Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 8410810641101120 nearest 19 m
- Express
- 984941
- Blue Night
- 384341
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave West at Sentinel Rd; Sentinel Rd at Sheppard Ave West North Side
- Cycling
- Bi-Directional Cycle Track on Sheppard Ave W installed 2022; Cycle Track on Sheppard Ave W installed 2022; Cycle Track on Sentinel Rd installed 2022
- Bike Share
- Sentinel Rd / Sheppard Ave W 23 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 (9)
- Sheppard Public & Africentric AlternativeEnglish Public · 346 m
- St Jerome Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 622 m
- Stilecroft Public SchoolEnglish Public · 830 m
- St Martha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 887 m
- Blaydon Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- Calico Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- and 3 more
- Community centres
- Northwood Community Centre696 m
- Grandravine Community Recreation Centre923 m
- Parks (12)
- Sunfield Park29 m
- Seeley Greenbelt196 m
- Brookwell Park289 m
- Diana Park339 m
- Benjamin Boake Greenbelt368 m
- Northwood Park670 m
- and 6 more
- Places of interest
- Downsview ParkNature/ Park · 614 m
- Signal
- 1427, activated 1982 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval East/West · bicycle signal
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; 24 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Sickkids Ccmh Early On, 358 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2025 with 1 infraction noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Sickkids Ccmh Early On · 1645 Sheppard Ave W | 358 m | Passed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction |
| Dairy Queen · 1420 Sheppard Ave W | 376 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Downview Dells · 1651 Sheppard Ave W | 377 m | Passed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction |
| Shell · 3330 Keele Stgrocery | 409 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Champion Doner · 3300 Keele St None | 422 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions |
| de Havilland Smoke and Gift · 3312 Keele St | 422 m | Passed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Elias Restaurant · 3310 Keele St | 422 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Pizza Hut · 3298 Keele St None | 422 m | Passed, Jun 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, 601 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 350 m away at Diana Park.
- Northwood Park Washroom · 140 Stilecroft Dr
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs601 m - Northwood Community Centre Washroom · 15 Clubhouse Crt
View centre hours · accessible696 m - Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 23 Grandravine Dr
View centre hours926 m
- Drinking water
- Diana Park drinking fountain · 350 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 Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (346 m, 120 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- Cast For Kids Child Care Centre · 1430 Sheppard Ave W
120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day346 m - St. Jerome Jr YMCA · 111 Sharpecroft Blvd
112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day622 m - Stilecroft Superkids · 50 Stilecroft Dr
54 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day830 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 144 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.
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
33 registered apartment buildings with 2,371 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Brookwell Dr (201 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 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 91 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 38 | 4 | 1964 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 1 | 201 m |
| 1450 Sheppard Ave W · Cogir Real Estate | 181 | 7 | 1968 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 16 | 211 m |
| 39 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 57 | 4 | 1965 | 91 · Sep 2024 | 0 | 219 m |
| 35 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 76 | 4 | 1965 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 221 m |
| 34 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 44 | 4 | 1964 | 87 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 249 m |
| 25 Seeley Dr · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 71 | 4 | 1959 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 4 | 262 m |
| 41 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 38 | 4 | 1966 | 95 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 271 m |
| 41-51 Brookwell Dr · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 48 | 4 | 1966 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 271 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
Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈52 spaces; 109 m away, ≈125 spaces; 167 m away, ≈17 spaces; 184 m away, ≈29 spaces; 192 m away, ≈111 spaces; 208 m away, ≈56 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 — 14-hour, Nov 15, 2025 (a weekend day)
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 13,380 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 3,162. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,524 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 39% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,815). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
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 Sheppard Ave W between Seeley Dr and Downsview Dells Park Trl (298 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 30,900 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Rd · Sheppard Ave W – Inlet Mews · 20 m | Dec 2011 · 3 days | 6,630 | — | — | — |
| Sheppard Ave W · Seeley Dr – Downsview Dells Park Trl · 298 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 30,904 | 53 km/h | 62 km/h | 67 km/h |
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 (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 18. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 30 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 25, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 6.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 165 | #634 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 29 | #526 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 109 | |
| Fail to remain | 30 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | #1474 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #943 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| With a fatality | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 25 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 13 | |
| All since 2014 | 204 | latest Jun 25, 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
Of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, two were fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt; 2 collisions involved vehicle occupants only. All happened in daylight or lit conditions (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions occur in darkness). The most recent was on Jun 21, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All KSI collisions | 3 | #55 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 2 | #17 of 319 |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 0 | 0% here vs 39% citywide |
| All KSI since 2006 | 4 | latest Jun 21, 2025 |
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 eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 8 | 4 | 0 | street/outdoor (5), apartment parking (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 21, 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 Downsview.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sentinel & Sheppard a dangerous intersection?
By serious injuries, yes: it ranks #55 of 1,505 for killed-or-seriously-injured collisions in 2016–2025. 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 & Sheppard?
A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #463 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.66× the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Sentinel & Sheppard?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave W between Seeley Dr and Downsview Dells Park Trl (April 2026), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sentinel & Sheppard?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 259 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,700 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sentinel & Sheppard by transit?
Bus routes 84, 108, 106, 41, 101, 120, 984, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave West at Sentinel Rd, 19 m).
What restaurants are near Sentinel & Sheppard?
None within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sickkids Ccmh Early On (358 m), Dairy Queen (376 m), Downview Dells (377 m), Champion Doner (422 m) and de Havilland Smoke and Gift (422 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 & Sheppard?
The nearest is Northwood Park Washroom, 140 Stilecroft Dr, 601 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: Northwood Community Centre Washroom (696 m); Grandravine Community Recreation Centre Washroom (926 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 & Sheppard?
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 Cast For Kids Child Care Centre (346 m, 120 spaces), St. Jerome Jr YMCA (622 m, 112 spaces) and Stilecroft Superkids (830 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & Sheppard?
33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,371 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Brookwell Dr (201 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1450 Sheppard Ave W (211 m, 181 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 39 Brookwell Dr (219 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 35 Brookwell Dr (221 m, 76 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 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 & Sheppard?
Toronto Police place eight 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 Downsview page.
What neighbourhood is Sentinel & Sheppard in?
Sentinel & Sheppard is in Downsview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 155), 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 15, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (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 Jan 21, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 6 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.74366, -79.49181 · centreline node 13451553.