Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time. Steeles Avenue is the city limit: the north side is Vaughan or Markham and outside Toronto's records
Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Jan 31, 2023
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 11,071 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 102 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 3,535 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,758 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 2,758 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,535 from 5:00 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
Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Oct 1, 2018.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 0 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 0 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Oct 1, 2018 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Firebrace Rd between Glencoyne Cres and Steeles Ave E (38 m away, Jun 2016) recorded volume only — about 4,948 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles Ave E · Firebrace Rd – Walkway E of Firebrace and S of Steeles · 32 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 27,246 | — | — | — |
| Firebrace Rd · Glencoyne Cres – Steeles Ave E · 38 m | Jun 2016 · 3 days | 4,948 | — | — | — |
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 1618, activated 1990 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 53 167 68 17 24 nearest 26 m
- Express
- 953 968 924
- Blue Night
- 353 324
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Firebrace Rd; Steeles Ave East at Firebrace Rd West Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Steeles Av815 m · 10 min
- 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.
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
- 0 mapped lots within 500 m, 61 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.
Steeles Avenue is the city limit. Everything on the north side of the street is in Vaughan or Markham and outside every Toronto dataset on this page — the restaurants, shops and services across the road are not counted, on the map or in the score below.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine, 846 m away. The nearest pharmacy is J&m Health Essentials & Phcy, 188 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine · 4125 Steeles Ave E846 m · 10 min
- San Marcos Place · 15 Glendinning Ave903 m · 11 min
- McDonald's · 395 Bamburgh Crcl906 m · 11 min
- Pizza Nova · 395 Bamburgh Crcl Unit-103906 m · 11 min
- Subway · 1 Glendinning Ave Unit-7a924 m · 11 min
- Food shops
- Daango Sweets Inc 924 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- J&m Health Essentials & Phcy 188 m · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Kreative Kids Child Care Centre · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day797 m · 9 min
- Narmer Montessori School · 18 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day877 m · 10 min
- Agile Innovators Montessori · 59 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day889 m · 11 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
- Bamburgh Park628 m · 7 min
- Huntsmill Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Terry Fox Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools
- St Henry Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 797 m · 9 min
- Terry Fox Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Steeles branch1 km · 12 min
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 grocery store, a community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is, and nothing north of Steeles.
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
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 332 rental units. The nearest is 125 Bamburgh Crcl (916 m, 332 units, 20 storeys, built 1978), which scored 90 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Bamburgh Crcl · Sterling Karamar Property Management | 332 | 20 | 1978 | 90 · Oct 2024 | 916 m · 11 min |
1 registered building · 332 units · tallest 20 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 Steeles & Firebrace a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025. 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 & Firebrace?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 2.4× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Steeles & Firebrace a walkable intersection?
Steeles & Firebrace scores 28 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: 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.8 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; nearest park 0.6 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking. Steeles Avenue is the city limit, so nothing on the north side of the street is counted.
Where can I park near Steeles & Firebrace?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 61 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,690 spaces — none within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Firebrace by transit?
Bus routes 53, 167, 68, 17, 24, 953, 968, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Firebrace Rd, 26 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Steeles Av.
What restaurants are near Steeles & Firebrace?
None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine (846 m), San Marcos Place (903 m), McDonald's (906 m), Pizza Nova (906 m) and Subway (924 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours, and nothing on the north side of Steeles, which is outside Toronto, is in it.
Is there child care near Steeles & Firebrace?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 146 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kreative Kids Child Care Centre (797 m, 69 spaces), Narmer Montessori School (877 m, 18 spaces) and Agile Innovators Montessori (889 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Firebrace?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 332 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 125 Bamburgh Crcl (916 m, 332 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 90 out of 100.
What ward is Steeles & Firebrace in?
Steeles & Firebrace is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jan 31, 2023.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 22 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.81788, -79.33210 · centreline node 13442071.