Toronto · intersection · signal 934

Leslie & Steeles

Leslie St & Steeles Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Leslie & Steeles, in Toronto, is a major arterial intersection. It has a multi-use trail at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
23,878
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 31, 2023
214 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,980 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.6× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 112 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13.

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Leslie & Steeles

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5315142 nearest 21 m
Express
953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Leslie St; Leslie St at Steeles Ave East
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill090 Leslie090B Leslie412 Thornlea SS413 St Robert SS Via John at Simonston Blvd / Waggoners Wells La749 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Duncan Creek Trl installed 2017
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (10)
  • Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College SchoolPrivate · 551 m
  • A Y Jackson Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 602 m
  • St Matthias C.s. (Temporary Location)English Public · 771 m
  • Cliffwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Zion Heights Jr High SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Steelesview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (9)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Hillcrest branch1.3 km
Signal
0934, activated 1971 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 1 eating place is within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is The Eatery at Cmcc, 550 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Eatery at Cmcc · 6100 Leslie St550 mPassed, Apr 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 Cummer Park Community Centre Washroom, 940 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 553 m away at Saddletree Park.

  • Cummer Park Community Centre Washroom · 6000 Leslie St
    View centre hours
    940 m
Drinking water
Saddletree Park drinking fountain · 553 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

No licensed child care centre within 1 km.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 2.4 km700 Seneca Hill Dr
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 2.7 km3300 Bayview Ave

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

One registered apartment building with 397 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (940 m, 397 units, 6 storeys, built 1980), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 397 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4000 Don Mills RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation3976198095 · Jun 20240940 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 lots65 lots · ≈10,710 spaces · 32.1 ha
Within 500 m6 lots · ≈580 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 145 m away, ≈129 spaces; 239 m away, ≈58 spaces; 373 m away, ≈81 spaces; 467 m away, ≈60 spaces; 494 m away, ≈243 spaces; 496 m away, ≈5 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, Jan 31, 2023

The east leg carries the load — 9,999 westbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 174. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,586 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,828 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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 north174southbound · 1 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west9,255eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.4% heavy
Total vehicles23,878214 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east9,999westbound · 0 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south4,450northbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour3,586 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour3,828 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 31, 2023

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 counter on Steeles Ave E between Paul Markway and Aspenwood Dr (292 m away) recorded an average of 63 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 73 km/h. That segment carries about 36,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leslie St · Equestrian Crt – Steeles Ave E · 77 mJun 2016 · 3 days26,462
Steeles Ave E · Paul Markway – Aspenwood Dr · 292 mMar 2009 · 24 h36,82463 km/h73 km/h78 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

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 19, 2013.

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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 10, 2021. 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Leslie & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Leslie & Steeles?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 2.6× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Leslie & Steeles?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Paul Markway and Aspenwood Dr (March 2009), found an average of 63 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 73 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Leslie & Steeles?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 65 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,710 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Leslie & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 53, 151, 42, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Leslie St, 21 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie, 412 Thornlea SS at Simonston Blvd / Waggoners Wells La.

What restaurants are near Leslie & Steeles?

None within 300 m, and 1 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Eatery at Cmcc (550 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 Leslie & Steeles?

The nearest is Cummer Park Community Centre Washroom, 6000 Leslie St, 940 m 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.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Steeles?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 397 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (940 m, 397 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 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 Leslie & Steeles?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 neighbourhood page.

What ward is Leslie & Steeles in?

Leslie & Steeles is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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