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Keele & The Pond Rd

Keele St & The Pond Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Keele & The Pond Rd, in York University Heights, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is York University (Line 1) 583 m away.

Traffic volume
23,436
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 7, 2024
1,105 pedestrians · 146 cyclists · #646 busiest
Collisions
248
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
61 with an injury · 161 property damage · #381 of 5,508 · +9 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
York University 583 m · 5 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 1,670 vehicles, 1.45× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 21 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 25 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 10.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.1× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 56%, from 97 in 2016–2020 to 151 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Keele & The Pond Rd

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
York University (Line 1)583 m; Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6)811 m
TTC bus
1074110136106 nearest 36 m
Express
941939
Blue Night
335341336
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Keele St at the Pond Rd South Side; Keele St at the Pond Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
The Pond Rd / Ian Macdonald Blvd 412 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 73 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 (4)
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 458 m
  • York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 747 m
  • James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Toronto Track and Field Centre1.2 km
Parks (6)
  • Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park508 m
  • Keele Reservoir843 m
  • Fred Young Park1.1 km
  • 175 the Pond Road Park1.1 km
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park1.2 km
  • Fountainhead Park1.2 km
Signal
1906, activated 2001 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 13 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 101. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 80 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés13 within 300 m · 101 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 3999 Keele St80 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
Domino's · 4207 Keele St Unit-3174 mPassed, Apr 2026
Vmv's Bar & Grill · 4207 Keele St Unit-1-2174 mPassed, Jul 2026
Lena's Roti & Doubles · 4207 Keele St, Unit-4174 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Adobo Fresh Burrito · 4205 Keele St Unit-19201 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Bamiyan Kabob · 4205 Keele St Unit-9-10201 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Bosphorus Turkish Cuisine · 4205 Keele St Unit-17201 mPassed, Jul 2026
Chung's Caribbean · 4205 Keele St Unit-7201 mPassed, Aug 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

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 174 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (686 m, 149 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 174 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre · 90 Atkinson Rd
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    686 m
  • Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) · 4700 Keele St
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    747 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (576 m), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.4 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 576 m4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.2 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 2.4 km4330 Dufferin St

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots429 lots · ≈97,510 spaces · 292.5 ha
Within 500 m6 lots · ≈6,270 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 2,216 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (789 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface729 m335 *
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface1.6 km1,881 *

Nearest lots: 177 m away, ≈836 spaces; 309 m away, ≈2,428 spaces; 327 m away, ≈361 spaces; 360 m away, ≈2,089 spaces; 409 m away, ≈299 spaces; 493 m away, ≈258 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, Mar 7, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,419 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 2,691 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,101 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,734 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.9% 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 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,256southbound · 55 bikes · 7.5% heavy
From the west3,070eastbound · 10 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles23,4361,105 pedestrians · 146 cyclists · 5.9% heavy
From the east2,691westbound · 27 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the south9,419northbound · 54 bikes · 6.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,734 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,101 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 7, 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

On Keele St between Murray Ross Pkwy and The Pond Rd, 265 m from the corner, a 2-day count in September 2019 put the average speed at 69 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 77 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 109 km/h or more. That segment carries about 29,700 vehicles a day. The Pond Rd between James Gillies St and Keele St measured slower: 49 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 57 km/h (May 2013). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The Pond Rd · James Gillies St – Keele St · 150 mMay 2013 · 24 h6,30649 km/h57 km/h63 km/h
Keele St · Murray Ross Pkwy – The Pond Rd · 265 mSep 2019 · 2 days29,70169 km/h77 km/h109 km/h

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 worst year was 2023, with 77 collisions; 2025 recorded 26. 61 collisions (25%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 29 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 10.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions248#381 of 5,508
With an injury61#162 of 4,660
Property damage only161
Fail to remain29
Involving a pedestrian3#1272 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#819 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified26
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
All since 2014290latest May 22, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Four thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle420street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft100transit property (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 14, 2025. 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 & The Pond Rd a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 248 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 & The Pond Rd?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #646 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.45× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Keele & The Pond Rd?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Keele St between Murray Ross Pkwy and The Pond Rd (September 2019), found an average of 69 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 77 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Keele & The Pond Rd?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (729 m away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 429 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 97,510 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.6 km).

How do I get to Keele & The Pond Rd by transit?

York University (Line 1) is 583 m away; bus routes 107, 41, 101, 36, 106, 941, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Keele St at the Pond Rd South Side, 36 m).

What restaurants are near Keele & The Pond Rd?

13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 101 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (80 m), Domino's (174 m), Vmv's Bar & Grill (174 m), Lena's Roti & Doubles (174 m) and Adobo Fresh Burrito (201 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 Keele & The Pond Rd?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 174 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (686 m, 149 spaces) and Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (747 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Keele & The Pond Rd?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 & The Pond Rd in?

Keele & The Pond Rd 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