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Sentinel & The Pond Rd

Sentinel Rd & The Pond Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Sentinel & The Pond Rd, in York University Heights, is a mid-volume intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: York University (Line 1) 500 m away.

Traffic volume
13,094
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 4, 2025
8,831 pedestrians · 233 cyclists · #1470 busiest
Collisions
69
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 55 property damage · #1596 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
York University 500 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane, Sharrows - Wayfinding
Bike Share: 27 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 940 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 81% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 6.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 40%, from 43 in 2016–2020 to 26 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sentinel & The Pond Rd

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
York University (Line 1)500 m; Pioneer Village Station (Line 1)928 m
TTC bus
41106107108166846035 nearest 19 m
Express
960935
Blue Night
335341353
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 · 6 stations, 99 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)
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 324 m
  • York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 378 m
  • James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Shoreham Public Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Brookview Mdl School & Brookview LINCEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • 175 the Pond Road Park362 m
  • Fred Young Park411 m
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park474 m
  • Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park545 m
  • Driftwood Parkette928 m
  • Fountainhead Park939 m
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 1.1 km
Signal
2078, activated 2007 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 95. The nearest is Aroma Espresso Bar, 9 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 95 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Aroma Espresso Bar · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-R1409 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Booster Juice · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-209 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
M2go-Yorku · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-1109 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Meltwich · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-909 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Subway · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-209 mPassed, May 2026
Gateway On the GO · 105 the Pond Rd, Unit-609 mPassed, Oct 2024
Sushi-Q · 105 the Pond Rd, Unit-809 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
Fat Bastard Burrito · 95 the Pond Rd Unit-8051 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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 264 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (161 m, 149 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 264 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre · 90 Atkinson Rd
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    161 m
  • Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) · 4700 Keele St
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    378 m
  • University City Jr YMCA · 453 Sentinel Rd
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    863 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (861 m), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.8 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 861 m4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 2.5 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 2.8 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

Within a kilometre there are seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,206 rental units. The nearest is 500 Murray Ross Pkwy (699 m, 390 units, 19 storeys, built 1978), which scored 98 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, 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 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 2,206 units
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 7
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT39019197898 · Nov 20250 · 2 fire699 m
310 Niska Rd · Cogir Management Corporation GP16713196992 · Jul 202617 · 2 fire777 m
470 Sentinel Rd · Ranee Management37022197095 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire784 m
320 Niska Rd · Berkley Property Management Inc.16913197491 · Oct 20252829 m
40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197288 · Oct 20259 · 1 fire838 m
1 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022196883 · Jul 202410939 m
35 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197396 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire1 km

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 lots365 lots · ≈64,000 spaces · 192 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈1,430 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 2,216 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 869 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking10 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.1 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface1 km335 *
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface1.1 km1,881 *

Nearest lots: 72 m away, ≈103 spaces; 102 m away, ≈8 spaces; 140 m away, ≈3 spaces; 143 m away, ≈2 spaces; 148 m away, ≈26 spaces; 173 m away, ≈40 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 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north829southbound · 45 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west4,956eastbound · 72 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles13,0948,831 pedestrians · 233 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east3,656westbound · 43 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south3,653northbound · 73 bikes · 5.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,036 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,293 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 4, 2025

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

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. 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). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sentinel Rd · Assiniboine Rd – The Pond Rd · 102 mJan 2013 · 24 h14,11646 km/h54 km/h59 km/h
The Pond Rd · Nelson Rd – Passy Cres · 161 mMay 2013 · 24 h6,62549 km/h57 km/h63 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions69#1596 of 5,508
With an injury10#1776 of 4,660
Property damage only55
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian7#482 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1388 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201494latest Jun 3, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft410school/campus (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 1, 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 & 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. It ranks #1470 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 81% of the median for a counted intersection, and #245 for pedestrians.

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 (1.0 km away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 365 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 64,000 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (869 m).

How do I get to Sentinel & The Pond Rd by transit?

York University (Line 1) is 500 m away; bus routes 41, 106, 107, 108, 166, 84, 60, 35 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Sentinel Rd at the Pond Rd, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Sentinel & The Pond Rd?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 95 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Aroma Espresso Bar (9 m), Booster Juice (9 m), M2go-Yorku (9 m), Meltwich (9 m) and Subway (9 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Sentinel & The Pond Rd?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 264 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (161 m, 149 spaces), Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (378 m, 25 spaces) and University City Jr YMCA (863 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sentinel & The Pond Rd?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,206 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 500 Murray Ross Pkwy (699 m, 390 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 310 Niska Rd (777 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 470 Sentinel Rd (784 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 320 Niska Rd (829 m, 169 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 92 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 & The Pond Rd?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four 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 & 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