Toronto · intersection · signal 1735

Steeles & Murray Ross

Steeles Ave W & Murray Ross Pkwy · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Steeles & Murray Ross is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It sits in York University Heights. It has a multi-use trail at the corner. Nearby: Pioneer Village Station (Line 1) 615 m away.

Traffic volume
18,827
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 10, 2022
164 pedestrians · 16 cyclists
Collisions
83
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 64 property damage · #1344 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Pioneer Village Station 615 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,350 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.0× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 115 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 8.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 59%, from 59 in 2016–2020 to 24 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Steeles & Murray Ross

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pioneer Village Station (Line 1)615 m; Highway 407 Station (Line 1)934 m
GO Transit
GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering30 Kitchener / Bramalea47 Hamilton / Hwy 407 Terminal56 Oshawa / Oakville48 Guelph / Hwy 407 Terminal65 Newmarket / Toronto68 Barrie / Newmarket52 Oshawa / Hwy 407 Terminal31 Guelph / Toronto40 Hamilton / Richmond Hill at Hwy 407 Bus Terminal895 m
TTC bus
35608416610810641 nearest 33 m
Express
960935
Blue Night
335353341
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Murray Ross Pkwy; Steeles Ave West at Murray Ross Pkwy East Side
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill020 Jane096 Keele - Yonge107 Keele107B Keele165 Weston320 Jane Express361 Nashville Express at Steeles Av / Murray Ross Pkwy30 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Murray Ross Pkwy installed 2022
Bike Share
The Pond Rd / Shoreham Dr 598 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 26 docks 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 (7)
  • Shoreham Public Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 842 m
  • Blacksmith Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Brookview Mdl School & Brookview LINCEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Augustine Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 1.2 km
  • Gosford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (8)
  • Shoreham Park645 m
  • Driftwood Parkette1 km
  • Elm Park - Etobicoke1 km
  • 175 the Pond Road Park1.2 km
  • Edgeley Park1.2 km
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park1.4 km
  • and 2 more
Places of interest
  • Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 446 m
Signal
1735, activated 2000 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

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, and 18 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack, 194 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack · 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy194 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 2 infractions
Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack · 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy194 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
The Village at Black Creek · 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy194 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pizzaville · 989 Murray Ross Pkwy341 mPassed, Jun 2026
Wild Wing · 989 Murray Ross Pkwy341 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Wild Wing Express · 989 Murray Ross Pkwy Unit-Main Floor341 mPassed, Jun 2026
Antica Food Mart · 360 Hullmar Dr, Unit-1grocery595 mPassed, Sep 2024
Tasty Pizza · 360 Hullmar Dr, Unit-5595 mPassed, Jan 2025

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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 268 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Antica Village Children's Day Care Centre (646508 Ontario Ltd) (595 m, 31 spaces, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 268 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Antica Village Children's Day Care Centre (646508 Ontario Ltd) · 360 Hullmar Dr
    31 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    595 m
  • Happyland Childcare Learning Centre · 225 Gosford Blvd
    104 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    868 m
  • Impact Childcare Centre · 4545 Jane St
    51 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    907 m
  • Blacksmith Child Care Centre · 45 Blacksmith Cres
    82 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (2.2 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.4 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 2.2 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 2.3 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS 1 DISTRICT OFFICE · 3.4 km50 Toryork Dr

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,483 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 5000 Jane St (529 m, 291 units, 13 storeys, built 1975), which scored 78 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 35 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 1,483 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202635 across the 7
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5000 Jane St · N.h.d. Developments Limited29113197578 · Oct 20256529 m
4001 Steeles Ave W · N.h.d. Developments Limited35617197371 · Jul 20247 · 2 fire623 m
4800 Jane St · N.h.d. Developments Limited979197378 · Jul 20260 · 1 fire687 m
4750 Jane St · Ronkay Management Inc.13115197494 · Oct 20255735 m
235 Gosford Blvd · Ronkay Management Inc.13115197498 · Oct 202510814 m
35 Shoreham DrToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation32311196994 · Oct 20250853 m
215 Gosford Blvd · Ronkay Management Inc.1548197496 · Oct 20257917 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 lots215 lots · ≈32,390 spaces · 97.2 ha
Within 500 m2 lots · ≈1,040 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,934 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface500 m1,881 *
7332 Jane St · Surface765 m53 *

Nearest lots: 374 m away, ≈149 spaces; 415 m away, ≈889 spaces; 533 m away, ≈742 spaces; 558 m away, ≈18 spaces; 574 m away, ≈3 spaces; 579 m away, ≈18 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 west leg carries the load — 8,981 eastbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 12. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,649 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 49% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,775). Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% 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 north12southbound · 1 bikes · 8.3% heavy
From the west8,981eastbound · 12 bikes · 4.1% heavy
Total vehicles18,827164 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east7,464westbound · 3 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the south2,370northbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,775 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,649 vehicles from 4:30 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 Northwest Gt and Murray Ross Pkwy (253 m away) recorded an average of 64 km/h in its 2-day count in September 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 73 km/h. That segment carries about 28,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave W · Northwest Gt – Murray Ross Pkwy · 253 mSep 2019 · 2 days28,54164 km/h73 km/h79 km/h
Murray Ross Pkwy · Shoreham Dr – Steeles Ave W · 283 mJun 2016 · 3 days7,365

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

2017 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 12, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions83#1344 of 5,508
With an injury8#2131 of 4,660
Property damage only64
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2406 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
All since 2014107latest Nov 12, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Apr 7, 2012.

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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 18, 2024. 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Steeles & Murray Ross a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 83 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 Steeles & Murray Ross?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Steeles & Murray Ross?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave W between Northwest Gt and Murray Ross Pkwy (September 2019), found an average of 64 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 73 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Steeles & Murray Ross?

The nearest Green P car park is 2800 Steeles Ave W. (500 m away, 1,881 spaces). The City's mapping shows 215 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,390 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.3 km).

How do I get to Steeles & Murray Ross by transit?

Pioneer Village Station (Line 1) is 615 m away; bus routes 35, 60, 84, 166, 108, 106, 41, 960 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Murray Ross Pkwy, 33 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 020 Jane, 096 Keele - Yonge, 107 Keele at Steeles Av / Murray Ross Pkwy.

What restaurants are near Steeles & Murray Ross?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack (194 m), Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack (194 m), The Village at Black Creek (194 m), Pizzaville (341 m) and Wild Wing (341 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Steeles & Murray Ross?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 268 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Antica Village Children's Day Care Centre (646508 Ontario Ltd) (595 m, 31 spaces), Happyland Childcare Learning Centre (868 m, 104 spaces) and Impact Childcare Centre (907 m, 51 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Murray Ross?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,483 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5000 Jane St (529 m, 291 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 4001 Steeles Ave W (623 m, 356 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 4800 Jane St (687 m, 97 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 4750 Jane St (735 m, 131 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 87 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 & Murray Ross?

Toronto Police place four 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Steeles & Murray Ross in?

Steeles & Murray Ross is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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