Toronto · intersection · signal 1556

Steeles & Conacher

Steeles Ave E & Conacher Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook East · Ward 18, Willowdale

Steeles & Conacher is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Newtonbrook East. Nearby is 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
17,169
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 31, 2023
551 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
2 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 2,150 vehicles, 1.86× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 31 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13).

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Steeles & Conacher

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5311 nearest 16 m
Express
953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Conacher Dr
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken091 Bayview at Steeles Av / Conacher Dr16 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 (8)
  • Brebeuf College SchoolEnglish Separate · 264 m
  • St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 431 m
  • Tyndale University College and Seminary School - BayviewPrivate · 907 m
  • Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 908 m
  • St Anne Catholic Academy, School of Virtual LearningEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • St Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (13)
  • Creekside Park353 m
  • Debell Lane Parkette376 m
  • Garnier Park552 m
  • Newton Parkette561 m
  • Caswell Park671 m
  • Lillian Park759 m
  • and 7 more
Signal
1556, activated 1988 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Restaurants & cafésnone within 1 km
Grocery & conveniencenone within 1 km

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 365 m away at Debell Lane Parkette.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Debell Lane Parkette drinking fountain · 365 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 102 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Agnes - Toronto (430 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 102 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • Plasp St. Agnes - Toronto · 280 Otonabee Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    430 m
  • The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 1087 Lillian St
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    871 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 111 · 1.5 km3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 3.6 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 1.5 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 4005 Bayview Ave (552 m, 235 units, 12 storeys, built 1971), which scored 97 out of 100 at its June 2024 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
4005 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management23512197197 · Jun 20243552 m
4003 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management17212197199 · Aug 20252 · 3 fire645 m
4001 Bayview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management23412197194 · Sep 20240699 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 lots89 lots · ≈16,740 spaces · 50.2 ha
Within 500 m5 lots · ≈370 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 214 m away, ≈261 spaces; 296 m away, ≈34 spaces; 355 m away, ≈21 spaces; 410 m away, ≈7 spaces; 449 m away, ≈50 spaces; 624 m away, ≈14 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, Jan 31, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,883 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 348 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,548 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,523 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,938eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles17,169551 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east8,883westbound · 0 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south348northbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
AM peak hour2,548 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,523 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 31, 2023

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 Conacher Dr between Nevada Ave and Gossamer Ave, 228 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in January 2008 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Steeles Ave E (71 m away, 50 km/h limit), 9.2% of the 261,799 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave E · Conacher Dr – Bayview Ave · 60 mApr 2014 · 3 days21,392
Conacher Dr · Nevada Ave – Gossamer Ave · 228 mJan 2008 · 24 h1,06943 km/h57 km/h63 km/h

School-zone speed sign 71 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct48 · 57 km/h
Over the limit23%
60 km/h or more9.2%

Steeles Ave E (westbound) · 261,799 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Steeles & Conacher a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 & Conacher?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 1.86× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Steeles & Conacher?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Conacher Dr between Nevada Ave and Gossamer Ave (January 2008), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 71 m away (50 km/h), 9.2% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Steeles & Conacher?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 89 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,740 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Steeles & Conacher by transit?

Bus routes 53, 11, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Conacher Dr, 16 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 091 Bayview at Steeles Av / Conacher Dr.

Is there a public washroom near Steeles & Conacher?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 365 m away at Debell Lane Parkette. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Steeles & Conacher?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 102 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp St. Agnes - Toronto (430 m, 28 spaces) and The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (871 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Conacher?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 641 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4005 Bayview Ave (552 m, 235 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4003 Bayview Ave (645 m, 172 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 4001 Bayview Ave (699 m, 234 units, RentSafeTO score 94). 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.

What neighbourhood is Steeles & Conacher in?

Steeles & Conacher is in Newtonbrook East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 050). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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