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Whitehorse & Steeprock

Whitehorse Rd & Steeprock Dr · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

In York University Heights, Whitehorse & Steeprock is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a protected bikeway. Nearby: Downsview Park Station (Line 1) 767 m away and Downsview Park GO 721 m away.

Traffic volume
8,303
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 5, 2023
106 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · #1832 busiest
Collisions
61
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 40 property damage · #1778 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Downsview Park Station 767 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track, Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 590 vehicles an hour, 51% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 78 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 6.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 7.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.48× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 35%, from 37 in 2016–2020 to 24 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Whitehorse & Steeprock

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Downsview Park Station (Line 1)767 m
GO Transit
Downsview Park GO — Barrie721 m
TTC bus
1078410610810110510436 nearest 27 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384329336
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Whitehorse Rd at Steeprock Dr; Steeprock Dr at Whitehorse Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd582 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Steeprock Dr installed 2024; Bike Lane on Whitehorse Rd installed 2024
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 362 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 39 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 (9)
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 479 m
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 668 m
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 884 m
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Centennial College - Downsview CampusCollege · 1.3 km
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (5)
  • Kennard Parkette755 m
  • Garthdale Parkette1 km
  • Michael Feldman Parkette1.1 km
  • Irving W. Chapley Park1.4 km
  • Banting Park1.5 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 69. The nearest is Old Fashioned Bagel Factory, 82 m away, which was marked "Closed" at its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 6 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 69 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Old Fashioned Bagel Factory · 1450 Whitehorse Rd82 mClosed, Jun 2026 · 6 infractions
Bakerberry's · 1450 Whitehorse Rd110 mPassed, Jun 2026
Liam's Pancakes · 1450 Whitehorse Rd110 mClosed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Mayfair Bistro & Bar · 3855 Chesswood Dr136 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Johnvince Foods · 555 Steeprock Dr Unit-3grocery234 mPassed, Jan 2026
California Sandwiches · 3701 Chesswood Dr279 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Coffee Time · 3701 Chesswood Dr279 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Kgolf Toronto · 3705 Chesswood Dr279 mPassed, Apr 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 49 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (907 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 49 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    907 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (4.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 596 m away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.3 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police31 Division · 4.4 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 596 m4330 Dufferin 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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 101 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (660 m, 79 units, 4 storeys, built 1993), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 101 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241660 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 20250767 m
81 Garthdale Crt103195978 · Aug 202401 km

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 lots398 lots · ≈92,870 spaces · 278.6 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈13,740 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 967 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.7 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.7 km632 *
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.7 km335 *

Nearest lots: 61 m away, ≈59 spaces; 63 m away, ≈918 spaces; 124 m away, ≈262 spaces; 132 m away, ≈187 spaces; 164 m away, ≈22 spaces; 212 m away, ≈30 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 — 14-hour, Oct 5, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 3,015 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 2,354 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 875 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 579 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 is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west2,934eastbound · 17 bikes · 8.9% heavy
Total vehicles8,303106 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east3,015westbound · 10 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south2,354northbound · 1 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour579 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour875 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 5, 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

On Steeprock Dr between Whitehorse Rd and Lodestar Rd, 222 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2025 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 51 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,900 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Whitehorse Rd · Rimrock Rd – Steeprock Dr · 128 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,457
Steeprock Dr · Whitehorse Rd – Lodestar Rd · 222 mJun 2025 · 3 days8,86344 km/h51 km/h55 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 2017, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 9. 6 collisions (10%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 31% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions61#1778 of 5,508
With an injury6#2568 of 4,660
Property damage only40
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified15
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201476latest Jun 7, 2026

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

11 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 82% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1120street/outdoor (9), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 13, 2025. 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 Whitehorse & Steeprock a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 61 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 Whitehorse & Steeprock?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1832 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 51% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Whitehorse & Steeprock?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeprock Dr between Whitehorse Rd and Lodestar Rd (June 2025), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 51 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Whitehorse & Steeprock?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.7 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 398 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 92,870 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Whitehorse & Steeprock by transit?

Downsview Park Station (Line 1) is 767 m away; Downsview Park GO is 721 m away; bus routes 107, 84, 106, 108, 101, 105, 104, 36 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Whitehorse Rd at Steeprock Dr, 27 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd.

What restaurants are near Whitehorse & Steeprock?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 69 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Old Fashioned Bagel Factory (82 m), Bakerberry's (110 m), Liam's Pancakes (110 m), Mayfair Bistro & Bar (136 m) and California Sandwiches (279 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 Whitehorse & Steeprock?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 49 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (907 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Whitehorse & Steeprock?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 101 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (660 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 229 Pannahill Rd (767 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 81 Garthdale Crt (1.0 km, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 85 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 Whitehorse & Steeprock?

Toronto Police place 11 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Whitehorse & Steeprock in?

Whitehorse & Steeprock is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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