Toronto · intersection · signal 1590

York Gate & Finch

York Gate Blvd & Finch Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Black Creek · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

York Gate & Finch, in Black Creek, is a high-volume crossing. It has Jane and Finch Station and a school within 250 m at the corner.

Traffic volume
34,328
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 8, 2025
2,041 pedestrians · 166 cyclists · #216 busiest
Collisions
212
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
32 with an injury · 143 property damage · #471 of 5,508 · +14 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #937 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Jane and Finch Station
subway station within 250 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,450 vehicles an hour, 2.1× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 17 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 21 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 6.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 36%, from 129 in 2016–2020 to 83 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 212 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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York Gate & Finch

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Jane and Finch Station (Line 6)223 m; Norfinch Oakdale Station (Line 6)282 m; Driftwood Station (Line 6)591 m
TTC bus
993584108 nearest 20 m
Express
935
Blue Night
336335
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave West at Elana Dr; Finch Ave West at York Gate Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Driftwood Ave / Finch Corridor Trail 535 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 53 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 (16)
  • Seneca College (Yorkgate Campus)College · 219 m
  • St Francis de Sales Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 316 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Norfinch CampusEnglish Separate · 525 m
  • Firgrove Public SchoolEnglish Public · 531 m
  • Westview Centennial High SchoolEnglish Public · 600 m
  • St Charles Garnier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 657 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
  • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre1 km
  • Oakdale Community Centre1.2 km
  • John Booth Memorial Arena1.5 km
Parks (14)
  • Remberto Navia Sport Fields427 m
  • Langdale Court Greenbelt673 m
  • Firgrove Park684 m
  • Yorkwoods Park779 m
  • Driftwood Park941 m
  • Topcliff Park942 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch1.1 km
Signal
1590, activated 1989 · SA2 · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 29 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 14 grocery and convenience stores, and 61 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Hawthorne Place Care Centre, 96 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés29 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience14 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Hawthorne Place Care Centre · 2045 Finch Ave W96 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Pho Con Bo Inc. · 1991a Finch Ave W106 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Taste and See · 2007 Finch Ave W Bldg-0108 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Noon Moment · 1993 Finch Ave W136 mPassed, Jul 2026
Noon Moment · 1993 Finch Ave W136 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Jian Hing Supermarket · 1989 Finch Ave W Unit-1grocery146 mPassed, Jun 2026
Kentucky Fried Chicken · 1971 Finch Ave W Unit-2175 mPassed, Mar 2026
Care Focus Canada · 1977 Finch Ave W, Unit-208a177 mPassed, Oct 2025

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

The nearest public washroom is Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 1.0 km away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 542 m away at Firgrove Park.

  • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 4401 Jane St
    View centre hours · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Firgrove Park drinking fountain · 542 m

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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 724 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Francis de Sales Jr Y (316 m, 64 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 724 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 8
  • St. Francis de Sales Jr Y · 333 Firgrove Cres
    64 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    316 m
  • San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club · 10 San Romanoway
    35 spaces · school age
    377 m
  • Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway
    137 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    460 m
  • Firgrove Satellite Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 270 Firgrove Cres
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    531 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 142 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (546 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 142 · 1.3 km2753 Jane St
Police31 Division · 546 m40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.3 km2753 Jane 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

17 registered apartment buildings with 2,653 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2970 Jane St (275 m, 164 units, 14 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 17 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 213 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 2,653 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026213 across the 17
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest34 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2970 Jane St · 1597180 Ontario Inc16414197094 · Aug 20241275 m
10 San Romanoway · RPMS42834197792 · Jun 202647 · 1 fire377 m
2940 Jane St · 1597180 Ontario Inc15313197098 · Aug 20245409 m
2999 Jane StToronto Community Housing · TCH18815197192 · Oct 20252450 m
2900 Jane St · 1312251 Ontario Limited18314196090 · Jul 202411462 m
90 York Gate Blvd404196668 · Oct 20251482 m
5 Needle FirwayToronto Community Housing · TCH15212198092 · Nov 20250488 m
25 Stong Crt · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc15114196794 · Oct 20258 · 1 fire580 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 lots329 lots · ≈72,770 spaces · 218.3 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈6,010 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 98 m away, ≈22 spaces; 118 m away, ≈38 spaces; 194 m away, ≈670 spaces; 199 m away, ≈930 spaces; 202 m away, ≈118 spaces; 207 m away, ≈198 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, Nov 8, 2025 (a weekend day)

The west leg carries the load — 16,840 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,711. Most cyclists arrived from the west (82 of 166). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,036 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 27% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (2,391). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north3,859southbound · 23 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the west16,840eastbound · 82 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles34,3282,041 pedestrians · 166 cyclists · 2.6% heavy
From the east11,918westbound · 31 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south1,711northbound · 30 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,391 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,036 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 8, 2025 · 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

The City's counter on York Gate Blvd between Finch Ave W and Finch Corridor Trl (172 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 9,400 vehicles a day. Elana Dr between Firgrove Cres and Finch Ave W measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Dec 2019). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave W · York Gate Blvd – Pelican Gt · 77 mNov 2011 · 3 days25,857
York Gate Blvd · Finch Ave W – Finch Corridor Trl · 172 mNov 2018 · 3 days9,41246 km/h54 km/h60 km/h
Elana Dr · Firgrove Cres – Finch Ave W · 198 mDec 2019 · 3 days2,03035 km/h43 km/h49 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

2017 was the peak year (34 collisions), and 2025 closed with 24. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 40 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 14 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions212#471 of 5,508
With an injury32#469 of 4,660
Property damage only143
Fail to remain40
Involving a pedestrian7#437 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#793 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified36
Since January 2026 (outside the window)14
All since 2014287latest Jun 29, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jan 27, 2022. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#937 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#530 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Jan 27, 2022

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

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% 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 vehicle530street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 15, 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 Black Creek.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is York Gate & Finch a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#937 of 1,505), out of 212 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 York Gate & Finch?

A high-volume crossing. It ranks #216 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at York Gate & Finch?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on York Gate Blvd between Finch Ave W and Finch Corridor Trl (November 2018), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near York Gate & Finch?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 329 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 72,770 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.2 km).

How do I get to York Gate & Finch by transit?

Jane and Finch Station (Line 6) is 223 m away; bus routes 99, 35, 84, 108, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave West at Elana Dr, 20 m).

What restaurants are near York Gate & Finch?

29 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 61 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Hawthorne Place Care Centre (96 m), Pho Con Bo Inc. (106 m), Taste and See (108 m), Noon Moment (136 m) and Noon Moment (136 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near York Gate & Finch?

The nearest is Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 4401 Jane St, 1.0 km away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near York Gate & Finch?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 724 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Francis de Sales Jr Y (316 m, 64 spaces), San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club (377 m, 35 spaces) and Palisades Centre For Early Learning (460 m, 137 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near York Gate & Finch?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,653 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2970 Jane St (275 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 10 San Romanoway (377 m, 428 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 2940 Jane St (409 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 2999 Jane St (450 m, 188 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 York Gate & Finch?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts 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 Black Creek page.

What neighbourhood is York Gate & Finch in?

York Gate & Finch is in Black Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 024), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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