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Pharmacy & Sheppard

Pharmacy Ave & Sheppard Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · L'Amoreaux West · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

In L'Amoreaux West, Pharmacy & Sheppard is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,237
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 26, 2025
1,276 pedestrians · 107 cyclists · #1102 busiest
Collisions
243
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
35 with an injury · 183 property damage · #396 of 5,508 · +17 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 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 1,230 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 14 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 24 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 14.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.8× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 23%, from 137 in 2016–2020 to 106 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Pharmacy & Sheppard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
851672416968 nearest 20 m
Express
904985924968
Blue Night
324385
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Pharmacy Ave; Pharmacy Ave at Sheppard Ave East North Side
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sheppard Av458 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Victoria Park Ave / Patrick Blvd 512 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (25)
  • Unique Chinese School & Gracepoint ChurchPrivate · 141 m
  • Bridlewood Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 522 m
  • Victoria Park LINC CentreEnglish Separate · 716 m
  • Vradenburg Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 798 m
  • St Gerald Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 835 m
  • A R S Armenian Private SchoolPrivate · 839 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (18)
  • Wishing Well Woods142 m
  • Vradenburg Park635 m
  • Farmcrest Parkette667 m
  • Hickorynut Parkette702 m
  • Bridlewood Park722 m
  • Wishing Well Park745 m
  • and 12 more
Signal
0749, activated 1966 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is Stacy's Island Flavor Restaurant, 59 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Stacy's Island Flavor Restaurant · 3007 Sheppard Ave E59 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Tasty Shawarma · 2993 Sheppard Ave E69 mPassed, May 2026
Eden Garden · 1806 Pharmacy Ave95 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 4 infractions
Dairy Queen · 2924 Sheppard Ave E355 mPassed, May 2026
Pizza Nova · 2922 Sheppard Ave E359 mPassed, Jun 2026
Chennai Super Kings Restaurant · 2912 Sheppard Ave E367 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Eggsmart · 2904 Sheppard Ave E398 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Johnny's Hamburgers · 2595 Victoria Park Ave406 mPassed, Jun 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 Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 745 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 1700 Pharmacy Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    745 m
  • Bridlewood Park Washroom · 445 Huntingwood Dr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    772 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 462 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Top Mandarin Day Care Centre (141 m, 49 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 462 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 7
  • Top Mandarin Day Care Centre · 3143 Sheppard Ave E
    49 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    141 m
  • Eyes Abacus Child Care · 20 Chichester Pl
    20 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    333 m
  • Bridlewood Jr YMCA · 60 Bridlewood Blvd
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    522 m
  • Ars Nursery School - Armenian Community Centre · 45 Hallcrown Pl
    74 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    783 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 244 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 244 · 1.6 km2340 Birchmount Rd
Police33 Division · 3.8 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 1.9 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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 eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,713 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2008 Pharmacy Ave (112 m, 293 units, 13 storeys, built 1975), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings8 · 1,713 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 8
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2008 Pharmacy AveToronto Community Housing · Del Management29313197597 · Sep 20254112 m
8 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.21020201298 · Nov 20250258 m
10 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.22016197192 · Aug 20263299 m
20 Chichester Pl · Park Property Management Inc18914197096 · Sep 20240333 m
2727 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management17813197295 · Aug 20262456 m
2739 Victoria Park AveToronto Community Housing · TCH20315197187 · Sep 20250 · 8 fire504 m
2743 Victoria Park AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation20115197186 · Sep 20251 · 1 fire547 m
3275 Sheppard Ave E · Falco Properties21917197073 · Sep 20243630 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 lots338 lots · ≈43,000 spaces · 129 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈1,860 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 60 m away, ≈212 spaces; 82 m away, ≈35 spaces; 89 m away, ≈37 spaces; 92 m away, ≈73 spaces; 133 m away, ≈4 spaces; 145 m away, ≈7 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, Oct 26, 2025 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,790 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 1,581 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (43 of 107). Evening rush dominates here: 1,732 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,095 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north2,943southbound · 11 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the west6,790eastbound · 40 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles17,2371,276 pedestrians · 107 cyclists · 2.6% heavy
From the east5,923westbound · 43 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south1,581northbound · 13 bikes · 0.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,095 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,732 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 26, 2025 · weekend

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 Pharmacy Ave between 2020 Pharmacy Ave and Huntingwood Dr, 296 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2019 put the average speed at 65 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 73 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 79 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,000 vehicles a day. Sheppard Ave E between Abbotsfield Gt and Palmdale Dr measured slower: 57 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 66 km/h (Mar 2019). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pharmacy Ave · 2020 Pharmacy Ave – Huntingwood Dr · 296 mMar 2019 · 3 days9,04965 km/h73 km/h79 km/h
Sheppard Ave E · Abbotsfield Gt – Palmdale Dr · 354 mMar 2019 · 24 h27,56257 km/h66 km/h72 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 2016, with 39 collisions; 2025 recorded 27. 35 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 29 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 17 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 14.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions243#396 of 5,508
With an injury35#409 of 4,660
Property damage only183
Fail to remain29
Involving a pedestrian5#787 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified25
Since January 2026 (outside the window)17
All since 2014335latest Jun 4, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Apr 15, 2012.

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

19 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 10 in 2023–2025, about 3.3 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1991street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (5)
Bicycle theft112street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 18, 2026. 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 L'Amoreaux West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pharmacy & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 243 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 Pharmacy & Sheppard?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1102 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Sheppard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pharmacy Ave between 2020 Pharmacy Ave and Huntingwood Dr (March 2019), found an average of 65 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 Pharmacy & Sheppard?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 338 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,000 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & Sheppard by transit?

Bus routes 85, 167, 24, 169, 68, 904, 985, 924 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Pharmacy Ave, 20 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sheppard Av.

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Sheppard?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Stacy's Island Flavor Restaurant (59 m), Tasty Shawarma (69 m), Eden Garden (95 m), Dairy Queen (355 m) and Pizza Nova (359 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 Pharmacy & Sheppard?

The nearest is Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 1700 Pharmacy Ave, 745 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Bridlewood Park Washroom (772 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 Pharmacy & Sheppard?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 462 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Top Mandarin Day Care Centre (141 m, 49 spaces), Eyes Abacus Child Care (333 m, 20 spaces) and Bridlewood Jr YMCA (522 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Sheppard?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,713 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2008 Pharmacy Ave (112 m, 293 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 8 Chichester Pl (258 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 10 Chichester Pl (299 m, 220 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 20 Chichester Pl (333 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 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 Pharmacy & Sheppard?

Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 since January 2026. 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 L'Amoreaux West page.

What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & Sheppard in?

Pharmacy & Sheppard is in L'Amoreaux West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 147). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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