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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 volume8-hour count · Aug 16, 2006
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 349 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 43% of the total, against 23 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 131 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 119 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles were a negligible share of traffic (0.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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.
Peak hours: 119 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 131 from 4:30 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 2016, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 23% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 9, 2025.
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 | 13 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 10 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2018
On Sarah Ashbridge Ave between Boardwalk Dr and Walkway S of Queen and E of Sarah Ashbridge, 83 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2008 put the average speed at 24 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Boardwalk Dr between Sarah Ashbridge Ave and Lane W of Joseph Duggan and N of Boardwalk measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Sep 2018) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 1 speed hump slow traffic on Sarah Ashbridge Avenue between Boardwalk Dr and Lockwood Rd.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boardwalk Dr · Sarah Ashbridge Ave – Lane W of Joseph Duggan and N of Boardwalk · 24 m | Sep 2018 · 3 days | 966 | 27 km/h | 34 km/h | 38 km/h |
| Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Boardwalk Dr – Walkway S of Queen and E of Sarah Ashbridge · 83 m | Nov 2008 · 3 days | 1,580 | 24 km/h | 38 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Traffic calming
- Sarah Ashbridge Avenue (Boardwalk Dr – Lockwood Rd): 1 speed hump
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Streetcar
- 501 503 nearest 376 m · 4 min
- TTC bus
- 92 22 31 nearest 205 m
- Blue Night
- 301 322
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Sharrows - Wayfinding on Boardwalk Dr installed 2015; Sharrows on Sarah Ashbridge Ave installed 2015
- Bike Share
- Northern Dancer Blvd / Lake Shore Blvd E 317 m · 4 min · 41 docks · 9 stations, 281 docks 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
- 15 car parks · about 1,008 spaces
- EV charging
- 1834 Queen St E · 451 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 1856 Queen St E. (525 m), 1760 Queen St E. (531 m)
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 22 mapped lots within 500 m, 199 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface | 360 m | 24 | 40% (Q1 2026) |
| 116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface | 374 m | 24 | 41% (Q1 2026) |
| 192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface | 450 m | 24 | 45% (Q1 2026) |
| 116 Winners Crcl · Surface | 462 m | 10 | 52% (Q1 2026) |
| 1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) · Surface | 476 m | 292 * | — |
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 Bruno's Fine Foods, 601 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 50 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Boardwalk Cafe/Gg's Burgers, 381 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Queen East Medical Pharmacy, 584 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Boardwalk Cafe/Gg's Burgers · 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E381 m · 5 min
- Booster Juice · 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E381 m · 5 min
- Ichiban Sushi · 1864 Queen St E537 m · 6 min
- Sauvignon · 1862 Queen St E538 m · 6 min
- Country Style · 1708 Queen St E599 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Bruno's Fine Foods 601 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
- Pharmacy
- Queen East Medical Pharmacy 584 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day746 m · 9 min
- Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 111 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day769 m · 9 min
- Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day909 m · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Automated public toilet, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E · 24 hours · accessible289 m · 3 min
- Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible372 m · 4 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 (16)
- Woodbine Beach Park471 m · 6 min
- Woodbine Park495 m · 6 min
- Measurement Park545 m · 6 min
- Pantry Park769 m · 9 min
- Jeff Sloan Playground834 m · 10 min
- Schools
- Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 386 m · 5 min
- Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 923 m · 11 min
- Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1.2 km · 15 min
- Places of interest
- Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 581 m · 7 min
- Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 851 m · 10 min
- Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1.1 km · 13 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 or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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 18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 578 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1836 Queen St E (479 m, 30 units, 4 storeys, built 1925), which scored 86 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1836 Queen St E | 30 | 4 | 1925 | 86 · Nov 2025 | 479 m · 6 min |
| 2-12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc | 16 | 4 | 1970 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 663 m · 8 min |
| 223 Woodbine Ave | 48 | 4 | 1920 | 88 · Oct 2024 | 683 m · 8 min |
| 4 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc | 16 | 4 | 1970 | 92 · Aug 2026 | 703 m · 8 min |
| 6 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc | 16 | 3 | 1970 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 716 m · 9 min |
| 8 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc | 16 | 3 | 1970 | 94 · Aug 2026 | 735 m · 9 min |
18 registered buildings · 578 units · 3 social housing · tallest 6 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
Two thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 2, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 1 | 1 | apartment parking (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | other (2) |
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 & Sarah Ashbridge a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 & Sarah Ashbridge?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Aug 16, 2006, 9% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge a walkable intersection?
Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge scores 35 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 2 parks within 500 m; 1 school within 500 m · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km; 3 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sarah Ashbridge Ave between Boardwalk Dr and Walkway S of Queen and E of Sarah Ashbridge (November 2008), found an average of 24 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge?
The nearest Green P car park is 118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave (360 m away, 24 spaces, 40% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 199 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,030 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1834 Queen St E (451 m).
How do I get to Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge by transit?
Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 376 m away; bus routes 92, 22, 31 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge?
None within 300 m, and 50 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Boardwalk Cafe/Gg's Burgers (381 m), Booster Juice (381 m), Ichiban Sushi (537 m), Sauvignon (538 m) and Country Style (599 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge?
The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E, 289 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom (372 m); Woodbine Park Washroom (399 m).
Is there child care near Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 399 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (746 m, 72 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach (769 m, 111 spaces) and Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (909 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge?
18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 578 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1836 Queen St E (479 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 2-12 Kingston Rd (663 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 223 Woodbine Ave (683 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 4 Kingston Rd (703 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and two 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 The Beaches page.
What neighbourhood is Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge in?
Boardwalk & Sarah Ashbridge 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Aug 16, 2006.
- 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; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; 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 19 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: 43.66478, -79.30788 · centreline node 13973049.