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Boardwalk & Northern Dancer

Boardwalk Dr & Northern Dancer Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

In The Beaches, Boardwalk & Northern Dancer is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,686
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 15, 2006
198 pedestrians · 55 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5052 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Multi-Use Trail - Entrance, Sharrows - Wayfinding, Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 41 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 210 vehicles, 18% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 3.3% of vehicle volume, about 4.2× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Boardwalk & Northern Dancer

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503 nearest 381 m
TTC bus
922231 nearest 134 m
Blue Night
301322
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Entrance on Woodbine Park Trl installed 2001; Sharrows - Wayfinding on Boardwalk Dr installed 2015; Multi-Use Trail on Woodbine Park Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Northern Dancer Blvd / Lake Shore Blvd E 128 m · 41 docks · 11 stations, 349 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)
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 395 m
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 755 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (19)
  • Woodbine Park216 m
  • Woodbine Beach Park255 m
  • Measurement Park305 m
  • Beach Skatepark531 m
  • Orchard Park591 m
  • Ashbridge's Bay Sports Hub613 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 367 m
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 481 m
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 74 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Booster Juice, 172 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 74 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Booster Juice · 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E172 mPassed, Jun 2025
Toronto Beach Club/Gg's Burgers · 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E172 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 3 infractions
Beaches N' Cream -#01730 · 1675 Lake Shore Blvd E317 mPassed, Mar 2026
Reef Kitchens · 1141 Eastern Ave None378 mPassed, Jun 2026
Major Convenience · 1718 Queen St E, Unit-7grocery389 mPassed, Feb 2025
Parkview Smoke& Variety Plus Inc · 1712 Queen St Egrocery393 mPassed, Feb 2025
Country Style · 1708 Queen St E394 mPassed, Feb 2025
Greenwood Teletheatre · 1661 Queen St E400 mPassed, Dec 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

The nearest public washroom is the automated public toilet at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E, 122 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 56 m away at Woodbine Park.

  • Automated public toilet, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E
    24 hours · accessible
    122 m
  • Woodbine Park Washroom · 1695 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    180 m
  • Woodbine Bathing Station Washroom · 1675 Lake Shore Blvd E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    246 m
Drinking water
Woodbine Park bottle filling station · 56 m; Woodbine Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 167 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 731 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (493 m, 34 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 731 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 8
  • Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1631 Queen St E
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    493 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 1921 Queen St E
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    708 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 1925 Queen St E
    111 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    719 m
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 1560 Queen St E
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    746 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (679 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (794 m) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 227 · 679 m1904 Queen St E
Police55 Division · 794 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 2.3 km126 Pape 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

28 registered apartment buildings with 838 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2-12 Kingston Rd (434 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 35 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings28 · 838 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202635 across the 28
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2-12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197094 · Jul 20250434 m
6 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197097 · Aug 20260449 m
4 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197092 · Aug 20260457 m
8 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197094 · Aug 20263465 m
1836 Queen St E304192586 · Nov 20250484 m
10 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197090 · Jul 20257486 m
12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197093 · Aug 20263491 m
1080 Eastern AveToronto Community Housing · TCH416196597 · Jul 20251508 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 lots320 lots · ≈18,240 spaces · 54.7 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈1,580 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 1,008 spaces
EV charging (City)1760 Queen St E. · 378 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) · Surface225 m292 *
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface303 m6632% (Q1 2026)
116 Winners Crcl · Surface318 m1052% (Q1 2026)
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface354 m1858% (Q1 2026)
118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface355 m2440% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 131 m away, ≈463 spaces; 291 m away, ≈3 spaces (Green P); 310 m away, ≈64 spaces (Green P); 313 m away, ≈3 spaces (Green P); 315 m away, ≈662 spaces; 326 m away, ≈5 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 1834 Queen St E (462 m, 2 ports); 1856 Queen St E. (514 m, 2 ports); 166 Woodbine Ave (565 m, 6 ports).

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 — 8-hour, Aug 15, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 695 northbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 389. Most cyclists arrived from the east (47 of 55). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 305 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 316 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north389southbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,686198 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · 0.5% heavy
From the east602westbound · 47 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south695northbound · 6 bikes · 0.7% heavy
AM peak hour305 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour316 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 15, 2006

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 Northern Dancer Blvd between Lake Shore Blvd E and Boardwalk Dr (0 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2006; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. Boardwalk Dr between Northern Dancer Blvd and Lane W of Winners Crcl and N of Boardwalk measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Sep 2018). The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Boardwalk Drive between Rainsford Rd and Northern Dancer Blvd, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Northern Dancer Blvd · Lake Shore Blvd E – Boardwalk Dr · 0 mJun 2006 · 3 days1,46635 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Boardwalk Dr · Northern Dancer Blvd – Lane W of Winners Crcl and N of Boardwalk · 24 mSep 2018 · 3 days1,32927 km/h34 km/h39 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Boardwalk Drive · Rainsford Rd – Northern Dancer Blvd
    7 speed humps
  • Boardwalk Drive · Northern Dancer Blvd – Rainsford Rd
    1 speed hump

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

2023 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5052 of 5,508
With an injury1#4422 of 4,660
Property damage only2
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20146latest May 4, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft300house driveway/garage (2), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 4, 2023. 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Boardwalk & Northern Dancer a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Aug 15, 2006, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Northern Dancer Blvd between Lake Shore Blvd E and Boardwalk Dr (June 2006), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

The nearest Green P car park is 1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) (225 m away, 292 spaces). The City's mapping shows 320 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,240 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1760 Queen St E. (378 m).

How do I get to Boardwalk & Northern Dancer by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 381 m away; bus routes 92, 22, 31 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 74 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Booster Juice (172 m), Toronto Beach Club/Gg's Burgers (172 m), Beaches N' Cream -#01730 (317 m), Reef Kitchens (378 m) and Country Style (394 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 Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E, 122 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Woodbine Park Washroom (180 m); Woodbine Bathing Station Washroom (246 m). 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 Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 731 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (493 m, 34 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (708 m, 72 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - the Beach (719 m, 111 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 838 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2-12 Kingston Rd (434 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 6 Kingston Rd (449 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4 Kingston Rd (457 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 8 Kingston Rd (465 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 28 is 91 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 Boardwalk & Northern Dancer?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and three 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Boardwalk & Northern Dancer in?

Boardwalk & Northern Dancer is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined