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Sheppard & Gateforth

Sheppard Ave E & Gateforth Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Malvern West · Ward 23, Scarborough North

Sheppard & Gateforth, in Malvern West, is an intersection of typical volume. It has 2 schools within 250 m, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
11,888
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2025
631 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · #1552 busiest
Collisions
77
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
19 with an injury · 48 property damage · #1430 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1330 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 850 vehicles an hour, 73% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 19 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 7.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 6.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.31× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 48%, from 31 in 2016–2020 to 46 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 77 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Sheppard & Gateforth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
85134132102131 nearest 16 m
Express
985902
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Sheppard Ave East at Gateforth Dr
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Milner Westbound @ Dailing499 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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)
  • Vedic RootsPrivate · 82 m
  • St Barnabas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 231 m
  • Malvern Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 343 m
  • Burrows Hall Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 345 m
  • Al Azhar Islamic SchoolPrivate · 831 m
  • Al Azhar Islamic School - Main OfficePrivate · 831 m
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (9)
  • Cynthia Lai Park361 m
  • Burrows Hall Park393 m
  • Pinetree Park507 m
  • Berner Trail Park817 m
  • Major Abbas Ali Park1 km
  • Tapscott Woodlot1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Burrows Hall branch356 m
Places of interest
  • Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 323 m
Signal
1789, activated 1998 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 29 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Popular Pizza, 89 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
New Spiceland Super Market · 5790 Sheppard Ave Egrocery89 mPassed, Jun 2026
Popular Pizza · 5790 Sheppard Ave E89 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Madurai Pandiyas · 5780 Sheppard Ave E123 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bun King Bakery · 31 Lapsley Rdgrocery263 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Pizza · 23 Lapsley Rd279 mPassed, Jun 2026
Deccan House · 19 Lapsley Rd284 mPassed, Feb 2026
Lalitas Place · 15 Lapsley Rd Unit-15295 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Urban Mandi · 19 Lapsley Rd304 mPassed, Aug 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 Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom, 362 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 440 m away at Cynthia Lai Park.

  • Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Progress Ave
    View centre hours
    362 m
  • Major Abbas Ali Park Washroom · 180 Mclevin Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    906 m
Drinking water
Cynthia Lai Park drinking fountain · 440 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 360 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Family Day St Barnabas Child Care Centre (232 m, 105 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 360 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Family Day St Barnabas Child Care Centre · 30 Washburn Way
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    232 m
  • Sheppard Square Day Nursery · 5600 Sheppard Ave E
    118 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    489 m
  • Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 · 39 Kimbercroft Crt
    78 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    802 m
  • Berner Trail Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 120 Berner Trail
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 213 (349 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 213 · 349 m7 Lapsley Rd
Police42 Division · 1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 2.7 km4560 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

Two registered apartment buildings with 214 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 5600 Sheppard Ave E (489 m, 120 units, 10 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 214 units
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202616 across the 2
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest10 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5600 Sheppard Ave E · Signet Group Inc.12010197094 · Oct 202415 · 1 fire489 m
30 Kimbercroft Crt · Davpart Inc948198090 · Oct 20241848 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 lots260 lots · ≈75,110 spaces · 225.3 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈1,500 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 116 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface913 m24 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface945 m9218% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈47 spaces; 91 m away, ≈226 spaces; 185 m away, ≈171 spaces; 217 m away, ≈52 spaces; 278 m away, ≈51 spaces; 283 m away, ≈19 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 19, 2025 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,646 eastbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 730. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,174 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 48% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (792). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north730southbound · 1 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west5,646eastbound · 14 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles11,888631 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east5,512westbound · 20 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour792 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,174 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 19, 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 counter on Gateforth Dr between Rayward Crt and Mammoth Hall Trl (204 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Burrows Hall Blvd (228 m away, 30 km/h limit), 17% of the 49,691 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Gateforth Dr – East Highland Creek Trl · 35 mApr 2014 · 3 days14,453
Gateforth Dr · Rayward Crt – Mammoth Hall Trl · 204 mJul 2026 · 3 days2,04531 km/h38 km/h42 km/h

School-zone speed sign 228 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct32 · 40 km/h
Over the limit39%
40 km/h or more17%

Burrows Hall Blvd (westbound), 196 Burrows Hall Boulevard · 49,691 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2024 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions77#1430 of 5,508
With an injury19#941 of 4,660
Property damage only48
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian6#609 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#888 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014100latest May 22, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Apr 6, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1330 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#760 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Apr 6, 2016

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 11 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 0.7 a year before that. 64% 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 vehicle1160street/outdoor (7), other (2)
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 30, 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 Malvern West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Gateforth a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1330 of 1,505), out of 77 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Gateforth?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1552 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 73% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Gateforth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gateforth Dr between Rayward Crt and Mammoth Hall Trl (July 2026), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 228 m away (30 km/h), 17% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Gateforth?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (913 m away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 260 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 75,110 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & Gateforth by transit?

Bus routes 85, 134, 132, 102, 131, 985, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sheppard Ave East at Gateforth Dr, 16 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Milner Westbound @ Dailing.

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Gateforth?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Popular Pizza (89 m), Madurai Pandiyas (123 m), Pizza Pizza (279 m), Deccan House (284 m) and Lalitas Place (295 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 & Gateforth?

The nearest is Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Progress Ave, 362 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Major Abbas Ali Park Washroom (906 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 & Gateforth?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 360 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Family Day St Barnabas Child Care Centre (232 m, 105 spaces), Sheppard Square Day Nursery (489 m, 118 spaces) and Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 (802 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Gateforth?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 214 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5600 Sheppard Ave E (489 m, 120 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 30 Kimbercroft Crt (848 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 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 Sheppard & Gateforth?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Malvern West page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Gateforth in?

Sheppard & Gateforth is in Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 145). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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