Toronto · intersection · signal 1997

William R Allen & Rimrock

William R Allen Rd & Rimrock Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

In York University Heights, William R Allen & Rimrock is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: a bike lane and a park. Nearby: Sheppard West Station (Line 1) 859 m away.

Traffic volume
35,833
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 10, 2025
1,120 pedestrians · 77 cyclists · #183 busiest
Collisions
94
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 71 property damage · #1188 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Sheppard West Station 859 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,560 vehicles an hour, 2.2× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 32 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 9.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 35%, from 57 in 2016–2020 to 37 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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William R Allen & Rimrock

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Sheppard West Station (Line 1)859 m
TTC bus
10510410784106108101 nearest 28 m
Express
984
Blue Night
329384
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — William R Allen Rd at Rimrock Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd26 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Rimrock Rd installed 2024
Bike Share
Sheppard Ave W / Chesswood Dr 796 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (11)
  • William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 539 m
  • Adelfiha's Christian AcademyPrivate · 560 m
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 778 m
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Charles H Best Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (7)
  • Kennard Parkette238 m
  • Michael Feldman Parkette532 m
  • Garthdale Parkette837 m
  • Irving W. Chapley Park905 m
  • Banting Park1.1 km
  • Bayhampton Parkette1.3 km
  • and 1 more
Signal
1997, activated 2004 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North

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 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 43. The nearest is McDonald's, 42 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McDonald's · 150 Rimrock Rd42 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Takimi Sushi Asian Cuisine Happy Fruit Bubble Tea · 150 Rimrock Rdgrocery42 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 5 infractions
Boston Pizza · 180 Rimrock Rd77 mPassed, Sep 2025
Anoush Middle Eastern Cuisine · 170 Rimrock Rd138 mPassed, Aug 2026
Starbucks Coffee Co · 170 Rimrock Rd138 mPassed, Feb 2024 · 1 infraction
Dispotino Pizza · 1110 Lodestar Rd212 mPassed, Aug 2024
Crudo · 1110 Lodestar Rd212 mPassed, Jun 2026
Subway · 1123 Lodestar Rd218 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions

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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 310 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children Are People Education (594 m, 155 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 310 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Children Are People Education · 272 Codsell Ave
    155 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    594 m
  • Gan Chabad Preschool · 147 Overbrook Pl
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    796 m
  • Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre · 5 Yukon Lane
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    913 m
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 100 Elder St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    932 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (897 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 465 m away.

FireFire Station 143 · 897 m1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 4.3 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 465 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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 117 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (243 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 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 117 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241243 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 20250324 m
81 Garthdale Crt103195978 · Aug 20240794 m
1042 Sheppard Ave W · Firm Capital164195097 · Aug 20260809 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 lots363 lots · ≈83,200 spaces · 249.6 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈6,270 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.3 km632 *

Nearest lots: 120 m away, ≈18 spaces; 152 m away, ≈245 spaces; 154 m away, ≈444 spaces; 170 m away, ≈732 spaces; 235 m away, ≈116 spaces; 245 m away, ≈26 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, Jun 10, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 16,583 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 2,758 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (40 of 77). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,794 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,899 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.0% 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 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north16,583southbound · 40 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the west2,758eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles35,8331,120 pedestrians · 77 cyclists · 5.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 27 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south16,492northbound · 9 bikes · 5.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,794 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,899 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 10, 2025

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 William R Allen Rd between Rimrock Rd and Dufferin St (95 m away, Sep 2009) recorded volume only — about 21,959 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
William R Allen Rd · Rimrock Rd – Dufferin St · 95 mSep 2009 · 8 days21,959

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 19 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 15 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions94#1188 of 5,508
With an injury15#1230 of 4,660
Property damage only71
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#3141 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014120latest Jun 18, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on May 9, 2011.

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 vehicle220street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 6, 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 William R Allen & Rimrock 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 & Rimrock?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #183 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near William R Allen & Rimrock?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.3 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 363 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 83,200 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to William R Allen & Rimrock by transit?

Sheppard West Station (Line 1) is 859 m away; bus routes 105, 104, 107, 84, 106, 108, 101, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: William R Allen Rd at Rimrock Rd, 28 m); York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Allen Rd / Rimrock Rd.

What restaurants are near William R Allen & Rimrock?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (42 m), Boston Pizza (77 m), Anoush Middle Eastern Cuisine (138 m), Starbucks Coffee Co (138 m) and Dispotino Pizza (212 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 William R Allen & Rimrock?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 310 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children Are People Education (594 m, 155 spaces), Gan Chabad Preschool (796 m, 49 spaces) and Children's Playgarden /Toronto Military Family Resource Centre (913 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near William R Allen & Rimrock?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 117 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 750 Wilson Heights Blvd (243 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 229 Pannahill Rd (324 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 81 Garthdale Crt (794 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 1042 Sheppard Ave W (809 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 88 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 William R Allen & Rimrock?

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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is William R Allen & Rimrock in?

William R Allen & Rimrock 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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