Toronto · intersection · signal 2391

Keele & Gracefield

Keele St & Gracefield Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Maple Leaf · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Keele & Gracefield, in Maple Leaf, is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
29,622
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 24, 2026
565 pedestrians · 64 cyclists · #354 busiest
Collisions
77
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #1426 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
8 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
42/100
city median 48
20 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 427 m

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Keele & Gracefield

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Mar 24, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 14,669 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 810 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (40 of 64). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,400 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,507 from 5:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.1% 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north14,143southbound · 22 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the west810eastbound · 2 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles29,622565 pedestrians · 64 cyclists · 5.1% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south14,669northbound · 40 bikes · 5.1% heavy

Peak hours: 2,400 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,507 from 5:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2024, with 13 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 20 collisions (26%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 4, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on May 24, 2024.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions77#1426 of 5,519
With an injury20#859 of 4,669
Property damage only46
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist3#817 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest May 24, 2024

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2019

On Gracefield Ave between Bryn Rd and Del Ria Dr, 376 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2019 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Gracefield Avenue between Keele St and Culford Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Keele St · Lawrence Ave W – Wyndale Dr · 347 mJun 2017 · 3 days21,552———
Gracefield Ave · Bryn Rd – Del Ria Dr · 376 mApr 2019 · 2 days1,66934 km/h42 km/h47 km/h
Traffic calming
Gracefield Avenue (Keele St – Culford Rd): 7 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 2391, activated 2015 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
41 400 52 59 nearest 126 m
Express
941 952
Blue Night
341 352
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
11 mapped lots within 500 m, 269 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Metro, 427 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 20 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento Sushi, 427 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Demarco Pharmacy, 456 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Bento Sushi · 1411 Lawrence Ave W427 m · 5 min
  • Kung Fu Sushi & Bubble Tea · 1409 Lawrence Ave W435 m · 5 min
  • Mr Zagros · 1393 Lawrence Ave W503 m · 6 min
  • Pizza Pizza · 1393 Lawrence Ave W503 m · 6 min
  • Hakka No 1 Restaurant · 2355 Keele St Unit-15545 m · 6 min
0 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Grocery
Metro 427 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Demarco Pharmacy 456 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • C.A.S.P. Catholic After School Program · 45 spaces, school age434 m · 5 min
  • Garderie du Soleil Levant · 105 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day854 m · 10 min
2 licensed centres · 150 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (6)
  • Queen's Greenbelt902 m · 11 min
  • Amesbury Park1 km · 12 min
  • North Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Ernie Lustig - Rainbow Park1.2 km · 14 min
  • Gracefield Park1.2 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (8)
  • St Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 435 m · 5 min
  • Ecole Elementaire Mathieu Da CostaFrench Public · 854 m · 10 min
  • George Anderson Public SchoolEnglish Public · 889 m · 11 min
  • St Fidelis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Gracefield Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch1.1 km · 13 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

42of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    5 grocery stores within 1 km · 20 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.1 km away

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.9 km · nearest centre 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot10/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,186 rental units, 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2460 Keele St (55 m, 57 units, 8 storeys, built 1967), which scored 79 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 42 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2460 Keele St · Golden Equity Properties578196779 · Aug 202655 m
2440 Keele St · Jennic Investments Inc.343195870 · Aug 202669 m
2434 Keele St · Ipg Management Group123195088 · Nov 2025135 m
2432 Keele St · Gentile Holdings Ltd123196090 · Nov 2025141 m
2500 Keele St · Golden Equity Properties9512197788 · Nov 2025153 m
2425 Keele St123195096 · Nov 2025155 m

42 registered buildings · 1,186 units · 1 social housing · tallest 13 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

14 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.5 a year. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1440street/outdoor (10), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

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 Maple Leaf.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Keele & Gracefield a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 77 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 & Gracefield?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #354 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.83× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Keele & Gracefield a walkable intersection?

Keele & Gracefield scores 42 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 5 grocery stores within 1 km · 20 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Keele & Gracefield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gracefield Ave between Bryn Rd and Del Ria Dr (April 2019), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Keele & Gracefield?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 269 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,950 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Keele & Gracefield by transit?

Bus routes 41, 400, 52, 59, 941, 952 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Keele & Gracefield?

None within 300 m, and 20 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bento Sushi (427 m), Kung Fu Sushi & Bubble Tea (435 m), Mr Zagros (503 m), Pizza Pizza (503 m) and Hakka No 1 Restaurant (545 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Keele & Gracefield?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 150 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are C.A.S.P. Catholic After School Program (434 m, 45 spaces) and Garderie du Soleil Levant (854 m, 105 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Keele & Gracefield?

42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,186 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2460 Keele St (55 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 2440 Keele St (69 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 70), 2434 Keele St (135 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 2432 Keele St (141 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 42 is 87 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Keele & Gracefield?

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Maple Leaf page.

What neighbourhood is Keele & Gracefield in?

Keele & Gracefield is in Maple Leaf (City of Toronto neighbourhood 029). It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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