Toronto · intersection · signal 2294

Steeles Ave W & Northwest Gt

Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Steeles Ave W & Northwest Gt is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in York University Heights. At the corner: Pioneer Village Station and an accessible pedestrian signal. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
15,594
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 10, 2022
555 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
23
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3253 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
Pioneer Village Station
subway station within 250 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,950 vehicles an hour, 1.69× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 28 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 2.3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 56%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 7 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Steeles Ave W & Northwest Gt

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)170 m; York University (Line 1)1 km
TTC bus
35608410816610641 nearest 27 m
Express
935960
Blue Night
335353341
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Northwest Gate; Steeles Ave West at Northwest Gate East Side
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill020 Jane096 Keele - Yonge107 Keele107B Keele165 Weston at Steeles Av / Settler Rd26 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pioneer Village Subway Station 241 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 57 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 (5)
  • York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 845 m
  • Shoreham Public Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 1.2 km
  • Brookview Mdl School & Brookview LINCEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Blacksmith Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km
Community centres
Parks (7)
  • Shoreham Park1 km
  • 175 the Pond Road Park1 km
  • Driftwood Parkette1.1 km
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park1.3 km
  • Fred Young Park1.3 km
  • Elm Park - Etobicoke1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Places of interest
  • Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 658 m
Signal
2294, activated 2017 · 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; 53 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is York Lions Stadium Concessions, 443 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
York Lions Stadium Concessions · 230 Ian Macdonald Blvd None443 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizzaville · 989 Murray Ross Pkwy524 mPassed, Jun 2026
Wild Wing · 989 Murray Ross Pkwy524 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Wild Wing Express · 989 Murray Ross Pkwy Unit-Main Floor524 mPassed, Jun 2026
Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack · 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy654 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 2 infractions
Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack · 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy654 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
The Village at Black Creek · 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy654 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tennis Canada · 1 Shoreham Dr Unit-100681 mPassed, Aug 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 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 25 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (845 m, 25 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 25 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) · 4700 Keele St
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    845 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.5 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 1.9 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 2.7 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 3.5 km2753 Jane St

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots231 lots · ≈33,740 spaces · 101.2 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈1,020 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. · Surface23 m1,881 *
7332 Jane St · Surface1 km53 *

Nearest lots: 178 m away, ≈112 spaces; 179 m away, ≈200 spaces; 205 m away, ≈7 spaces; 208 m away, ≈140 spaces; 209 m away, ≈3 spaces; 227 m away, ≈3 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)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 7,275 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 266 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,206 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,572 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north266southbound · 0 bikes · 27.8% heavy
From the west7,196eastbound · 1 bikes · 5.5% heavy
Total vehicles15,594555 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east7,275westbound · 1 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south857northbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,572 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,206 vehicles from 2:00 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

On Steeles Ave W between Northwest Gt and Murray Ross Pkwy, 253 m from the corner, a 2-day count in September 2019 put the average speed at 64 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 73 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 79 km/h or more. 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

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

The worst year was 2018, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 11 collisions (48%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Dec 3, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions23#3253 of 5,508
With an injury11#1636 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian3#1418 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201423latest Dec 3, 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 Nov 3, 2007.

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle111street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 28, 2026. 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 Ave W & Northwest Gt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 23 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 Ave W & Northwest Gt?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.69× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Steeles Ave W & Northwest Gt?

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 Ave W & Northwest Gt?

The nearest Green P car park is 2800 Steeles Ave W. (23 m away, 1,881 spaces). The City's mapping shows 231 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,740 spaces — 13 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 Ave W & Northwest Gt by transit?

Pioneer Village Station (Line 1) is 170 m away; bus routes 35, 60, 84, 108, 166, 106, 41, 935 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Northwest Gate, 27 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 020 Jane, 096 Keele - Yonge, 107 Keele at Steeles Av / Settler Rd.

What restaurants are near Steeles Ave W & Northwest Gt?

None within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are York Lions Stadium Concessions (443 m), Pizzaville (524 m), Wild Wing (524 m), Wild Wing Express (524 m) and Gift Shop, Cafe & Snack Shack (654 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 W & Northwest Gt?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 25 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (845 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Steeles Ave W & Northwest Gt?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Ave W & Northwest Gt in?

Steeles Ave W & Northwest Gt 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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