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Willowdale & Steeles

Willowdale Ave & Steeles Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Ward 18, Willowdale

Willowdale & Steeles is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It sits in Toronto. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
33,026
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 29, 2024
437 pedestrians · 17 cyclists · #248 busiest
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5321 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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
4 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 2,360 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 2.0× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 76 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 0.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Willowdale & Steeles

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Steeles Ave. W.457 m
TTC bus
53989760 nearest 17 m
Express
953960
Blue Night
353320
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Steeles Ave East at Willowdale Ave; Willowdale Ave at Steeles Ave East South Side
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken005 Clark023 Thornhill Woods077 Highway 7088 Bathurst091 Bayview098|099 Yonge (Late Night)099 Yonge360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderlandblue B Viva Blue Bblue Viva Blue at Steeles Av / Willowdale Av16 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 (10)
  • Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 363 m
  • Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 740 m
  • Alpha Quality Education SchoolPrivate · 922 m
  • St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Brebeuf College SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
  • Goulding Community Centre1.1 km
Parks (6)
  • Lillian Park552 m
  • Centre Park897 m
  • Aneta Circle Parkette1 km
  • Caswell Park1 km
  • Goulding Park1.1 km
  • Wedgewood Park - North York1.2 km
Signal
0986, activated 1972 · SA2

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 Pizzaville, 456 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizzaville · 6369 Yonge St456 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Starbucks · 6355 Yonge St487 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Starbucks · 6355 Yonge St487 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bamaze · 6353 Yonge St492 mPassed, May 2025
Gwangjang Market · 6347 Yonge Stgrocery511 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tazza · 6347 Yonge St511 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Apkujung Restaurant · 6309 Yonge St536 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Eat Bkk Thai Kitchen · 6307 Yonge St, Bldg-0544 mPassed, May 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 104 spaces; none accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (338 m, 74 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 104 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 1087 Lillian St
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    338 m
  • Forest Grove Montessori Preschool · 53 Madawaska Ave
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    544 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 111 · 2 km3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 3.1 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 2 km3300 Bayview Ave

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

Four registered apartment buildings with 578 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 6210 Yonge St (729 m, 83 units, 7 storeys, built 1968), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings4 · 578 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 4
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
6210 Yonge St · Better Living Homes Inc.837196888 · Aug 20252 · 15 fire729 m
5 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196887 · Jun 202414933 m
15 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196890 · Jun 202451 km
1 Homewood Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc674194091 · Jul 202621 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 lots124 lots · ≈23,470 spaces · 70.4 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈340 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 2,475 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface1.9 km900 *
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.9 km1,552 *
5667 Yonge Street · Surface2 km23 *

Nearest lots: 287 m away, ≈28 spaces; 341 m away, ≈45 spaces; 346 m away, ≈53 spaces; 374 m away, ≈17 spaces; 410 m away, ≈13 spaces; 414 m away, ≈12 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 29, 2024

The east leg carries the load — 13,679 westbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,260. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,816 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,001 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,260southbound · 2 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the west12,743eastbound · 4 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles33,026437 pedestrians · 17 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east13,679westbound · 6 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the south5,344northbound · 5 bikes · 1.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,816 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour3,001 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 29, 2024

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 counter on Steeles Ave E between Lillian St and Maxome Ave (327 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 61 km/h. That segment carries about 28,500 vehicles a day. Willowdale Ave between Nipigon Ave and Steeles Ave E measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Feb 2020). At the school-zone speed sign on Lillian St (298 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 322 vehicles logged in June 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Willowdale Ave · Nipigon Ave – Steeles Ave E · 49 mFeb 2020 · 3 days9,68139 km/h48 km/h54 km/h
Steeles Ave E · Lillian St – Maxome Ave · 327 mAug 2026 · 3 days28,52954 km/h61 km/h67 km/h

School-zone speed sign 298 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
40 km/h or more0.0%

Lillian St (southbound) · 322 vehicles logged in June 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 33% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 33% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Oct 7, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5321 of 5,508
With an injury1#4576 of 4,660
Property damage only1
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#3045 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20143latest Oct 7, 2022

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 Oct 18, 2008.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Willowdale & Steeles a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Willowdale & Steeles?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #248 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Willowdale & Steeles?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Steeles Ave E between Lillian St and Maxome Ave (August 2026), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 298 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in June 2026.

Where can I park near Willowdale & Steeles?

The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.9 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 124 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,470 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Willowdale & Steeles by transit?

Bus routes 53, 98, 97, 60, 953, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Steeles Ave East at Willowdale Ave, 17 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Steeles Av / Willowdale Av.

What restaurants are near Willowdale & Steeles?

None within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizzaville (456 m), Starbucks (487 m), Starbucks (487 m), Bamaze (492 m) and Tazza (511 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 Willowdale & Steeles?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 104 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (338 m, 74 spaces) and Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (544 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Willowdale & Steeles?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 578 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 6210 Yonge St (729 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 5 Tangreen Crt (933 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 15 Tangreen Crt (1.0 km, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1 Homewood Ave (1.0 km, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 89 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.

What ward is Willowdale & Steeles in?

Willowdale & Steeles is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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