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Silverstone & Beaconhill

Silverstone Dr & Beaconhill Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Silverstone & Beaconhill, in Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, is a low-volume local intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
4,127
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 9, 2024
342 pedestrians · 44 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
23/100
city median 48
17 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 762 m

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Silverstone & Beaconhill

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 9, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 1,817 southbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 997. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 484 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (435). Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,817southbound · 7 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles4,127342 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east1,313westbound · 14 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south997northbound · 21 bikes · 1.0% heavy

Peak hours: 435 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 484 from 3:00 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

2020 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Oct 31, 2025.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8
With an injury1
Property damage only7
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Silverstone Dr between Silverstone Park Trl and Graceland Crt (145 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 4,300 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Mt. Olive Dr (360 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 27,556 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Silverstone Dr · Silverstone Park Trl – Graceland Crt · 145 mSep 2026 · 3 days4,26240 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Speed sign
Mt. Olive Dr (southbound), 360 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 30 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 0.2% at 50 km/h or more. 27,556 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

TTC bus
45 46 nearest 364 m · 4 min
Express
945 927
Blue Night
337 345 396
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 007 Martin Grove at Martin Grove Rd / Silverstone Dr642 m · 8 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Silverstone Dr / Stevenson Rd 949 m · 11 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
3 mapped lots within 500 m, 122 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 Etobicoke Danforth Food Market, 762 m away; 4 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 17 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Big G 2 4 1 Jerk Chicken, 750 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Grace Pharmacy, 554 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Big G 2 4 1 Jerk Chicken · 2200 Martin Grove Rd750 m · 9 min
  • Popular Pzza · 2200 Martin Grove Rd750 m · 9 min
  • Red Kaoliang Restaurant · 2200 Martin Grove Rd750 m · 9 min
  • Serwaapp's Kitchen · 2700 Kipling Ave 11807 m · 10 min
  • Pizza Land · 2700 Kipling Ave Unit-5&6808 m · 10 min
0 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Grocery
Etobicoke Danforth Food Market 762 m · 9 min · 4 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Grace Pharmacy 554 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • First Stage Child Care Centre - Highfield · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day874 m · 10 min
1 licensed centre · 34 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • North Kipling Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed676 m · 8 min
  • Smithfield Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed822 m · 10 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 (13)
  • Silverstone Park80 m
  • North Kipling Park664 m · 8 min
  • North Humber Park844 m · 10 min
  • Haimer Park925 m · 11 min
  • Smithfield Park933 m · 11 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (9)
  • John D Parker Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 596 m · 7 min
  • Smithfield Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 643 m · 8 min
  • North Kipling Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 791 m · 9 min
  • St Angela Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 812 m · 10 min
  • Highfield Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 874 m · 10 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km

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 library or a care or retirement home.

23of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 17 within 1 km

  • Transit4/28

    7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 1,539 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 2737 Kipling Ave (426 m, 416 units, 23 storeys, built 1976), which scored 94 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2737 Kipling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc41623197694 · Jun 2024426 m · 5 min
2757 Kipling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc34319197696 · Nov 2025501 m · 6 min
2777 Kipling Ave · Q Residential32518197890 · Aug 2026700 m · 8 min
2677 Kipling Ave · 1241676 Ontario Inc22723197895 · Nov 2025869 m · 10 min
2667 Kipling Ave · 1241676 Ontario Inc22823197889 · Aug 20241 km · 12 min

5 registered buildings · 1,539 units · tallest 23 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Silverstone & Beaconhill a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Silverstone & Beaconhill?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 9, 2024, 26% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Silverstone & Beaconhill a walkable intersection?

Silverstone & Beaconhill scores 23 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: 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 grocery stores within 1 km · 17 within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Silverstone & Beaconhill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Silverstone Dr between Silverstone Park Trl and Graceland Crt (September 2026), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 360 m away (40 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Silverstone & Beaconhill?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 122 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,170 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Silverstone & Beaconhill by transit?

Bus routes 45, 46, 945, 927 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 007 Martin Grove at Martin Grove Rd / Silverstone Dr.

What restaurants are near Silverstone & Beaconhill?

None within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Big G 2 4 1 Jerk Chicken (750 m), Popular Pzza (750 m), Red Kaoliang Restaurant (750 m), Serwaapp's Kitchen (807 m) and Pizza Land (808 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Silverstone & Beaconhill?

The nearest is North Kipling Community Centre Washroom, 2 Rowntree Rd, 676 m away. Next nearest: Smithfield Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (822 m); Gihon Spring Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Silverstone & Beaconhill?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 34 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is First Stage Child Care Centre - Highfield (874 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Silverstone & Beaconhill?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,539 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2737 Kipling Ave (426 m, 416 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2757 Kipling Ave (501 m, 343 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2777 Kipling Ave (700 m, 325 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2677 Kipling Ave (869 m, 227 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 93 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is Silverstone & Beaconhill in?

Silverstone & Beaconhill is in Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 002), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined