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Sheppard & Beaman

Sheppard Ave W & Beaman Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Lansing-Westgate · Ward 18, Willowdale

Sheppard & Beaman sits in Lansing-Westgate. At the City's last count here, in 2018, it was a busier-than-typical intersection. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4) 470 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
14,827
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 28, 2018
124 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Sheppard-Yonge Station 470 m · 9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
45/100
city median 48
127 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 481 m

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Sheppard & Beaman

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 28, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 7,466 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 251. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,146 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,233 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,466eastbound · 2 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles14,827124 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east7,110westbound · 3 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south251northbound · 0 bikes · 1.2% heavy

Peak hours: 2,146 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,233 from 4:30 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 24% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 12, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17
With an injury4
Property damage only11
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 2018

The City's counter on Sheppard Ave W between Beecroft Rd and Albert Standing Park Trl (243 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 23,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Beaman Rd between Poyntz Ave and Bogert Ave measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 36 km/h (Nov 2007).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Beaman Rd · Poyntz Ave – Bogert Ave · 131 mNov 2007 · 24 h67021 km/h36 km/h40 km/h
Sheppard Ave W · Beecroft Rd – Albert Standing Park Trl · 243 mNov 2018 · 3 days23,32852 km/h63 km/h69 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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4)470 m · 6 min
GO Transit
GO bus 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 27 Milton / North York 19 Mississauga / North York 67 Keswick / North York 94 Pickering / Square One at Yonge St. @ Sheppard Ave.452 m · 5 min
TTC bus
84 98 97 185 nearest 157 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384 320 385
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Yonge St / Sheppard Ave E 485 m · 6 min · 19 docks · 3 stations, 61 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
7 car parks · about 838 spaces
EV charging
33 Elmhurst Ave · 545 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 19 Glendora Ave (726 m), 19 Glendora Ave (754 m)
Bike parking
no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
47 mapped lots within 500 m, 290 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
68 Sheppard Ave W · Surface158 m3063% (Q1 2026)
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface462 m112 *—
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage563 m38615% (Q1 2026)
4576 Yonge Street · Surface889 m17 *—
180 Beecroft Road · Surface1.1 km173 *—

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

The nearest grocery store is Food Basics, 481 m away; 7 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 127 eating places are within a kilometre — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Java Joe's, 382 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Diamond Pharmacy, 91 m away, one of two within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Chartwell Lansing Retirement Residence, a retirement home 648 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Java Joe's · 25 Sheppard Ave W, Unit-115382 m · 5 min
  • Tim Hortons · 20 Sheppard Ave W None404 m · 5 min
  • Tim Hortons · 9 Bogert Ave None462 m · 6 min
  • Taco Bell · 4804 Yonge St Bldg-101463 m · 6 min
  • McDonald's · 4808 Yonge St477 m · 6 min
0 within 300 m · 127 within 1 km
Grocery
Food Basics 481 m · 6 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
Unique Pastry 497 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Diamond Pharmacy 91 m · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • The Learning Nest Academy · 87 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool68 m
  • Network - Lansing Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day362 m · 4 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day579 m · 7 min
5 licensed centres · 443 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Chartwell Lansing Retirement Residence · retirement home648 m · 8 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 (19)
  • Albert Standing Park301 m · 4 min
  • Harlandale Parkette515 m · 6 min
  • Franklin Park729 m · 9 min
  • Addington Greenbelt1 km · 12 min
  • Stuart Greenbelt1 km · 12 min
and 14 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (16)
  • Wise Owl Private SchoolPrivate · 33 m
  • Apollo High SchoolPrivate · 124 m
  • Crown Academic International SchoolPrivate · 383 m · 5 min
  • Rutherford Private School and DaycarePrivate · 519 m · 6 min
  • Elpis College Toronto (Temporarily Moved)Private · 721 m · 9 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch1.3 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 1 km · 12 min
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km · 16 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 public washroom.

45of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    7 grocery stores within 1 km · 127 within 1 km

  • Transit18/28

    Sheppard-Yonge Station 0.5 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1.3 km away · 3 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    3 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Five registered apartment buildings with 1,726 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 151 Beecroft Rd (772 m, 306 units, 27 storeys, built 2003), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
151 Beecroft Rd30627200397 · Aug 2025772 m · 9 min
35 Greenfield Ave · Rhapsody Property Management Services36136202098 · Jun 2024773 m · 9 min
2 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc36629197690 · Aug 2025848 m · 10 min
4 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc27729197590 · Aug 2025907 m · 11 min
325 Bogert Ave · G & S Regal Management Limited4166196784 · Aug 20250.9 km · 11 min

5 registered buildings · 1,726 units · tallest 36 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Beaman a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 Sheppard & Beaman?

A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Nov 28, 2018, 1.60× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Sheppard & Beaman a walkable intersection?

Sheppard & Beaman scores 45 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Sheppard-Yonge Station 0.5 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Beaman?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave W between Beecroft Rd and Albert Standing Park Trl (November 2018), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Beaman?

The nearest Green P car park is 68 Sheppard Ave W (158 m away, 30 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 290 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,830 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (545 m).

How do I get to Sheppard & Beaman by transit?

Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4) is 470 m away; bus routes 84, 98, 97, 185, 984 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Beaman?

None within 300 m, and 127 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Java Joe's (382 m), Tim Hortons (404 m), Tim Hortons (462 m), Taco Bell (463 m) and McDonald's (477 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Sheppard & Beaman?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 301 m away at Albert Standing Park.

Is there child care near Sheppard & Beaman?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 443 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Learning Nest Academy (68 m, 87 spaces), Network - Lansing Child Care Centre (362 m, 72 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre (579 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Beaman?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,726 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 151 Beecroft Rd (772 m, 306 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 35 Greenfield Ave (773 m, 361 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2 Forest Laneway (848 m, 366 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 4 Forest Laneway (907 m, 277 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 92 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Beaman in?

Sheppard & Beaman is in Lansing-Westgate (City of Toronto neighbourhood 038). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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