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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
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 3,293 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 1,012 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,283 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 896 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% 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: 896 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,283 from 4:30 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 2016, with 13 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 8 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 20 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low 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 Sep 1, 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 | 75 | #1464 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 8 | #2119 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 49 | |
| Fail to remain | 20 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 18 | |
| 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, 52 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.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Rd · Four Winds Dr – Finch Corridor Trl · 52 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Sentinel Station (Line 6)274 m · 3 min; Tobermory Station (Line 6)916 m · 11 min; Finch West Station (Line 1)919 m · 11 min
- TTC bus
- 106 41 101 36 107 nearest 98 m
- Express
- 941 939
- Blue Night
- 341 336 335
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Sentinel Rd at Fountainhead Rd
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Sentinel Rd installed 2007
- Bike Share
- The Pond Rd / Sentinel Rd 751 m · 9 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 (919 m)
- Other lots
- 24 mapped lots within 500 m, 209 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 | 796 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, 122 m away. Four specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest The Palace of Fruit and Passion at 121 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 12 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 27. The nearest is 6ix Donutz, 121 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharma D Drugs, 169 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- 6ix Donutz · 45 Four Winds Dr121 m
- Big Daddy's Halal Grill · 45 Four Winds Dr Unit-C3122 m
- Irie Flavours · 45 Four Winds Dr122 m
- Picasso Grillz Fusion Grill Kitchen · 45 Four Winds Dr Unit-Q3122 m
- Pick A Pot · 45 Four Winds Dr Unit-B122 m
- Grocery
- Tripplee African Market 122 m · 2 within 300 m
- Food shops
- The Palace of Fruit and Passion 121 m · 4 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Pharma D Drugs 169 m
- Child care
- University City Jr YMCA · 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day272 m · 3 min
- St. Wilfred YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day542 m · 6 min
- Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
- Washrooms
- Derrydowns Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible933 m · 11 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 Park295 m · 4 min
- Fred Young Park698 m · 8 min
- Dan Iannuzzi Park738 m · 9 min
- Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park827 m · 10 min
- Black Creek Parkland849 m · 10 min
- Schools (7)
- St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 542 m · 6 min
- C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 614 m · 7 min
- James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 882 m · 11 min
- Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 14 min
- Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 1.1 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library York Woods branch948 m · 11 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 #1,314 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 eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,046 rental units. The nearest is 470 Sentinel Rd (106 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 | 106 m |
| 1 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1968 | 83 · Jul 2024 | 252 m · 3 min |
| 390 Sentinel Rd · Model Building Maintenance Inc | 53 | 4 | 1970 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 384 m · 5 min |
| 391 Sentinel Rd · Rona Property Management | 44 | 4 | 1966 | 86 · Jul 2024 | 415 m · 5 min |
| 40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1972 | 88 · Oct 2025 | 479 m · 6 min |
| 35 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1973 | 96 · Oct 2025 | 518 m · 6 min |
8 registered buildings · 2,046 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
77 thefts from vehicles and eight bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 14× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 14 in 2023–2025, about 4.7 a year, against 10.1 a year before that. 77% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 75% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 10, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 77 | 13 | 3 | street/outdoor (59), apartment parking (17) |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (6), commercial premises (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 & Four Winds a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 75 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 & Four Winds?
A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Apr 27, 2017, 76% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sentinel & Four Winds a walkable intersection?
Sentinel & Four Winds scores 64 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,314 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: 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 12 places to eat within 300 m; Sentinel Station 0.3 km · 9 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m.
How fast do cars go at Sentinel & Four Winds?
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 & Four Winds?
The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (796 m away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 209 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,100 spaces — 24 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 & Four Winds by transit?
Sentinel Station (Line 6) is 274 m away; bus routes 106, 41, 101, 36, 107, 941, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sentinel Rd at Fountainhead Rd, 98 m).
What restaurants are near Sentinel & Four Winds?
12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 27 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are 6ix Donutz (121 m), Big Daddy's Halal Grill (122 m), Irie Flavours (122 m), Picasso Grillz Fusion Grill Kitchen (122 m) and Pick A Pot (122 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Sentinel & Four Winds?
The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 933 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Sentinel & Four Winds?
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 (272 m, 90 spaces), St. Wilfred YMCA (542 m, 71 spaces) and Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview (1.0 km, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Four Winds?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,046 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 470 Sentinel Rd (106 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1 Fountainhead Rd (252 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 390 Sentinel Rd (384 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 391 Sentinel Rd (415 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sentinel & Four Winds?
Toronto Police place 77 thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Sentinel & Four Winds in?
Sentinel & Four Winds 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.
- 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: 43.76336, -79.50086 · centreline node 13448604.