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Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway

Toronto, Ontario · Pleasant View · Ward 17, Don Valley North

In Pleasant View, Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway is a major arterial intersection. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Don Mills Station (Line 4) 933 m away.

Traffic volume
20,030
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 12, 2008
1,134 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 28 property damage · #2372 of 5,508
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 933 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 2,500 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.2× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 18 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 4.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 54%, from 28 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway

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)933 m
GO Transit
GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at Sheppard Ave. E. @ Herons Hill Way73 m
TTC bus
24851671692510185 nearest 68 m
Express
904985925924
Blue Night
385325324
Nearest stops
10 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 Way72 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave E / Brian Dr 334 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 (26)
  • Cestar High SchoolPrivate · 210 m
  • North Toronto Christian SchoolPrivate · 288 m
  • Oxford College of Canada Secondary SchoolPrivate · 294 m
  • Abu Huraira Islamic Centre and AcademyPrivate · 296 m
  • Amberwood AcademyPrivate · 421 m
  • Elite Academic Secondary SchoolPrivate · 421 m
  • and 20 more
Parks (17)
  • David Caplan Park248 m
  • Old Sheppard Park313 m
  • Atria North Park460 m
  • Atria South Park496 m
  • Muirhead Park589 m
  • Hickorynut Parkette668 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fairview branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • CF Fairview MallLandmark · 857 m

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, and 119 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 26 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 119 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 2075 Sheppard Ave E26 mPassed, Feb 2026
Nam 6 · 2111 Sheppard Ave E80 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 4 infractions
Small Pot Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd Unit-1294 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Lara's Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd Unit-106294 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lara's Restaurant · 155 Consumers Rd, Unit-106294 mPassed, Oct 2025
Willie Stouts · 2175 Sheppard Ave E Unit-101325 mPassed, Jun 2026
Shawarma Royale · 2185 Sheppard Ave E332 mPassed, Jul 2026
All About Kids · 2005 Sheppard Ave E Unit-115332 mPassed, Sep 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, 794 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 245 m away at David Caplan Park.

  • Parkway Forest Community Centre Washroom · 55 Forest Manor Rd
    View centre hours
    794 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 · 245 m; Atria North Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 463 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 (332 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
    332 m
  • Family Day Muirhead Extended Day and School Age Program · 25 Muirhead Rd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    443 m
  • Young Talents Academy · 2255 Sheppard Ave E
    70 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    590 m
  • Head Start Montessori School · 2235 Sheppard Ave E
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    621 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 115 (505 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 505 m away.

FireFire Station 115 · 505 m115 Parkway Forest Dr
Police33 Division · 3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 505 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 3,885 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 55 Smooth Rose Crt (158 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 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 77 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 37 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 3,885 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202677 across the 19
Open fire-code violations37
Tallest44 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
55 Smooth Rose Crt · Rhapsody Property Management30127201998 · Jul 20253158 m
325 Yorkland Blvd · Rhapsody Property Management Services479442024100 · Aug 202512226 m
121 Parkway Forest Dr · Greenwin Corp.23214200692 · Jul 20259 · 6 fire492 m
123 Parkway Forest Dr · Rhapsody Property Management Services18820201797 · Aug 20263582 m
106 Parkway Forest Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited957201599 · Jul 20252600 m
125 Parkway Forest Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited28718197096 · Jun 202610 · 4 fire622 m
100 Parkway Forest Dr · Hazelview Property Services Inc21617196783 · Aug 20266635 m
1761 Sheppard Ave E · Homestead Land Holdings Limited747201099 · Jun 20260679 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 lots302 lots · ≈38,030 spaces · 114.1 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈6,200 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 · Surface1 km366 *

Nearest lots: 39 m away, ≈165 spaces; 69 m away, ≈50 spaces; 87 m away, ≈50 spaces; 145 m away, ≈83 spaces; 147 m away, ≈53 spaces; 153 m away, ≈58 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 — 8-hour, May 12, 2008

The west leg carries the load — 10,388 eastbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 81. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,053 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,239 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% 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 north81southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west10,388eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles20,0301,134 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east9,400westbound · 2 bikes · 4.9% heavy
From the south161northbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour3,053 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,239 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 12, 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 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

2017 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 29, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2372 of 5,508
With an injury4#3088 of 4,660
Property damage only28
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1#2994 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
All since 201451latest Dec 29, 2025

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 one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 3, 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 Pleasant View.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 41 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 Ave E & Bards Walkway?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from May 12, 2008, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (1.0 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 302 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,030 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway by transit?

Don Mills Station (Line 4) is 933 m away; bus routes 24, 85, 167, 169, 25, 10, 185, 904 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: 2025 Sheppard Ave East, 68 m); York Region Transit routes 024 Woodbine, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Sheppard Av / Heron's Hill Way.

What restaurants are near Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 119 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (26 m), Nam 6 (80 m), Small Pot Restaurant (294 m), Lara's Restaurant (294 m) and Lara's Restaurant (294 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 Ave E & Bards Walkway?

The nearest is Parkway Forest Community Centre Washroom, 55 Forest Manor Rd, 794 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 Ave E & Bards Walkway?

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 (332 m, 64 spaces), Family Day Muirhead Extended Day and School Age Program (443 m, 43 spaces) and Young Talents Academy (590 m, 70 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,885 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Smooth Rose Crt (158 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 325 Yorkland Blvd (226 m, 479 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 121 Parkway Forest Dr (492 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 123 Parkway Forest Dr (582 m, 188 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 94 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 Ave E & Bards Walkway?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Pleasant View page.

What neighbourhood is Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway in?

Sheppard Ave E & Bards Walkway is in Pleasant View (City of Toronto neighbourhood 046). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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