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Sentinel & Sharpecroft

Sentinel Rd & Sharpecroft Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre

In York University Heights, Sentinel & Sharpecroft is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a protected bikeway and a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,400
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 16, 2022
98 pedestrians · 28 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #5076 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 300 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 26% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 24 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 0.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sentinel & Sharpecroft

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1061088441101120 nearest 118 m
Express
984941
Blue Night
384341
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Sentinel Rd installed 2022
Bike Share
Sentinel Rd / Sheppard Ave W 352 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 31 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 (11)
  • St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 361 m
  • Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 388 m
  • Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 455 m
  • Elia Mdl School 416 395-3020English Public · 893 m
  • St Martha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Lamberton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre570 m
  • Northwood Community Centre623 m
Parks (13)
  • Brookwell Park243 m
  • Sunfield Park404 m
  • Benjamin Boake Greenbelt455 m
  • Northwood Park510 m
  • Grandravine Park559 m
  • Seeley Greenbelt571 m
  • and 7 more
Places of interest
  • Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 759 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 31 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Grand Bazaar Turkish Cuisine, 453 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ayasofya Turkish Supermarket · 3372 Keele Stgrocery453 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 5 infractions
Bob's Variety · 3364 Keele Stgrocery453 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Grand Bazaar Turkish Cuisine · 3354 Keele St453 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Mang Tomas Lechon · 3366 Keele St453 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizza Pizza · 3358 Keele St453 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Pho Huong Trang · 3370 Keele St453 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Pho Huong Trang · 3370 Keele St453 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr456 mPassed, May 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 Northwood Park Washroom, 351 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 466 m away at Grandravine Park.

  • Northwood Park Washroom · 140 Stilecroft Dr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    351 m
  • Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    578 m
  • Northwood Community Centre Washroom · 15 Clubhouse Crt
    View centre hours · accessible
    625 m
Drinking water
Grandravine Park drinking fountain · 466 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 286 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Jerome Jr YMCA (361 m, 112 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 286 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    361 m
  • Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 1430 Sheppard Ave W
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    388 m
  • Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    455 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 144 · 1.5 km2945 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.8 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

27 registered apartment buildings with 2,395 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Brookwell Dr (291 m, 38 units, 4 storeys, built 1964), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 91 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings27 · 2,395 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202691 across the 27
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
32 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.384196490 · Jul 20251291 m
34 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.444196487 · Jul 20250300 m
1450 Sheppard Ave W · Cogir Real Estate1817196893 · Aug 202616330 m
3390 Keele St · Sterling Karamar Property Management25811196594 · Oct 202518331 m
39 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.574196591 · Sep 20240385 m
41 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.384196695 · Jul 20250386 m
41-51 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc.484196694 · Jul 20250386 m
3400 Keele St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.1419196799 · Aug 20266393 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 lots309 lots · ≈45,450 spaces · 136.4 ha
Within 500 m18 lots · ≈1,760 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 197 m away, ≈56 spaces; 207 m away, ≈29 spaces; 293 m away, ≈17 spaces; 298 m away, ≈64 spaces; 305 m away, ≈6 spaces; 313 m away, ≈47 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, Jun 16, 2022

The south leg carries the load — 1,214 northbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 416 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 393 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 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 north1,004southbound · 14 bikes · 8.0% heavy
From the west1eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,40098 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · 8.7% heavy
From the east181westbound · 3 bikes · 12.7% heavy
From the south1,214northbound · 11 bikes · 8.7% heavy
AM peak hour416 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour393 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 16, 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 Sharpecroft Blvd between Brookwell Park Trl and Dovehouse Ave (290 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 2-day count in April 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Sharpecroft Blvd (291 m away, 30 km/h limit), 4.4% of the 10,666 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sharpecroft Blvd · Brookwell Park Trl – Dovehouse Ave · 290 mApr 2019 · 2 days75938 km/h50 km/h57 km/h
Sentinel Rd · Sheppard Ave W – Inlet Mews · 356 mDec 2011 · 3 days6,630

School-zone speed sign 291 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 34 km/h
Over the limit20%
40 km/h or more4.4%

Sharpecroft Blvd (northbound), 81 Sharpecroft Boulevard · 10,666 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

2019 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from May 1, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5076 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20145latest May 1, 2022

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft110house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 31, 2025. 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 & Sharpecroft a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 & Sharpecroft?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 16, 2022, 26% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sentinel & Sharpecroft?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sharpecroft Blvd between Brookwell Park Trl and Dovehouse Ave (April 2019), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 291 m away (30 km/h), 4.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Sentinel & Sharpecroft?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 309 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,450 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sentinel & Sharpecroft by transit?

Bus routes 106, 108, 84, 41, 101, 120, 984, 941 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Sentinel & Sharpecroft?

None within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Grand Bazaar Turkish Cuisine (453 m), Mang Tomas Lechon (453 m), Pizza Pizza (453 m), Pho Huong Trang (453 m) and Pho Huong Trang (453 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 & Sharpecroft?

The nearest is Northwood Park Washroom, 140 Stilecroft Dr, 351 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom (578 m); Northwood Community Centre Washroom (625 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 & Sharpecroft?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 286 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Jerome Jr YMCA (361 m, 112 spaces), Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (388 m, 120 spaces) and Stilecroft Superkids (455 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Sharpecroft?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,395 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Brookwell Dr (291 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 34 Brookwell Dr (300 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1450 Sheppard Ave W (330 m, 181 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 3390 Keele St (331 m, 258 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 93 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 & Sharpecroft?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 & Sharpecroft in?

Sentinel & Sharpecroft 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

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