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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · 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 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 3,780 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,518 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
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.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 24 | |
| With an injury | 6 | |
| Property damage only | 16 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
How fast traffic moves here
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 27,135 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheppard Ave E · Longmore St – Wilfred Ave · 325 m | Oct 2018 · 3 days | 28,117 | 50 km/h | 60 km/h | 68 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Spring Garden Ave (eastbound), 348 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 22 km/h, 85th percentile 32 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 27,135 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Bayview Station (Line 4)451 m · 5 min
- TTC bus
- 185 11 98 nearest 221 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 551 m · 7 min · 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 2 car parks · about 142 spaces
- EV charging
- Bessarion CC · 1.4 km · 10 Level 2 ports; also 19 Glendora Ave (1.8 km), 19 Glendora Ave (1.9 km)
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 39 mapped lots within 500 m, 241 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface | 1.8 km | 112 * | — |
| 68 Sheppard Ave W · Surface | 1.9 km | 30 | 63% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Loblaws, 616 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 37 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Biteful, 215 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Ultima Pharmacy, 28 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Amica Bayview Village, a retirement home 758 m away (two within a kilometre).
- Restaurants & cafés
- Biteful · 1 Clairtrell Rd 303215 m
- Orosi Cafe · 350 Sheppard Ave E262 m · 3 min
- Tim Hortons · 461 Sheppard Ave E321 m · 4 min
- Subway · 247 Sheppard Ave E379 m · 5 min
- Vietnoms · 243 Sheppard Ave E379 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Loblaws 616 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- So Hungary Delicatessen 339 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Ultima Pharmacy 28 m · 7 within 1 km
- Child care
- Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village · 102 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day156 m
- St. Gabriel's Jr YMCA · 87 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day513 m · 6 min
- North York Jr YMCA · 78 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day679 m · 8 min
- Health and care
- Amica Bayview Village · retirement home · 2 within 1 km758 m · 9 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (15)
- Bayview Parkette334 m · 4 min
- Kenaston Park546 m · 7 min
- Kenaston Gardens Parkette618 m · 7 min
- Maplehurst Park632 m · 8 min
- Rean Drive Parkette716 m · 9 min
- Community centres
- Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Community Recreation Centre & Library1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (11)
- St Gabriel Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 513 m · 6 min
- Cornell International AcademyPrivate · 696 m · 8 min
- St George AcademyPrivate · 739 m · 9 min
- Academy of Excellence Secondary SchoolPrivate · 814 m · 10 min
- Toronto Central Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 817 m · 10 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Ethennonnhawahstihnen' (formely Bayview) branch1.4 km · 16 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Five registered apartment buildings with 706 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 2818 Bayview Ave (458 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 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2818 Bayview Ave · 2818 Avenue Property Management | 20 | 3 | 1968 | 72 · Sep 2024 | 458 m · 5 min |
| 640 Sheppard Ave E | 128 | 19 | 1970 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 862 m · 10 min |
| 2911 Bayview Ave · Quadreal Property Group | 304 | 3 | 1964 | 92 · Sep 2024 | 936 m · 11 min |
| 642 Sheppard Ave E · GWLRA Residential | 126 | 19 | 1970 | 86 · Jul 2026 | 1 km · 11 min |
| 644 Sheppard Ave E · GWLRA Residential | 128 | 18 | 1970 | 85 · Jul 2026 | 1 km · 12 min |
5 registered buildings · 706 units · tallest 19 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
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.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 3 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (1), street/outdoor (1) |
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 at the City's last count here, in 2008. Its latest count is from Sep 15, 2008, 2.5× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Sheppard & Hycrest a walkable intersection?
Sheppard & Hycrest scores 40 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Bayview Station 0.5 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km; nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m.
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 August 2026.
Where can I park near Sheppard & Hycrest?
The nearest Green P car park is 10 Harlandale Avenue (1.8 km away, 112 spaces). The City's mapping shows 241 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,230 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (1.4 km).
How do I get to Sheppard & Hycrest by transit?
Bayview Station (Line 4) is 451 m away; bus routes 185, 11, 98 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Sheppard & Hycrest?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 37 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Biteful (215 m), Orosi Cafe (262 m), Tim Hortons (321 m), Subway (379 m) and Vietnoms (379 m). 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 474 m away at Sheppard East Park.
Is there child care near Sheppard & Hycrest?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 447 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Willowbrae Academy Bayview Village (156 m, 102 spaces), St. Gabriel's Jr YMCA (513 m, 87 spaces) and North York Jr YMCA (679 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sheppard & Hycrest?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 706 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2818 Bayview Ave (458 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 640 Sheppard Ave E (862 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2911 Bayview Ave (936 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 642 Sheppard Ave E (1.0 km, 126 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 86 out of 100.
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. 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 15, 2008.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 18 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.76570, -79.39202 · centreline node 13448091.