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Sheppard & Herons Hill

Sheppard Ave E & Herons Hill Way · Toronto, Ontario · Pleasant View · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Sheppard & Herons Hill is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Pleasant View. At the corner: a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Don Mills Station (Line 4) 890 m away.

Traffic volume
22,602
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2025
1,117 pedestrians · 91 cyclists · #703 busiest
Collisions
108
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
18 with an injury · 80 property damage · #1035 of 5,508 · +7 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Don Mills Station 890 m · 7 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 1,610 vehicles an hour, 1.40× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 20 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 4.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 23%, from 61 in 2016–2020 to 47 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sheppard & Herons Hill

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Don Mills Station (Line 4)890 m
GO Transit
GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at Sheppard Ave. E. @ Herons Hill Way31 m
TTC bus
24851671692510185 nearest 27 m
Express
904985925924
Blue Night
385325324
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — 2025 Sheppard Ave East; 1900 Sheppard Ave East
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine090 Leslie090B Leslie at Sheppard Av / Heron's Hill Way30 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave E / Brian Dr 377 m · 19 docks · 5 stations, 91 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 (25)
  • Cestar High SchoolPrivate · 204 m
  • North Toronto Christian SchoolPrivate · 269 m
  • Abu Huraira Islamic Centre and AcademyPrivate · 306 m
  • Oxford College of Canada Secondary SchoolPrivate · 323 m
  • Muirhead Public SchoolEnglish Public · 416 m
  • Amberwood AcademyPrivate · 446 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (15)
  • David Caplan Park286 m
  • Old Sheppard Park324 m
  • Atria North Park503 m
  • Atria South Park538 m
  • Muirhead Park565 m
  • Hickorynut Parkette711 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fairview branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • CF Fairview MallLandmark · 815 m
Signal
2092, activated 2011 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 112. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 62 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 112 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 2075 Sheppard Ave E62 mPassed, Feb 2026
Nam 6 · 2111 Sheppard Ave E117 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 4 infractions
All About Kids · 2005 Sheppard Ave E Unit-115295 mPassed, Sep 2026
Small Pot Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd Unit-1322 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Lara's Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd Unit-106322 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lara's Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd, Unit-106322 mPassed, Oct 2025
Willie Stouts · 2175 Sheppard Ave E Unit-101367 mPassed, Jun 2026
Shawarma Royale · 2185 Sheppard Ave E375 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 Parkway Forest Community Centre Washroom, 758 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 284 m away at David Caplan Park.

  • Parkway Forest Community Centre Washroom · 55 Forest Manor Rd
    View centre hours
    758 m
  • Clydesdale Park Tennis Clubhouse Universal Washroom · 116 Clydesdale Dr
    9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
David Caplan Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 284 m; Muirhead Park drinking fountain · 504 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 779 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is All About Kids Sheppard (295 m, 64 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 779 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 12
  • All About Kids Sheppard · 2005 Sheppard Ave E
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    295 m
  • Family Day Muirhead Extended Day and School Age Program · 25 Muirhead Rd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    417 m
  • Young Talents Academy · 2255 Sheppard Ave E
    70 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    633 m
  • Head Start Montessori School · 2235 Sheppard Ave E
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    662 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 115 (465 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 465 m away.

FireFire Station 115 · 465 m115 Parkway Forest Dr
Police33 Division · 3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 465 m115 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

Within a kilometre there are 18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,684 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 55 Smooth Rose Crt (194 m, 301 units, 27 storeys, built 2019), which scored 98 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 76 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 36 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings18 · 3,684 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202676 across the 18
Open fire-code violations36
Tallest44 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
55 Smooth Rose Crt · Rhapsody Property Management30127201998 · Jul 20253194 m
325 Yorkland Blvd · Rhapsody Property Management Services479442024100 · Aug 202512260 m
121 Parkway Forest Dr · Greenwin Corp.23214200692 · Jul 20259 · 6 fire449 m
123 Parkway Forest Dr · Rhapsody Property Management Services18820201797 · Aug 20263541 m
106 Parkway Forest Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited957201599 · Jul 20252560 m
125 Parkway Forest Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited28718197096 · Jun 202610 · 4 fire579 m
100 Parkway Forest Dr · Hazelview Property Services Inc21617196783 · Aug 20266598 m
1761 Sheppard Ave E · Homestead Land Holdings Limited747201099 · Jun 20260636 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 lots304 lots · ≈38,330 spaces · 115 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈5,980 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 366 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface931 m366 *

Nearest lots: 73 m away, ≈165 spaces; 74 m away, ≈50 spaces; 129 m away, ≈50 spaces; 135 m away, ≈58 spaces; 178 m away, ≈53 spaces; 188 m away, ≈83 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 north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 11,356 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 679 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (40 of 91). Evening rush dominates here: 2,309 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:45 p.m., against 1,342 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north0southbound · 7 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west11,356eastbound · 39 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles22,6021,117 pedestrians · 91 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east10,567westbound · 40 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the south679northbound · 5 bikes · 0.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,342 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,309 vehicles from 2:45 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 most recent midblock count on Sheppard Ave E between Herons Hill Way and Bards Walkway (22 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 20,999 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Herons Hill Way – Bards Walkway · 22 mSep 2014 · 8 days20,999

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 2017, with 19 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 18 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions108#1035 of 5,508
With an injury18#1003 of 4,660
Property damage only80
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#3000 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#889 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014144latest Apr 9, 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

22 thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 3.0 a year before that. 50% 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 vehicle2250street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (11)
Bicycle theft400apartment parking (4)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 7, 2024. 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 Pleasant View.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Herons Hill a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 108 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 & Herons Hill?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #703 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.40× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Herons Hill?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (931 m away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 304 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,330 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard & Herons Hill by transit?

Don Mills Station (Line 4) is 890 m away; bus routes 24, 85, 167, 169, 25, 10, 185, 904 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: 2025 Sheppard Ave East, 27 m); York Region Transit routes 024 Woodbine, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Sheppard Av / Heron's Hill Way.

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Herons Hill?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 112 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (62 m), Nam 6 (117 m), All About Kids (295 m), Small Pot Restaurant (322 m) and Lara's Restaurant (322 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 & Herons Hill?

The nearest is Parkway Forest Community Centre Washroom, 55 Forest Manor Rd, 758 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Clydesdale Park Tennis Clubhouse Universal Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Herons Hill?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 779 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are All About Kids Sheppard (295 m, 64 spaces), Family Day Muirhead Extended Day and School Age Program (417 m, 43 spaces) and Young Talents Academy (633 m, 70 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Herons Hill?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,684 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Smooth Rose Crt (194 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 325 Yorkland Blvd (260 m, 479 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 121 Parkway Forest Dr (449 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 123 Parkway Forest Dr (541 m, 188 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 95 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 & Herons Hill?

Toronto Police place 22 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 Pleasant View page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Herons Hill in?

Sheppard & Herons Hill is in Pleasant View (City of Toronto neighbourhood 046). 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