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Steeles & Barmac

Steeles Ave W & Barmac Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Humber Summit · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek · Emery Village BIA

In Humber Summit, Steeles & Barmac is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
15,785
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 10, 2022
160 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4761 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1383 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,970 vehicles, 1.71× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 99 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 0.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 7 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Steeles & Barmac

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
6016616511984 nearest 27 m
Express
960989
Blue Night
353373384
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Scholes Rd/Barmac Dr; Barmac Dr at Steeles Ave West South Side
Regional
York Region Transit 012 Pine Valley165 Weston at Steeles Av / Weston Rd742 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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
none within 1.5 km
Parks (2)
  • Knights of Columbus Park1 km
  • Plunkett Park1.5 km
Signal
1542, activated 1987 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 13 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is KFC, 200 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
KFC · 5401 Steeles Ave W Bldg--200 mPassed, Apr 2026
Bonfe` Inc. · 149 Turbine Dr Lot-149273 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Speedway Pump (Hasty Market) · 5455 Steeles Ave Wgrocery280 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Speedway Pump (Hasty Market) · 5455 Steeles Ave Wgrocery280 mPassed, Apr 2024 · 1 infraction
Pita Land · 5455 Steeles Ave W281 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Barmaky Restaurant & Bar Ltd · 90 Turbine Dr362 mPassed, Jun 2026
Little Sweet Bakery · 90 Turbine Dr Unit-16grocery362 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Kevins Bakery · 743 Garyray Drgrocery388 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions

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 City washroom within 1 km.

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

No licensed child care centre within 1 km.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 411 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 411 · 1.6 km75 Toryork Dr
Police31 Division · 2.6 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 51 · 1.6 km61 Toryork Dr

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots214 lots · ≈90,700 spaces · 272.1 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈13,020 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 115 m away, ≈3 spaces; 190 m away, ≈1,326 spaces; 191 m away, ≈1,200 spaces; 215 m away, ≈1,473 spaces; 233 m away, ≈1,507 spaces; 259 m away, ≈9 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, Dec 10, 2022 (a weekend day)

The east leg carries the load — 7,579 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 327. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,376 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 70% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,398). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north453southbound · 2 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west7,426eastbound · 4 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles15,785160 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east7,579westbound · 2 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south327northbound · 0 bikes · 3.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,398 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,376 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 10, 2022 · 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 counter on Steeles Ave W between Irondale Dr and Klondike Dr (343 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 2-day count in September 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 67 km/h. That segment carries about 39,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Barmac Dr · Garyray Dr – Steeles Ave W · 148 mJun 2016 · 3 days4,181
Steeles Ave W · Irondale Dr – Klondike Dr · 343 mSep 2019 · 2 days39,24954 km/h67 km/h73 km/h

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

2019 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 57% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4761 of 5,508
With an injury4#3101 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20149latest Jan 16, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 26, 2020.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1383 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#797 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest May 26, 2020

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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510commercial premises (4), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 29, 2025. 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 Humber Summit.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Steeles & Barmac a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1383 of 1,505), out of 7 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Steeles & Barmac?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.71× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Steeles & Barmac?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave W between Irondale Dr and Klondike Dr (September 2019), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Steeles & Barmac?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 214 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 90,700 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Steeles & Barmac by transit?

Bus routes 60, 166, 165, 119, 84, 960, 989 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Scholes Rd/Barmac Dr, 27 m); York Region Transit routes 012 Pine Valley, 165 Weston at Steeles Av / Weston Rd.

What restaurants are near Steeles & Barmac?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 13 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are KFC (200 m), Bonfe` Inc. (273 m), Pita Land (281 m) and Barmaky Restaurant & Bar Ltd (362 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

How many thefts are reported at Steeles & Barmac?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no 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 Humber Summit page.

What neighbourhood is Steeles & Barmac in?

Steeles & Barmac is in Humber Summit (City of Toronto neighbourhood 021), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza. The corner falls inside the Emery Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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