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Sentinel & Fountainhead

Sentinel Rd & Fountainhead Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Sentinel & Fountainhead is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in York University Heights. At the corner: Sentinel Station, a bike lane and a park.

Traffic volume
8,272
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 27, 2017
1,581 pedestrians · 43 cyclists
Collisions
84
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 60 property damage · #1323 of 5,508 · +7 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
Sentinel Station
subway station within 250 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,030 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 8.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 25%, from 48 in 2016–2020 to 36 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sentinel & Fountainhead

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Sentinel Station (Line 6)132 m; Tobermory Station (Line 6)665 m; Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6)791 m
TTC bus
1064136101107108 nearest 41 m
Express
941939
Blue Night
336341335
Nearest stops
11 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
Tobermory Dr / Finch Corridor Trail 819 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 76 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 (13)
  • St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 295 m
  • C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 443 m
  • James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 552 m
  • Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 675 m
  • Elia Mdl School 416 395-3020English Public · 1 km
  • Lamberton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (15)
  • Fountainhead Park128 m
  • Black Creek Parkland472 m
  • Fred Young Park653 m
  • Bratty Park655 m
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park685 m
  • Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park724 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch659 m

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 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 66. The nearest is Amaya's Sweet Treats/Tito P's, 138 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Amaya's Sweet Treats/Tito P's · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 Unit G138 mPassed, Jul 2026
Oma African Store · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 - D138 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cooper's Coffee & Bubble Tea · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 Unit B138 mPassed, Jul 2026
Macaan Pizzeria · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 Unit K138 mPassed, Jul 2026
Paloma's Cuisine · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 Unit A1138 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Mama P's Gold Coast Kitchen · 41-75 Four Winds Dr 45 #e138 mPassed, Jul 2026
Afro Spice · 45 Four Winds Dr139 mPassed, Jul 2026
Big Daddy's Halal Grill · 45 Four Winds Dr Unit-C3139 mPassed, Feb 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 Derrydowns Park Washroom, 605 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 195 m away at Fountainhead Park.

  • Derrydowns Park Washroom · 271 Derrydown Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    605 m
Drinking water
Fountainhead Park bottle filling station · 195 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 327 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is University City Jr YMCA (94 m, 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 327 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • University City Jr YMCA · 453 Sentinel Rd
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    94 m
  • St. Wilfred YMCA · 1685 Finch Ave W
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    295 m
  • Derrydown School Age YMCA · 120 Derrydown Rd
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    675 m
  • Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview · 96 Hucknall Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    790 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (807 m), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 807 m4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 2.2 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 2.1 km2753 Jane St

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 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,381 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1 Fountainhead Rd (111 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 99 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 3,381 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202699 across the 15
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022196883 · Jul 202410111 m
470 Sentinel Rd · Ranee Management37022197095 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire148 m
390 Sentinel Rd · Model Building Maintenance Inc534197090 · Aug 20254223 m
391 Sentinel Rd · Rona Property Management444196686 · Jul 20241245 m
35 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197396 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire288 m
40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197288 · Oct 20259 · 1 fire302 m
500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT39019197898 · Nov 20250 · 2 fire472 m
345 Sentinel Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc7910197088 · Jul 20244 · 3 fire567 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 lots440 lots · ≈69,520 spaces · 208.5 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈2,100 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 2,216 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (836 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface793 m335 *
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface1.9 km1,881 *

Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈35 spaces; 78 m away, ≈56 spaces; 80 m away, ≈132 spaces; 106 m away, ≈161 spaces; 119 m away, ≈54 spaces; 125 m away, ≈24 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, 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 9 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.

From the north3,774southbound · 23 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west1,087eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles8,2721,581 pedestrians · 43 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east117westbound · 1 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south3,294northbound · 18 bikes · 3.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,089 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,428 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 27, 2017

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 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 103,046 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sentinel Rd · Four Winds Dr – Finch Corridor Trl · 179 mJun 2017 · 24 h12,06849 km/h58 km/h64 km/h

School-zone speed sign 383 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct36 · 43 km/h
Over the limit10%
50 km/h or more2.3%

Sentinel Rd C (southbound), 340 Sentinel Road · 103,046 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions84#1323 of 5,508
With an injury9#1889 of 4,660
Property damage only60
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian4#934 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1870 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified15
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014100latest May 2, 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

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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle85162street/outdoor (62), apartment parking (21)
Bicycle theft510apartment parking (3), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 20, 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 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. Its latest count is from Apr 27, 2017, about the median for a counted intersection.

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 July 2026.

Where can I park near Sentinel & Fountainhead?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (793 m away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 440 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 69,520 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.0 km).

How do I get to Sentinel & Fountainhead by transit?

Sentinel Station (Line 6) is 132 m away; bus routes 106, 41, 36, 101, 107, 108, 941, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sentinel Rd at Fountainhead Rd, 41 m).

What restaurants are near Sentinel & Fountainhead?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 66 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Amaya's Sweet Treats/Tito P's (138 m), Oma African Store (138 m), Cooper's Coffee & Bubble Tea (138 m), Macaan Pizzeria (138 m) and Paloma's Cuisine (138 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 Sentinel & Fountainhead?

The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 605 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Sentinel & Fountainhead?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 327 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are University City Jr YMCA (94 m, 90 spaces), St. Wilfred YMCA (295 m, 71 spaces) and Derrydown School Age YMCA (675 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Fountainhead?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,381 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Fountainhead Rd (111 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 470 Sentinel Rd (148 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 390 Sentinel Rd (223 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 391 Sentinel Rd (245 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 89 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 Sentinel & Fountainhead?

Toronto Police place 85 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 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 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

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