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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 · Apr 27, 2017
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 3,774 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 117 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,428 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,089 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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: 1,089 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,428 from 5:00 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 2018, with 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 9 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 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 May 2, 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 | 84 | #1323 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1889 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 60 | |
| Fail to remain | 18 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #934 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 15 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 7 | |
| 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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Sentinel Rd between Four Winds Dr and Finch Corridor Trl, 179 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. At the school-zone speed sign on Sentinel Rd C (383 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.3% of the 97,072 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Rd · Four Winds Dr – Finch Corridor Trl · 179 m | Jun 2017 · 24 h | 12,068 | 49 km/h | 58 km/h | 64 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Sentinel Rd C (southbound), 383 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 43 km/h; 2.3% at 50 km/h or more. 97,072 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- pedestrian crossover
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Sentinel Station (Line 6)147 m; Tobermory Station (Line 6)789 m · 9 min; Finch West Station (Line 6)934 m · 11 min
- TTC bus
- 106 41 36 101 107 nearest 41 m
- Express
- 941
- Blue Night
- 336 341 335
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Sentinel Rd at Fountainhead Rd; Sentinel Rd at Fountainhead Rd North Side
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Sentinel Rd installed 2007
- Bike Share
- The Pond Rd / Sentinel Rd 878 m · 10 min · 27 docks · 1 station, 27 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 · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1 km)
- Other lots
- 23 mapped lots within 500 m, 221 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 | 923 m | 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
Two grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Tripplee African Market, 249 m away. Four specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest The Palace of Fruit and Passion at 248 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 13 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 28. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 196 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharma D Drugs, 296 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1493 Finch Ave W196 m
- 6ix Donutz · 45 Four Winds Dr248 m
- Big Daddy's Halal Grill · 45 Four Winds Dr Unit-C3249 m
- Irie Flavours · 45 Four Winds Dr249 m
- Picasso Grillz Fusion Grill Kitchen · 45 Four Winds Dr Unit-Q3249 m
- Grocery
- Tripplee African Market 249 m · 2 within 300 m
- Food shops
- The Palace of Fruit and Passion 248 m · 4 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Pharma D Drugs 296 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- University City Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day145 m
- St. Wilfred YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day415 m · 5 min
- Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day860 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Derrydowns Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible806 m · 10 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 (10)
- Fountainhead Park168 m
- Black Creek Parkland722 m · 9 min
- Fred Young Park825 m · 10 min
- Dan Iannuzzi Park865 m · 10 min
- Bratty Park945 m · 11 min
- Schools (8)
- St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 415 m · 5 min
- C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 487 m · 6 min
- James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 755 m · 9 min
- Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Elia Mdl School 416 395-3020English Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library York Woods branch821 m · 10 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 or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #503 of 5,672. 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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,420 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1 Fountainhead Rd (125 m, 370 units, 22 storeys, built 1968), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1968 | 83 · Jul 2024 | 125 m |
| 470 Sentinel Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1970 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 206 m |
| 390 Sentinel Rd · Model Building Maintenance Inc | 53 | 4 | 1970 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 257 m · 3 min |
| 391 Sentinel Rd · Rona Property Management | 44 | 4 | 1966 | 86 · Jul 2024 | 288 m · 3 min |
| 40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1972 | 88 · Oct 2025 | 352 m · 4 min |
| 35 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1973 | 96 · Oct 2025 | 391 m · 5 min |
9 registered buildings · 2,420 units · 1 social housing · tallest 24 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
85 thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 15× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 17 in 2023–2025, about 5.7 a year, against 10.4 a year before that. 73% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Feb 20, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 85 | 16 | 2 | street/outdoor (62), apartment parking (21) |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (3), street/outdoor (2) |
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 & Fountainhead a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 84 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 & Fountainhead?
An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Apr 27, 2017, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sentinel & Fountainhead a walkable intersection?
Sentinel & Fountainhead scores 76 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #503 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 · 9 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km; 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 13 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: pedestrian crossover.
How fast do cars go at Sentinel & Fountainhead?
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. At the school-zone speed sign 383 m away (40 km/h), 2.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Sentinel & Fountainhead?
The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (923 m away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 221 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,060 spaces — 23 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 Sentinel & Fountainhead by transit?
Sentinel Station (Line 6) is 147 m away; bus routes 106, 41, 36, 101, 107, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sentinel Rd at Fountainhead Rd, 41 m).
What restaurants are near Sentinel & Fountainhead?
13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 28 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (196 m), 6ix Donutz (248 m), Big Daddy's Halal Grill (249 m), Irie Flavours (249 m) and Picasso Grillz Fusion Grill Kitchen (249 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sentinel & Fountainhead?
The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 806 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Sentinel & Fountainhead?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 200 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are University City Jr YMCA (145 m, 90 spaces), St. Wilfred YMCA (415 m, 71 spaces) and Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview (860 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Fountainhead?
Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,420 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Fountainhead Rd (125 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 470 Sentinel Rd (206 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 390 Sentinel Rd (257 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 391 Sentinel Rd (288 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 89 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sentinel & Fountainhead?
Toronto Police place 85 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Sentinel & Fountainhead in?
Sentinel & Fountainhead 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 Apr 27, 2017.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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: 43.76224, -79.50052 · centreline node 13448751.