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Sheppard & Hycrest

Sheppard Ave E & Hycrest Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Avondale · Ward 18, Willowdale

In Avondale, Sheppard & Hycrest is a major arterial intersection. It has a protected bikeway at the corner. Nearby: Bayview Station (Line 4) 447 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
23,289
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 15, 2008
283 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 16 property damage · #3169 of 5,508 · +2 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Bayview Station 447 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,910 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.5× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 82 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 2.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 18%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard & Hycrest

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bayview Station (Line 4)447 m
TTC bus
185117898 nearest 211 m
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Sheppard Ave E installed 2024
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave E / Willowdale Ave 537 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (16)
  • St Gabriel Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 382 m
  • Hollywood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 536 m
  • Newton International College SchoolPrivate · 656 m
  • Cornell International AcademyPrivate · 674 m
  • Central Montessori School - WillowdalePrivate · 682 m
  • Academy of Excellence Secondary SchoolPrivate · 684 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (25)
  • Bayview Parkette307 m
  • Sheppard East Park433 m
  • Kenaston Gardens Parkette466 m
  • Maplehurst Park488 m
  • Kenaston Park538 m
  • Rean Drive Parkette694 m
  • and 19 more

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 45 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Orosi Cafe, 245 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2025.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Orosi Cafe · 350 Sheppard Ave E245 mPassed, Apr 2025
Circle K · 461 Sheppard Ave Egrocery290 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 461 Sheppard Ave E290 mPassed, Jul 2026
So Hungary Delicatessen · 249 Sheppard Ave E337 mPassed, Jun 2026
Subway · 247 Sheppard Ave E356 mPassed, Jul 2026
Vietnoms · 243 Sheppard Ave E356 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 237 Sheppard Ave E364 mPassed, Jul 2026
St. Gabriel's Junior YMCA · 396 Spring Garden Ave411 mPassed, Jan 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 public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 466 m away at Sheppard East Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Sheppard East Park bottle filling station · 466 m; Maplehurst Park drinking fountain · 473 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 772 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village (111 m, 102 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 772 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village · 432 Sheppard Ave E
    102 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    111 m
  • St. Gabriel's Jr YMCA · 396 Spring Garden Ave
    87 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    382 m
  • North York Jr YMCA · 567 Sheppard Ave E
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    422 m
  • Hollywood All-Stars Child Care · 360 Hollywood Ave
    201 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    537 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 122 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 122 · 2 km2545 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 2 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 2 km12 Canterbury Pl

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

13 registered apartment buildings with 1,768 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 2818 Bayview Ave (296 m, 20 units, 3 storeys, built 1968), which scored 72 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 20 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings13 · 1,768 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202620 across the 13
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2818 Bayview Ave · 2818 Avenue Property Management203196872 · Sep 20240296 m
26 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation15714196491 · Jul 20241509 m
16 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd1017196296 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire513 m
20 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd15412196295 · Nov 20250521 m
32 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation1037196495 · Jul 20240536 m
14 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd1017196296 · Oct 20252 · 1 fire591 m
38 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation1047196492 · Jul 20240595 m
199 Upper Canada Dr · Minto Properties Inc.1194196398 · Aug 20260637 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 lots303 lots · ≈16,220 spaces · 48.7 ha
Within 500 m48 lots · ≈3,210 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 249 spaces
EV charging (City)Bessarion CC · 1.3 km · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface1.7 km112 *
10 Empress Ave · Surface1.7 km6769% (Q1 2026)
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface1.7 km5344% (Q1 2026)
4576 Yonge Street · Surface1.8 km17 *

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈12 spaces; 34 m away, ≈13 spaces; 40 m away, ≈9 spaces; 46 m away, ≈11 spaces; 47 m away, ≈11 spaces; 59 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.6 km, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (1.6 km, 2 ports); 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.7 km, 2 ports).

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 — 8-hour, Sep 15, 2008

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 12,409 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 147. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,780 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,518 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 18 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2008, 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 north147southbound · 0 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west12,409eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles23,289283 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.6% heavy
From the east10,733westbound · 0 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour3,780 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,518 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 15, 2008

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 Sheppard Ave E between Longmore St and Wilfred Ave (325 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 60 km/h. That segment carries about 28,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Spring Garden Ave (348 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 24,726 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sheppard Ave E · Longmore St – Wilfred Ave · 325 mOct 2018 · 3 days28,11750 km/h60 km/h68 km/h

School-zone speed sign 348 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct24 · 33 km/h
Over the limit0.4%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Spring Garden Ave (eastbound), 393 Spring Garden Avenue · 24,726 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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24#3169 of 5,508
With an injury6#2537 of 4,660
Property damage only16
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201427latest Mar 3, 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 two 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 house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle530house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft200apartment parking (1), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 29, 2023. 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 Avondale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard & Hycrest a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 & Hycrest?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 15, 2008, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sheppard & Hycrest?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sheppard Ave E between Longmore St and Wilfred Ave (October 2018), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 348 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Sheppard & Hycrest?

The nearest Green P car park is 10 Harlandale Avenue (1.7 km away, 112 spaces). The City's mapping shows 303 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,220 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (1.3 km).

How do I get to Sheppard & Hycrest by transit?

Bayview Station (Line 4) is 447 m away; bus routes 185, 11, 78, 98 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Sheppard & Hycrest?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Orosi Cafe (245 m), Tim Hortons (290 m), So Hungary Delicatessen (337 m), Subway (356 m) and Vietnoms (356 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 & Hycrest?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 466 m away at Sheppard East Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Sheppard & Hycrest?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 772 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village (111 m, 102 spaces), St. Gabriel's Jr YMCA (382 m, 87 spaces) and North York Jr YMCA (422 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Hycrest?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,768 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2818 Bayview Ave (296 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 26 Carluke Cres (509 m, 157 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 16 Carluke Cres (513 m, 101 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 20 Carluke Cres (521 m, 154 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 91 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 & Hycrest?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and two 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 Avondale page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard & Hycrest in?

Sheppard & Hycrest is in Avondale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 153). 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