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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 12, 2022 · weekend
Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,664 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 182 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 641 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 218 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% 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. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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.
Peak hours: 218 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 641 from 4:00 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 2021, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 30% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (15%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 24, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 20 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 13 | |
| Fail to remain | 6 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1188 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 2017
On Sentinel Rd between Four Winds Dr and Finch Corridor Trl, 362 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in June 2017 put the average speed at 49 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 12,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Cook Rd between Haynes Ave and Boake St measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Dec 2017).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Rd · Haynes Ave – Boake St · 137 m | Dec 2017 · 24 h | 660 | 34 km/h | 44 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Sentinel Rd · Four Winds Dr – Finch Corridor Trl · 362 m | Jun 2017 · 24 h | 12,068 | 49 km/h | 58 km/h | 64 km/h |
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 2330, activated 2012 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Sentinel Station (Line 6)698 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 41 106 107 nearest 14 m
- Blue Night
- 341 335 336
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Sentinel Rd at Cook Rd
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Sentinel Rd installed 2007
- Bike Share
- The Pond Rd / Sentinel Rd 327 m · 4 min · 27 docks · 2 stations, 42 docks 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
- 1 car park · about 335 spaces
- EV charging
- 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1.8 km · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- 2 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.1 km)
- Other lots
- 9 mapped lots within 500 m, 212 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3950 Keele Street · Surface | 1 km | 335 * | — |
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 Tripplee African Market, 546 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 36 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Aroma Espresso Bar, 353 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharma D Drugs, 593 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Aroma Espresso Bar · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-R140353 m · 4 min
- Booster Juice · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-20353 m · 4 min
- M2go-Yorku · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-110353 m · 4 min
- Meltwich · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-90353 m · 4 min
- Subway · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-20353 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Tripplee African Market 546 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- The Palace of Fruit and Passion 545 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Pharma D Drugs 593 m · 7 min
- Child care
- York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre · 149 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day643 m · 8 min
- University City Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day696 m · 8 min
- St. Wilfred YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
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 (9)
- Fred Young Park381 m · 5 min
- Dan Iannuzzi Park439 m · 5 min
- Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park442 m · 5 min
- 175 the Pond Road Park709 m · 8 min
- Fountainhead Park719 m · 9 min
- Schools
- Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 716 m · 9 min
- St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 1.4 km · 16 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library York Woods branch1.4 km · 16 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 community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,967 rental units. The nearest is 470 Sentinel Rd (530 m, 370 units, 22 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 Sentinel Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1970 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 530 m · 6 min |
| 500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT | 390 | 19 | 1978 | 98 · Nov 2025 | 577 m · 7 min |
| 1 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1968 | 83 · Jul 2024 | 676 m · 8 min |
| 40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1972 | 88 · Oct 2025 | 747 m · 9 min |
| 390 Sentinel Rd · Model Building Maintenance Inc | 53 | 4 | 1970 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 808 m · 10 min |
| 391 Sentinel Rd · Rona Property Management | 44 | 4 | 1966 | 86 · Jul 2024 | 839 m · 10 min |
7 registered buildings · 1,967 units · tallest 22 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
No thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (2), house driveway/garage (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 York University Heights.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sentinel & Cook a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Sentinel & Cook?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Feb 12, 2022, 39% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sentinel & Cook a walkable intersection?
Sentinel & Cook scores 45 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: Sentinel Station 0.7 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 3 parks within 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 36 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Sentinel & Cook?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sentinel Rd between Four Winds Dr and Finch Corridor Trl (June 2017), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sentinel & Cook?
The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.0 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 212 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,460 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.8 km).
How do I get to Sentinel & Cook by transit?
Sentinel Station (Line 6) is 698 m away; bus routes 41, 106, 107 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sentinel Rd at Cook Rd, 14 m).
What restaurants are near Sentinel & Cook?
None within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Aroma Espresso Bar (353 m), Booster Juice (353 m), M2go-Yorku (353 m), Meltwich (353 m) and Subway (353 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Sentinel & Cook?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 310 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (643 m, 149 spaces), University City Jr YMCA (696 m, 90 spaces) and St. Wilfred YMCA (1.0 km, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Cook?
Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,967 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 470 Sentinel Rd (530 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 500 Murray Ross Pkwy (577 m, 390 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1 Fountainhead Rd (676 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 40 Fountainhead Rd (747 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sentinel & Cook?
Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Sentinel & Cook in?
Sentinel & Cook is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 12, 2022.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 7 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.76707, -79.50120 · centreline node 20015401.