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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 volume14-hour count · Nov 4, 2025
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,956 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 38% of the total, against 829 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 1,293 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 1,036 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. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 1,036 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,293 from 4:00 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 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 10 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 9 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 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 | 69 | #1596 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 10 | #1776 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 55 | |
| Fail to remain | 6 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 7 | #482 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| 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 2013
On The Pond Rd between Nelson Rd and Passy Cres, 161 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2013 put the average speed at 49 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Sentinel Rd between Assiniboine Rd and The Pond Rd measured slower: 46 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 54 km/h (Jan 2013).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Rd · Assiniboine Rd – The Pond Rd · 102 m | Jan 2013 · 24 h | 14,116 | 46 km/h | 54 km/h | 59 km/h |
| The Pond Rd · Nelson Rd – Passy Cres · 161 m | May 2013 · 24 h | 6,625 | 49 km/h | 57 km/h | 63 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 2078, activated 2007 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- York University (Line 1)737 m · 9 min
- TTC bus
- 41 106 107 nearest 19 m
- Blue Night
- 335 341
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Sentinel Rd at the Pond Rd; The Pond Rd at Sentinel Rd West Side
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Sentinel Rd installed 2007; Bike Lane on The Pond Rd installed 2008; Sharrows - Wayfinding on The Pond Rd installed 2020
- Bike Share
- The Pond Rd / Sentinel Rd 44 m · 27 docks · 5 stations, 88 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
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 8 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.5 km)
- Other lots
- 21 mapped lots within 500 m, 195 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 | 1.4 km | 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Ooki Market, 358 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 17 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 40. The nearest is Aroma Espresso Bar, 9 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharma D Drugs, 937 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Aroma Espresso Bar · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-R1409 m
- Booster Juice · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-209 m
- M2go-Yorku · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-1109 m
- Meltwich · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-909 m
- Subway · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-209 m
- Grocery
- Ooki Market 358 m · 4 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Insomnia Cookies 352 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Pharma D Drugs 937 m · 11 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre · 149 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day299 m · 4 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
- 175 the Pond Road Park365 m · 4 min
- Fred Young Park725 m · 9 min
- Dan Iannuzzi Park783 m · 9 min
- Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park786 m · 9 min
- Fountainhead Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools
- Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 372 m · 4 min
- York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 1 km · 12 min
- St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 16 min
- Places of interest
- Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 1.3 km · 15 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, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,843 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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 760 rental units. The nearest is 470 Sentinel Rd (874 m, 370 units, 22 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 Sentinel Rd · Ranee Management | 370 | 22 | 1970 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 874 m · 10 min |
| 500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT | 390 | 19 | 1978 | 98 · Nov 2025 | 921 m · 11 min |
2 registered buildings · 760 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
One theft from a vehicle and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1 | 0 | school/campus (2), apartment parking (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 & The Pond Rd a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 69 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 & The Pond Rd?
A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 4, 2025, 81% of the median for a counted intersection, and #245 for pedestrians.
Is Sentinel & The Pond Rd a walkable intersection?
Sentinel & The Pond Rd scores 58 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,843 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 17 places to eat within 300 m; York University 0.7 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Sentinel & The Pond Rd?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on The Pond Rd between Nelson Rd and Passy Cres (May 2013), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sentinel & The Pond Rd?
The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (1.4 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 195 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,210 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sentinel & The Pond Rd by transit?
York University (Line 1) is 737 m away; bus routes 41, 106, 107 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sentinel Rd at the Pond Rd, 19 m).
What restaurants are near Sentinel & The Pond Rd?
17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Aroma Espresso Bar (9 m), Booster Juice (9 m), M2go-Yorku (9 m), Meltwich (9 m) and Subway (9 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Sentinel & The Pond Rd?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 149 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (299 m, 149 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & The Pond Rd?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 760 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 470 Sentinel Rd (874 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 500 Murray Ross Pkwy (921 m, 390 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 97 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Sentinel & The Pond Rd?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Sentinel & The Pond Rd in?
Sentinel & The Pond Rd 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 Nov 4, 2025.
- 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; 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: 43.77001, -79.50249 · centreline node 13447680.