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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 30, 2023
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 11,247 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 979 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,932 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,025 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 2,932 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,025 from 4:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
The worst year was 2024, with 16 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 25 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 11, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 94 | #1187 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 25 | #659 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 58 | |
| Fail to remain | 11 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 11 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 5 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
How fast traffic moves here
On William R Allen Rd between de Boers Dr and Rimrock Rd, 148 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in September 2019 put the average speed at 69 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 77 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 111 km/h or more. That segment carries about 33,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Sheppard Ave W (205 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.6% of the 54,007 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William R Allen Rd · de Boers Dr – Rimrock Rd · 148 m | Sep 2019 · 24 h | 33,400 | 69 km/h | 77 km/h | 111 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Sheppard Ave W (eastbound), 205 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 39 km/h, 85th percentile 48 km/h; 1.6% at 60 km/h or more. 54,007 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
- The crossing
- Signal 2127, activated 2009 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Sheppard West Station (Line 1)232 m
- TTC bus
- 84 106 107 108 104 105 nearest 245 m
- Express
- 984
- Blue Night
- 384 329
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m
- Regional
- York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Sheppard Av W / Dufferin St245 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 1 car park · about 632 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 157 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface | 814 m | 632 * | — |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is The Grocery Outlet, 911 m away. For everything else there are two convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 22. The nearest is Mr. Tasty Fries, 67 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Mabuhay Pharmacy, 608 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Mr. Tasty Fries · 1 de Boers Dr 20667 m
- Berry's Moss Cafe · 20 de Boers Dr Unit-219122 m
- Bun Bo Hue O Nom · 911 Sheppard Ave W671 m · 8 min
- Tim Hortons · 901 Sheppard Ave W709 m · 8 min
- McDonald's · 150 Rimrock Rd718 m · 9 min
- Grocery
- The Grocery Outlet 911 m · 11 min
- Food shops
- Heja Butcher Shop 650 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Mabuhay Pharmacy 608 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day877 m · 10 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks
- Banting Park778 m · 9 min
- Kennard Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Michael Feldman Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Schools
- William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 681 m · 8 min
- The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 1.3 km · 16 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,704 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 95 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1042 Sheppard Ave W (324 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1042 Sheppard Ave W · Firm Capital | 16 | 4 | 1950 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 324 m · 4 min |
| 750 Wilson Heights Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 79 | 4 | 1993 | 86 · Aug 2024 | 930 m · 11 min |
2 registered buildings · 95 units · 1 social housing · tallest 4 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
22 thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 13 in 2023–2025, about 4.3 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 59% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 27, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 22 | 12 | 1 | street/outdoor (13), apartment parking (7) |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (1) |
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 William R Allen & De Boers a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 94 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 William R Allen & De Boers?
An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #708 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.41× the median for a counted intersection.
Is William R Allen & De Boers a walkable intersection?
William R Allen & De Boers scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,704 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Sheppard West Station · 6 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at William R Allen & De Boers?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on William R Allen Rd between de Boers Dr and Rimrock Rd (September 2019), found an average of 69 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 77 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 205 m away (50 km/h), 1.6% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near William R Allen & De Boers?
The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (814 m away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 157 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,600 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to William R Allen & De Boers by transit?
Sheppard West Station (Line 1) is 232 m away; bus routes 84, 106, 107, 108, 104, 105, 984 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Sheppard Av W / Dufferin St.
What restaurants are near William R Allen & De Boers?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Mr. Tasty Fries (67 m), Berry's Moss Cafe (122 m), Bun Bo Hue O Nom (671 m), Tim Hortons (709 m) and McDonald's (718 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near William R Allen & De Boers?
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 (877 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near William R Allen & De Boers?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 95 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1042 Sheppard Ave W (324 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (930 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at William R Allen & De Boers?
Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.
What neighbourhood is William R Allen & De Boers in?
William R Allen & De Boers 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
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 Nov 30, 2023.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 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).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 6 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: 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; 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.75176, -79.46373 · centreline node 20230204.