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Sheppard & Brownspring

Sheppard Ave E & Brownspring Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Agincourt South-Malvern West · Ward 23, Scarborough North · Sheppard East Village BIA

Sheppard & Brownspring is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Agincourt South-Malvern West. Nearby is 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
19,886
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 30, 2024
253 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · #892 busiest
Collisions
93
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 64 property damage · #1204 of 5,508 · +10 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,420 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.23× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 79 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 9.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 100%, from 31 in 2016–2020 to 62 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sheppard & Brownspring

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
8512913013116921132 nearest 19 m
Express
985939
Blue Night
385316
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Brownspring Rd; Sheppard Ave East at Brownspring Rd East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pitfield Rd / McCowan Rd 416 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (14)
  • Excel High SchoolPrivate · 525 m
  • C D Farquharson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 567 m
  • Canadian Tamil AcademyPrivate · 609 m
  • Town Centre LINCEnglish Public · 656 m
  • St Bartholomew Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 741 m
  • Sir Alexander Mackenzie Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 859 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (8)
  • Farquharson Park403 m
  • Garden Avenue Parkette863 m
  • Snowhill Park903 m
  • Agincourt Park1 km
  • White Haven Park1.1 km
  • McDairmid Woods Park1.1 km
  • and 2 more

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 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 63. The nearest is Le Spot Billiards, 161 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 63 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
G Prasad Caribbean & Oriental Specialty Foods · 4559 Sheppard Ave E Unit-Cgrocery106 mPassed, May 2026
Le Spot Billiards · 4531 Sheppard Ave E161 mPassed, May 2026
Timehri Restaurant · 4531 Sheppard Ave E161 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
The Captain's Boil · 4501 Sheppard Ave E210 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Kauran Bazar · 4500 Sheppard Ave E, Unit-27215 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 3 infractions
Kauran Bazar · 4500 Sheppard Ave E Unit-27215 mConditional pass, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Folura Bashardost · 4630 Sheppard Ave E216 mPassed, Jul 2025
Aunt Kui Rice Noodle · 4465 Sheppard Ave E Bldg-43292 mPassed, Mar 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 258 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is C.d.farquharson Jr YMCA (566 m, 95 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 258 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • C.d.farquharson Jr YMCA · 1965 Brimley Rd
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    566 m
  • Immanuel Child Care Centre · 21 Channel Nine Crt
    86 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    677 m
  • Network Child Care Services - St. Bartholomew Child Care Centre · 51 Heather Rd
    77 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    741 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 243 (50 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 50 m away.

FireFire Station 243 · 50 m4560 Sheppard Ave E
Police42 Division · 1.8 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 50 m4560 Sheppard Ave E

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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 246 rental units. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (325 m, 246 units, 18 storeys, built 1974), which scored 84 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 246 units
RentSafeTO score84 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 1
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
360 Pitfield Rd · Nanak Holdings Inc.24618197484 · Oct 20246 · 4 fire325 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 lots337 lots · ≈103,510 spaces · 310.5 ha
Within 500 m22 lots · ≈5,200 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 602 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.8 km2557% (Q1 2026)
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.8 km21532% (Q1 2026)
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.9 km16 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface1.9 km9218% (Q1 2026)
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface2 km24 *

Nearest lots: 80 m away, ≈67 spaces; 88 m away, ≈89 spaces; 109 m away, ≈60 spaces; 129 m away, ≈188 spaces; 131 m away, ≈287 spaces; 188 m away, ≈33 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, Oct 30, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 9,401 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 1,450 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,702 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,663 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west9,401eastbound · 4 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles19,886253 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east9,035westbound · 12 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the south1,450northbound · 0 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,702 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,663 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 30, 2024

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 Brimley Rd and Brownspring Rd (244 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 14,903 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Brimley Rd – Brownspring Rd · 244 mSep 2014 · 8 days14,903

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 23 collisions. 15 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions93#1204 of 5,508
With an injury15#1218 of 4,660
Property damage only64
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian2#1990 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#652 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)10
All since 2014123latest Jun 17, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Mar 4, 2010.

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

Ten thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1042street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 8, 2026. 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 Agincourt South-Malvern West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Brownspring a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 93 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 & Brownspring?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #892 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.23× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Brownspring?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Grangeway Ave (1.8 km away, 255 spaces, 7% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 337 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 103,510 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & Brownspring by transit?

Bus routes 85, 129, 130, 131, 169, 21, 132, 985 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Brownspring Rd, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Brownspring?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 63 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Le Spot Billiards (161 m), Timehri Restaurant (161 m), The Captain's Boil (210 m), Kauran Bazar (215 m) and Kauran Bazar (215 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 Sheppard & Brownspring?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 258 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are C.d.farquharson Jr YMCA (566 m, 95 spaces), Immanuel Child Care Centre (677 m, 86 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - St. Bartholomew Child Care Centre (741 m, 77 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Brownspring?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 246 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 360 Pitfield Rd (325 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 84 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 & Brownspring?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Agincourt South-Malvern West page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Brownspring in?

Sheppard & Brownspring is in Agincourt South-Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 128). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers. The corner falls inside the Sheppard East Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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