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Sheppard & Blue Ridge

Sheppard Ave E & Blue Ridge Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Bayview Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Sheppard & Blue Ridge is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Bayview Village. It has Bessarion Station and parks at the corner. Nearby: Oriole GO 923 m away.

Traffic volume
28,920
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2025
1,108 pedestrians · 32 cyclists · #379 busiest
Collisions
112
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 84 property damage · #990 of 5,508 · +8 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
Bessarion Station
subway station within 250 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,070 vehicles an hour, 1.79× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 26 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 7%, from 58 in 2016–2020 to 54 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard & Blue Ridge

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bessarion Station (Line 4)178 m; Leslie Station (Line 4)619 m
GO Transit
Oriole GO — Richmond Hill923 m
TTC bus
18515151115 nearest 25 m
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Blue Ridge Rd; Sheppard Ave East at Blue Ridge Rd West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bessarion Rd / Sheppard Ave E 235 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 60 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 (10)
  • North York LINCEnglish Public · 371 m
  • Bay School of CanadaPrivate · 453 m
  • Elkhorn Public SchoolEnglish Public · 499 m
  • St George AcademyPrivate · 804 m
  • Dunlace Public SchoolEnglish Public · 864 m
  • Bayview Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (27)
  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park248 m
  • Bessarion Parkette254 m
  • Maureen Parkette295 m
  • Ambrose Parkette300 m
  • Talara Park449 m
  • Elkhorn Parkette453 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Ethennonnhawahstihnen' (formely Bayview) branch163 m
Signal
1956, activated 2002 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 26 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine, 28 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Taro's Fish · 800 Sheppard Ave Egrocery28 mPassed, May 2026
Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine · 804 Sheppard Ave E28 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Kourosh Bakery & Fast-Food · 802 Sheppard Ave Egrocery30 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
A Sunshine Restaurant · 796 Sheppard Ave E39 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Canadian Tire Gas + · 1015 Sheppard Ave Egrocery110 mPassed, Jun 2025
Starbucks Coffee · 1015 Sheppard Ave E110 mPassed, May 2026
Canadian Tire Gas + · 1015 Sheppard Ave Egrocery110 mPassed, Aug 2026
Kourosh Supermarket · 740 Sheppard Ave E Unit-2grocery115 mPassed, Jul 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 Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 283 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 299 m away at Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park.

  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 80 Mcmahon Dr E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    283 m
  • East Don Parkland Washroom · 1240 Sheppard Ave E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Under Construction
    720 m
Drinking water
Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park bottle filling station · 299 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 338 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre (170 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 338 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre · 100 Ethennonnhawahstihnen Lane
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    170 m
  • Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) · 10 Elkhorn Dr
    102 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    499 m
  • Sheppard Business Park Child Care Centre · 1220 Sheppard Ave E
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    734 m
  • Dunlace Children's Centre · 20 Dunlace Dr
    106 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    864 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 116 (736 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 116 · 736 m255 Esther Shiner Blvd
Police33 Division · 2.8 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.7 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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

Nine registered apartment buildings with 1,116 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 688 Sheppard Ave E (416 m, 35 units, 4 storeys, built 1958), which scored 85 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 33 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 1,116 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202633 across the 9
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
688 Sheppard Ave E · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc354195885 · Jul 20251416 m
71 Talara Dr · Signet Group Inc293195982 · Sep 20240618 m
22 Elkhorn Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management2235197086 · Aug 20258 · 1 fire619 m
11 Dervock Cres · CAPREIT774195995 · Aug 20245641 m
75 Talara Dr · CAPREIT664197097 · Aug 202510645 m
642 Sheppard Ave E · GWLRA Residential12619197086 · Jul 20263686 m
640 Sheppard Ave E12819197094 · Jul 20251702 m
644 Sheppard Ave E · GWLRA Residential12818197085 · Jul 20264716 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 lots215 lots · ≈26,450 spaces · 79.4 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈2,740 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 102 spaces
EV charging (City)Bessarion CC · 180 m · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface541 m102 *

Nearest lots: 38 m away, ≈46 spaces; 66 m away, ≈2 spaces; 71 m away, ≈9 spaces; 92 m away, ≈21 spaces; 135 m away, ≈547 spaces; 136 m away, ≈124 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)

The west leg carries the load — 15,489 eastbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 829. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,700 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 15% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (2,347). Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% 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.

From the north829southbound · 1 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the west15,489eastbound · 15 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles28,9201,108 pedestrians · 32 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east11,494westbound · 16 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south1,108northbound · 0 bikes · 0.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,347 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,700 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 15, 2025 · weekend

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 most recent midblock count on Sheppard Ave E between Blue Ridge Rd and Provost Dr (123 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 21,075 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Blue Ridge Rd – Provost Dr · 123 mSep 2014 · 7 days21,075

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

2017 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 15. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 24 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions112#990 of 5,508
With an injury6#2536 of 4,660
Property damage only84
Fail to remain24
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified22
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014147latest May 29, 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

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 five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft400commercial premises (4)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 19, 2022. 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 Bayview Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Blue Ridge a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 112 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 & Blue Ridge?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #379 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.79× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Blue Ridge?

The nearest Green P car park is Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street (541 m away, 102 spaces). The City's mapping shows 215 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,450 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (180 m).

How do I get to Sheppard & Blue Ridge by transit?

Bessarion Station (Line 4) is 178 m away; Oriole GO is 923 m away; bus routes 185, 151, 51, 115 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Blue Ridge Rd, 25 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Blue Ridge?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Shatter Abbas Persian Cuisine (28 m), A Sunshine Restaurant (39 m) and Starbucks Coffee (110 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 Sheppard & Blue Ridge?

The nearest is Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 80 Mcmahon Dr E, 283 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: East Don Parkland Washroom (720 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 Sheppard & Blue Ridge?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 338 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ethennonnhawahstihnen Child Care Centre (170 m, 52 spaces), Elkhorn Junior Y - (YMCA) (499 m, 102 spaces) and Sheppard Business Park Child Care Centre (734 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Blue Ridge?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,116 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 688 Sheppard Ave E (416 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 71 Talara Dr (618 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 22 Elkhorn Dr (619 m, 223 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 11 Dervock Cres (641 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 89 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 Sheppard & Blue Ridge?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles 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 Bayview Village page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Blue Ridge in?

Sheppard & Blue Ridge is in Bayview Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 052). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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