidelis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 930 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Downsview Memorial Parkette229 m
  • Ernie Lustig - Rainbow Park555 m
  • Dubray Parkette587 m
  • Ridge Park0.9 km
  • Roding Park1 km
  • North Park1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Downsview branch417 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 26 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 57 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Euro Shawarma, 102 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés26 within 300 m · 57 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Euro Shawarma · 2706 Keele St102 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 2708 Keele St108 mPassed, Jan 2026
Taqueria El Pastorcito · 2712 Keele St114 mPassed, Aug 2026
Turkish Corner + Bullger · 2712 Keele St114 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Asmin Cafe · 2737 Keele St 31116 mPassed, May 2026
Jasper Wings · 2737 Keele St 27116 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Mazza Kebab and Grill · 2737 Keele St, Unit-27117 mPassed, Apr 2025
Pattycom · 2737 Keele St, Unit-31117 mPassed, Aug 2025

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 Roding Community Centre Washroom, 1.0 km away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 545 m away at Rainbow Park.

  • Roding Community Centre Washroom · 600 Roding St.
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Rainbow Park drinking fountain · 545 m; Dubray Parkette drinking fountain · 576 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 537 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Downsview Child Care Centre (492 m, 54 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 537 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Downsview Child Care Centre · 159 Sir William Hearst Ave
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    492 m
  • Columbus Early Learning Centres · 340 Falstaff Ave
    74 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    514 m
  • Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus · 1196 Wilson Ave
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    563 m
  • Air-O-Down Child Care Centre · 7 Hawksdale Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    664 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 144 · 1.1 km2945 Keele St
Police12 Division · 3.4 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 52 · 1.2 km170 Plewes Rd

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

46 registered apartment buildings with 1,667 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1130 Wilson Ave (298 m, 118 units, 11 storeys, built 1965), which scored 89 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Four buildings of the 46 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings46 · 1,667 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 4 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 46
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1130 Wilson Ave · Wilson Humber River Apartments Inc.11811196589 · Aug 20240298 m
2782 Keele St · Marsha Switzer274196587 · Jul 20241324 m
2788 Keele St · Greenwin Corp.414196290 · Jul 20254366 m
2647 Keele St333196062 · Aug 20261373 m
5 Agate Rd11811196766 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire374 m
1154 Wilson Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.22915197093 · Sep 20257408 m
2645 Keele St · Franceschi Family Holdings Inc213195386 · Aug 20260413 m
2643 Keele St213195591 · Nov 20252431 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 lots395 lots · ≈45,500 spaces · 136.5 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈4,390 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈35 spaces; 78 m away, ≈91 spaces; 97 m away, ≈184 spaces; 133 m away, ≈423 spaces; 133 m away, ≈72 spaces; 139 m away, ≈14 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 8, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 20,111 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 339. Most cyclists arrived from the south (46 of 50). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,003 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,211 from 6:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). 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 north20,111southbound · 4 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles39,554329 pedestrians · 50 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east339westbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south19,104northbound · 46 bikes · 4.8% heavy
AM peak hour3,003 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,211 vehicles from 6:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 8, 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 Keele St between George Appleton Way and Wilson Ave (86 m away, Jun 2017) recorded volume only — about 25,785 vehicles a day — with no speed data. 3 speed humps slow traffic on George Appleton Way between Keele St and James Finlay Way.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Keele St · George Appleton Way – Wilson Ave · 86 mJun 2017 · 3 days25,785

Traffic calming

  • George Appleton Way · Keele St – James Finlay Way
    3 speed humps

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 (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 6% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions18#3558 of 5,508
With an injury1#4334 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201424latest Jan 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

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Keele & George Appleton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 Keele & George Appleton?

A high-volume crossing. It ranks #121 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.4× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Keele & George Appleton?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 395 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,500 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Keele & George Appleton by transit?

Bus routes 41, 96, 118, 119, 165, 101, 120, 400 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Keele St at George Appleton Way, 38 m).

What restaurants are near Keele & George Appleton?

26 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 57 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Euro Shawarma (102 m), Tim Hortons (108 m), Taqueria El Pastorcito (114 m), Turkish Corner + Bullger (114 m) and Asmin Cafe (116 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 & George Appleton?

The nearest is Roding Community Centre Washroom, 600 Roding St., 1.0 km away (View centre hours). 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 & George Appleton?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 537 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Downsview Child Care Centre (492 m, 54 spaces), Columbus Early Learning Centres (514 m, 74 spaces) and Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus (563 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Keele & George Appleton?

46 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,667 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1130 Wilson Ave (298 m, 118 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 2782 Keele St (324 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2788 Keele St (366 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2647 Keele St (373 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 62). The average RentSafeTO score across the 46 is 88 out of 100; 4 scored below 70. 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 Keele & George Appleton in?

Keele & George Appleton is in Downsview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 155), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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