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Sentinel & Grandravine

Sentinel Rd & Grandravine Dr · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre

In York University Heights, Sentinel & Grandravine is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,539
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 22, 2022
551 pedestrians · 24 cyclists
Collisions
59
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 37 property damage · #1824 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 820 vehicles an hour, 71% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 5.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 16%, from 32 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sentinel & Grandravine

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1081064110184 nearest 15 m
Express
941984
Blue Night
341384
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Grandravine Dr at Sentinel Rd; Sentinel Rd at Grandravine Dr
Cycling
Cycle Track on Sentinel Rd installed 2007
Bike Share
Keele St / Dovehouse Ave - SMART 741 m · 16 docks · 3 stations, 46 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 (14)
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 209 m
  • Elia Mdl School 416 395-3020English Public · 326 m
  • Lamberton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 616 m
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 629 m
  • Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 795 m
  • C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 809 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (17)
  • Grandravine Park350 m
  • Sentinel Park455 m
  • Northwood Park604 m
  • Bratty Park631 m
  • Brookwell Park790 m
  • Benjamin Boake Greenbelt862 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 20 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Stilecroft Superkids, 208 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr208 mPassed, May 2026
Elia Junior Ms Student Snack Program · 215 Sentinel Rd327 mPassed, Apr 2026
Rainbow's End · 96 Hucknall Rd Unit-2449 mPassed, Jun 2026
Hot Dog&corn Co · 22 Brantley Cres487 mPassed, Jun 2026
If Cafe · 3472 Keele St571 mPassed, Jul 2025
If Cafe · 3472 Keele St571 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lamberton P.s. (Rainbow End Before & After Care) · 33 Lamberton Blvd617 mPassed, Jan 2026
Bargain Club · 3685 Keele St, Unit-4a691 mPassed, Apr 2025

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 Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 436 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 308 m away at Grandravine Park.

  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    436 m
  • Northwood Park Washroom · 140 Stilecroft Dr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    460 m
  • Northwood Community Centre Washroom · 15 Clubhouse Crt
    View centre hours · accessible
    774 m
Drinking water
Grandravine Park drinking fountain · 308 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 452 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Stilecroft Superkids (209 m, 54 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 452 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 6
  • Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    209 m
  • Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview · 96 Hucknall Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    449 m
  • Rainbow's End Lutheran Daycare "Satellite" · 33 Lamberton Blvd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    616 m
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    629 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 142 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 142 · 1.6 km2753 Jane St
Police31 Division · 2.6 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.6 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

20 registered apartment buildings with 2,058 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 170 Sentinel Rd (145 m, 60 units, 4 storeys, built 1967), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 2,058 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 20
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
170 Sentinel Rd · Berkley Porperty Management Inc.604196791 · Jul 20260145 m
3680 Keele StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2383197098 · Aug 20258543 m
3470 Keele Stsocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc.594199481 · Sep 20252567 m
3444 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.619196791 · Jul 20245619 m
3700 Keele St · Hazelview Properties Services Inc.573196293 · Aug 20253641 m
345 Sentinel Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc7910197088 · Jul 20244 · 3 fire670 m
25 Broadoaks Dr · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197393 · Aug 20240692 m
3710 Keele St · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197284 · Sep 20250717 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 lots383 lots · ≈60,600 spaces · 181.8 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈720 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.5 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.6 km335 *

Nearest lots: 121 m away, ≈56 spaces; 179 m away, ≈20 spaces; 247 m away, ≈61 spaces; 257 m away, ≈19 spaces; 271 m away, ≈18 spaces; 296 m away, ≈32 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, Mar 22, 2022

The west leg carries the load — 1,977 eastbound vehicles, or 30% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,410. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,067 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (956). Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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.

From the north1,623southbound · 6 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west1,977eastbound · 7 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles6,539551 pedestrians · 24 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east1,529westbound · 4 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south1,410northbound · 7 bikes · 5.8% heavy
AM peak hour956 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,067 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 22, 2022

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

The City's counter on Grandravine Dr between Grandravine Park Trl and Frankton Cres (195 m away) recorded an average of 48 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 56 km/h. That segment carries about 6,000 vehicles a day. Sentinel Rd between Grandravine Dr and Hucknall Rd measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Nov 2010). 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 (191 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.4% of the 52,037 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sentinel Rd · Grandravine Dr – Hucknall Rd · 0 mNov 2010 · 24 h2,57237 km/h43 km/h47 km/h
Grandravine Dr · Grandravine Park Trl – Frankton Cres · 195 mAug 2017 · 24 h6,01648 km/h56 km/h62 km/h

School-zone speed sign 191 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct38 · 44 km/h
Over the limit13%
50 km/h or more2.4%

Sentinel Rd (northbound), 191 Sentinel Road · 52,037 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

2023 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 27% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions59#1824 of 5,508
With an injury16#1136 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#2987 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2333 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201467latest Jun 9, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on May 5, 2008.

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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 25, 2020. 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 & Grandravine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 59 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 & Grandravine?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 22, 2022, 71% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sentinel & Grandravine?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Grandravine Dr between Grandravine Park Trl and Frankton Cres (August 2017), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 191 m away (40 km/h), 2.4% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Sentinel & Grandravine?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.6 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 383 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 60,600 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sentinel & Grandravine by transit?

Bus routes 108, 106, 41, 101, 84, 941, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Grandravine Dr at Sentinel Rd, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Sentinel & Grandravine?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 20 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Stilecroft Superkids (208 m), Elia Junior Ms Student Snack Program (327 m), Rainbow's End (449 m), Hot Dog&corn Co (487 m) and If Cafe (571 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 & Grandravine?

The nearest is Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 23 Grandravine Dr, 436 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Northwood Park Washroom (460 m); Northwood Community Centre Washroom (774 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 Sentinel & Grandravine?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 452 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Stilecroft Superkids (209 m, 54 spaces), Faith Lutheran Day Care Centre of Downsview (449 m, 39 spaces) and Rainbow's End Lutheran Daycare "Satellite" (616 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Grandravine?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,058 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 170 Sentinel Rd (145 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3680 Keele St (543 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 3470 Keele St (567 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 3444 Keele St (619 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 90 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 & Grandravine?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 & Grandravine in?

Sentinel & Grandravine is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined