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Torresdale & Steeles

Torresdale Ave & Steeles Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Ward 6, York Centre

Torresdale & Steeles, in Toronto, is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,199
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 10, 2022
382 pedestrians · 21 cyclists
Collisions
37
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 25 property damage · #2514 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #1390 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
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 2,020 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.75× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 42 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 3.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 52%, from 25 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 37 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Torresdale & Steeles

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
607160 nearest 23 m
Express
960
Blue Night
353307
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave West at Torresdale Ave; Steeles Ave West at Thurman Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill088 Bathurst at New Westminster Dr / Steeles Av397 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 (5)
  • Rockford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 565 m
  • Congregation Bnei Torah and Birchas Shmuel Private SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Toronto Cheder Boys SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Fisherville Sr & N/W Secondary AlternativeEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km
Community centres
Parks (8)
  • Rockford Park497 m
  • Festival Park570 m
  • Hidden Trail Park864 m
  • Harryetta Gardens1 km
  • Lissom Park1.1 km
  • Don Lake Parkette1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Signal
1229, activated 1978 · 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 14 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pho Donation, 411 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Concord Oriental Market · 1051 Steeles Ave Wgrocery411 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Pho Donation · 1045 Steeles Ave W411 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Kiva's Bagel Bakery & Restaurant · 1027 Steeles Ave Wgrocery411 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Szechuan Gourmet · 1033 Steeles Ave W411 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Kiva's Bagel Bakery & Restaurant · 1027 Steeles Ave Wgrocery411 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 3 infractions
Szechuan Gourmet · 1033 Steeles Ave W411 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 2 infractions
The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living · 1003 Steeles Ave W486 mPassed, Jul 2026
McDonald's · 6170 Bathurst St552 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 190 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Enriched Child Care Learning Centre (553 m, 34 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 190 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Enriched Child Care Learning Centre · 6030 Bathurst St
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    553 m
  • Rockford Child Care · 60 Rockford Rd
    156 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    565 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 112 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 112 · 1.8 km5700 Bathurst St
Police32 Division · 3.7 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 55 · 1.8 km5700 Bathurst St

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

Within a kilometre there are 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,672 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1085 Steeles Ave W (345 m, 100 units, 15 storeys, built 1969), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 78 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 21 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 3,672 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202678 across the 22
Open fire-code violations21
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1085 Steeles Ave W · Wycliffe Property Management Limited10015196990 · Jul 20260345 m
25 Fisherville Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22118197096 · Sep 20257 · 6 fire394 m
5 Fisherville Rd · Pinedale Properties Ltd20217197089 · Jul 20240 · 1 fire428 m
6200 Bathurst St · Cromwell Management Inc.18114196999 · Aug 20263 · 5 fire502 m
6040 Bathurst St · Pinedale Properties Ltd20217197097 · Sep 20251507 m
6030 Bathurst St · Hazelview Property Services Inc24719196794 · Aug 20269553 m
6250 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation38914197292 · Oct 20250555 m
6161 Bathurst St · Cando Apartments Ltd.17013196096 · Aug 20256610 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 lots137 lots · ≈28,280 spaces · 84.8 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈1,030 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 111 m away, ≈116 spaces; 113 m away, ≈8 spaces; 125 m away, ≈10 spaces; 230 m away, ≈8 spaces; 254 m away, ≈4 spaces; 286 m away, ≈423 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: 7,048 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 594 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 2,378 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,489 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). 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 north594southbound · 2 bikes · 0.3% heavy
From the west6,981eastbound · 8 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles16,199382 pedestrians · 21 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east7,048westbound · 7 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the south1,576northbound · 4 bikes · 0.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,489 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,378 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 Torresdale Ave between Russfax Dr and Fisherville Rd, 257 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2012 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Steeles Ave W · Torresdale Ave – Black Hawkway · 90 mMay 2014 · 3 days22,148
Torresdale Ave · Russfax Dr – Fisherville Rd · 257 mOct 2012 · 24 h8,45134 km/h40 km/h44 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 2022, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 10 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Mar 6, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions37#2514 of 5,508
With an injury10#1775 of 4,660
Property damage only25
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian3#1419 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2409 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201455latest Mar 6, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jan 22, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1390 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#246 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20064latest Jan 22, 2018

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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 10, 2019. 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Torresdale & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1390 of 1,505), out of 37 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 Torresdale & Steeles?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.75× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Torresdale & Steeles?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Torresdale Ave between Russfax Dr and Fisherville Rd (October 2012), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Torresdale & Steeles?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 137 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,280 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Torresdale & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 60, 7, 160, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave West at Torresdale Ave, 23 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 088 Bathurst at New Westminster Dr / Steeles Av.

What restaurants are near Torresdale & Steeles?

None within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pho Donation (411 m), Szechuan Gourmet (411 m), Szechuan Gourmet (411 m), The Bernard Betel Centre For Creative Living (486 m) and McDonald's (552 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 Torresdale & Steeles?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 190 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Enriched Child Care Learning Centre (553 m, 34 spaces) and Rockford Child Care (565 m, 156 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Torresdale & Steeles?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,672 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1085 Steeles Ave W (345 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 25 Fisherville Rd (394 m, 221 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 5 Fisherville Rd (428 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 6200 Bathurst St (502 m, 181 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 92 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 Torresdale & Steeles?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 neighbourhood page.

What ward is Torresdale & Steeles in?

Torresdale & Steeles is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined