Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 5325151 nearest 23 m
- Express
- 953925
- Blue Night
- 353325
- Nearest stops
- 7 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Townsend Rd; Steeles Ave East at Townsend Rd West Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 003 Thornhill090 Leslie090B Leslie412 Thornlea SS413 St Robert SS Via John at The Shops On Steeles Stop # 4289132 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 (10)
- Arbor Glen Public SchoolEnglish Public · 308 m
- Highland Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 587 m
- Cliffwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 657 m
- St Matthias C.s. (Temporary Location)English Public · 704 m
- A Y Jackson Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- Covenant Central AcademyPrivate · 1.2 km
- and 4 more
- Parks (3)
- Cliffwood Park437 m
- Duncan Creek Park876 m
- Clara Will Park1.5 km
- Signal
- 1185, activated 1978 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 11 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is 3a Noodle, 464 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| 3a Noodle · 3875 Don Mills Rd None | 464 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Pizza Hot Wings · 3883 Don Mills Rd | 464 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Sengyo Sushi · 3887 Don Mills Rd None | 464 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Tastee · 3913 Don Mills Rd None | 464 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Tea Time · 3905 Don Mills Rd | 464 m | Passed, May 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Zhengyi Chinese Herbs Ltd · 3901 Don Mills Rd Unit-7 | 482 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Freshco · 2395 Don Mills Rdgrocery | 494 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Hi Yogurt · 2395 Don Mills Rd | 494 m | Passed, Jul 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 493 m away at Cliffwood Park.
No City washroom within 1 km.
- Drinking water
- Cliffwood Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 493 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 261 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre (308 m, 95 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre · 55 Freshmeadow Dr
95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day308 m - Cliffwood Community Child Care · 140 Cliffwood Rd
166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day656 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.8 km away.
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
One registered apartment building with 397 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (331 m, 397 units, 6 storeys, built 1980), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 Don Mills RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 397 | 6 | 1980 | 95 · Jun 2024 | 0 | 331 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
Nearest lots: 59 m away, ≈5 spaces; 79 m away, ≈3 spaces; 95 m away, ≈8 spaces; 105 m away, ≈9 spaces; 124 m away, ≈3 spaces; 130 m away, ≈7 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
The east leg carries the load — 10,635 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 831. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,487 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,843). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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.
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 Townsend Rd between Freshmeadow Dr and Low Meadoway (159 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Freshmeadow Dr (273 m away, 30 km/h limit), 8.4% of the 44,371 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles Ave E · Steeles Av E – Steeles Av E · 102 m | Apr 2014 · 3 days | 46,759 | — | — | — |
| Townsend Rd · Freshmeadow Dr – Low Meadoway · 159 m | Jan 2015 · 24 h | 1,391 | 42 km/h | 49 km/h | 54 km/h |
School-zone speed sign 273 m
Freshmeadow Dr (eastbound), 6 Lofty Hillway · 44,371 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
2017 was the peak year (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 45% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 5, 2022.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 51 | |
| With an injury | 23 | |
| Property damage only | 28 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| All since 2014 | 69 | latest Nov 5, 2022 |
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. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Dec 12, 2014.
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 & Townsend a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 51 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 & Townsend?
A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 2.4× the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Steeles & Townsend?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Townsend Rd between Freshmeadow Dr and Low Meadoway (January 2015), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 273 m away (30 km/h), 8.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Steeles & Townsend?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 129 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,150 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Steeles & Townsend by transit?
Bus routes 53, 25, 151, 953, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Townsend Rd, 23 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie, 412 Thornlea SS at The Shops On Steeles Stop # 4289.
What restaurants are near Steeles & Townsend?
None within 300 m, and 11 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 3a Noodle (464 m), Pizza Hot Wings (464 m), Sengyo Sushi (464 m), Tastee (464 m) and Tea Time (464 m). 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 & Townsend?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 493 m away at Cliffwood Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.
Is there child care near Steeles & Townsend?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 261 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Arbor Glen Community Child Care Centre (308 m, 95 spaces) and Cliffwood Community Child Care (656 m, 166 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Steeles & Townsend?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 397 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 4000 Don Mills Rd (331 m, 397 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 95 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 & Townsend in?
Steeles & Townsend is in Hillcrest Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 048). It 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
- 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 Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 17 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.81192, -79.35756 · centreline node 13442457.