Toronto · intersection · signal 2474

Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt

Toronto, Ontario · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt, in Toronto, is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
18,055
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 31, 2023
149 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
164
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
44 with an injury · 111 property damage · #647 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1378 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,260 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.95× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 121 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 16 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 88%, from 147 in 2016–2020 to 17 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 164 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
175368 nearest 20 m
Express
953968
Blue Night
353324
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Mountcastle Gate; Mountcastle Gate at Steeles Ave East
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate729 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)
  • Terry Fox Public SchoolEnglish Public · 539 m
  • Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 940 m
  • St Henry Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Kennedy Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Wales College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • David Lewis Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (7)
  • Terry Fox Park684 m
  • Sanwood Park876 m
  • Bamburgh Park918 m
  • Fundy Bay Park1.1 km
  • Shepton Way Park1.3 km
  • L'amoreaux North Park1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Steeles branch581 m
Signal
2474, activated 2019 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 17 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine, 190 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine · 4125 Steeles Ave E190 mPassed, Jun 2026
Kreative Kids Terry Fox · 185 Wintermute Blvd538 mPassed, Sep 2026
Sam Woo BBQ Restaurant · 375 Bamburgh Crcl C100554 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Hey Juice · 375 Bamburgh Crcl C105554 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hey Juice · 375 Bamburgh Crcl, Unit-C105555 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Popeye's · 395 Bamburgh Crcl D102556 mPassed, Feb 2026
Sushi Hut · 395 Bamburgh Crcl D104556 mPassed, Jun 2026
Popeyes · 395 Bamburgh Crcl, Unit-D102561 mPassed, Jul 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 227 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Agile Innovators Montessori (523 m, 59 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 227 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Agile Innovators Montessori · 390 Bamburgh Cir
    59 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    523 m
  • Kreative Kids Terry Fox · 185 Wintermute Blvd
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    539 m
  • Kreative Kids Child Care Centre · 100 Bamburgh Cir
    69 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 241 (775 m) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 241 · 775 m3325 Warden Ave
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 2.2 km3061 Birchmount Rd

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 332 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 125 Bamburgh Crcl (930 m, 332 units, 20 storeys, built 1978), which scored 90 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 332 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
125 Bamburgh Crcl · Sterling Karamar Property Management33220197890 · Oct 20240930 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 lots108 lots · ≈30,220 spaces · 90.7 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈390 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m

Nearest lots: 178 m away, ≈115 spaces; 472 m away, ≈123 spaces; 493 m away, ≈147 spaces; 576 m away, ≈46 spaces; 588 m away, ≈13 spaces; 601 m away, ≈678 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. The east leg carries the load — 8,977 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 721. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,782 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 18% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,359). Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% 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.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west8,357eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.9% heavy
Total vehicles18,055149 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east8,977westbound · 1 bikes · 4.9% heavy
From the south721northbound · 0 bikes · 4.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,359 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,782 vehicles from 5:00 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

The City's most recent midblock count on Steeles Ave E between Mountcastle Gt and Walkway W of Birchmount and S of Steeles (99 m away, Apr 2014) recorded volume only — about 26,866 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave E · Mountcastle Gt – Walkway W of Birchmount and S of Steeles · 99 mApr 2014 · 3 days26,866

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 (40 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 27% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 31, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions164#647 of 5,508
With an injury44#296 of 4,660
Property damage only111
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian5#798 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2403 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
All since 2014239latest Oct 31, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 8, 2019.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1378 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Sep 8, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1378 of 1,505), out of 164 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 Ave E & Mountcastle Gt?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2023, 1.95× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 108 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,220 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt by transit?

Bus routes 17, 53, 68, 953, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Mountcastle Gate, 20 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 008 Kennedy at Steeles Av / Putnam Gate.

What restaurants are near Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Casa-Imperial Fine Chinese Cuisine (190 m), Kreative Kids Terry Fox (538 m), Sam Woo BBQ Restaurant (554 m), Hey Juice (554 m) and Hey Juice (555 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 Ave E & Mountcastle Gt?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 227 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Agile Innovators Montessori (523 m, 59 spaces), Kreative Kids Terry Fox (539 m, 99 spaces) and Kreative Kids Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 332 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 125 Bamburgh Crcl (930 m, 332 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 90 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 ward is Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt in?

Steeles Ave E & Mountcastle Gt is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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