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Steeles & Bestview

Steeles Ave E & Bestview Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Steeles & Bestview, in Toronto, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
28,363
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 18, 2026
280 pedestrians · 63 cyclists · #400 busiest
Collisions
37
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 27 property damage · #2513 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #440 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,030 vehicles an hour, 1.75× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 101 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 3.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 18%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. About one in 19 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Steeles & Bestview

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
53151 nearest 25 m
Express
953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Bestview Dr; Steeles Ave East at Bestview Dr East Side
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 (6)
  • Steelesview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 422 m
  • Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Tyndale University College and Seminary School - BayviewPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Pineway Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Zion Heights Jr High SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • A Y Jackson Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Bestview Park391 m
  • Saddletree Park497 m
  • Ballyconnor Park723 m
  • Garnier Park1 km
  • Cummer Parkette1.1 km
  • Creekside Park1.1 km
  • and 5 more

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 5 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's Pizza, 95 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Domino's Pizza · 1553 Steeles Ave E None95 mPassed, Aug 2026
King's Korean Noodle · 1549 Steeles Ave E95 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 1533 Steeles Ave E95 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 1567 Steeles Ave E None95 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Eatery at Cmcc · 6100 Leslie St1 kmPassed, Apr 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 378 m away at Bestview Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Bestview Park drinking fountain · 378 m; Saddletree Park drinking fountain · 506 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 58 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp Steelesview Public School (421 m, 58 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 58 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Plasp Steelesview Public School · 105 Bestview Dr
    58 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    421 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (4.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 111 · 2 km3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 4.6 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 2 km3300 Bayview Ave

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

Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 641 rental units. The nearest is 4003 Bayview Ave (873 m, 172 units, 12 storeys, built 1971), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 641 units
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 3
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4003 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management17212197199 · Aug 20252 · 3 fire873 m
4001 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management23412197194 · Sep 20240890 m
4005 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management23512197197 · Jun 20243937 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 lots56 lots · ≈8,130 spaces · 24.4 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈540 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 146 m away, ≈477 spaces; 387 m away, ≈15 spaces; 430 m away, ≈47 spaces; 777 m away, ≈129 spaces; 862 m away, ≈719 spaces; 938 m away, ≈243 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 — 14-hour, Aug 18, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 14,968 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 740 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (32 of 63). Evening rush dominates here: 2,634 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 2,126 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north0southbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west12,655eastbound · 25 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles28,363280 pedestrians · 63 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east14,968westbound · 32 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the south740northbound · 4 bikes · 1.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,126 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,634 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Aug 18, 2026

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

On Steeles Ave E between Laureleaf Rd S and Bestview Dr, 55 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2020 put the average speed at 53 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 63 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 69 km/h or more. That segment carries about 27,600 vehicles a day. Bestview Dr between Bestview Park Trl and Harrington Cres measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Mar 2026). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Bestview Dr (398 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 10,923 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave E · Laureleaf Rd S – Bestview Dr · 55 mMar 2020 · 3 days27,58153 km/h63 km/h69 km/h
Bestview Dr · Bestview Park Trl – Harrington Cres · 268 mMar 2026 · 3 days1,06737 km/h44 km/h49 km/h

School-zone speed sign 398 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct14 · 29 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Bestview Dr (westbound), North Side of Bestview Dr, 26m West of Laureleaf Rd S · 10,923 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 30% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 5, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions37#2513 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only27
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201449latest Jun 5, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. The most recent was on Jun 3, 2019.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#440 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#794 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jun 3, 2019

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 9, 2020. 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Steeles & Bestview a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#440 of 1,505), out of 37 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 & Bestview?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #400 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.75× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Steeles & Bestview?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Laureleaf Rd S and Bestview Dr (March 2020), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 398 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Steeles & Bestview?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 56 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,130 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Steeles & Bestview by transit?

Bus routes 53, 151, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Bestview Dr, 25 m).

What restaurants are near Steeles & Bestview?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Domino's Pizza (95 m), King's Korean Noodle (95 m), Subway (95 m), Tim Hortons (95 m) and The Eatery at Cmcc (1.0 km). 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 Steeles & Bestview?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 378 m away at Bestview Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Steeles & Bestview?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 58 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Plasp Steelesview Public School (421 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Bestview?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 641 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4003 Bayview Ave (873 m, 172 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 4001 Bayview Ave (890 m, 234 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 4005 Bayview Ave (937 m, 235 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 97 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 Steeles & Bestview?

Toronto Police place two 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 neighbourhood page.

What ward is Steeles & Bestview in?

Steeles & Bestview is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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