Toronto · intersection

Booth & Lake Shore

Booth Ave & Lake Shore Blvd E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In South Riverdale, Booth & Lake Shore is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
30,806
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 27, 2004
36 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
162
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
32 with an injury · 118 property damage · #659 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1102 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 24 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 3,850 vehicles an hour, 3.3× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 856 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 16 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 66%, from 121 in 2016–2020 to 41 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 162 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Booth & Lake Shore

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503504 nearest 779 m
TTC bus
7211483 nearest 307 m
Blue Night
301304325
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
25 Booth Ave 109 m · 24 docks · 11 stations, 195 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 (7)
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 740 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • George Brown College - Young Centre For the Performing ArtsCollege · 1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Parks (30)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch843 m
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 103 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Roll This Way, 118 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 103 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Roll This Way · 14 Logan Ave Unit-B118 mPassed, Apr 2026
Eatertainment · 29 Booth Ave #100145 mPassed, Jul 2026
Delysees · 20 Logan Ave174 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 2 infractions
Delysees · 20 Logan Ave175 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Agrarian Kitchen · 26 Logan Ave Unit-A184 mPassed, Aug 2026
Reid's Distillery · 32 Logan Ave188 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Circle K · 805 Lake Shore Blvd Egrocery217 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 805 Lake Shore Blvd E217 mPassed, Mar 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 McCleary Park Washroom, 17 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 19 m away at McCleary Park.

  • McCleary Park Washroom · 755 Lake Shore Blvd E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    17 m
  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    346 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    852 m
Drinking water
McCleary Park drinking fountain · 19 m; McCleary Park bottle filling station · 21 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 428 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (740 m, 192 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 428 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 4
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    740 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    857 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    872 m
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    908 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 326 · 1.6 km30 Knox Ave
Police51 Division · 1.7 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1 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

Eight registered apartment buildings with 356 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 502 Eastern Ave (521 m, 19 units, 5 storeys, built 1989), which scored 91 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 8 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 3 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings8 · 356 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 8
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
502 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes195198991 · Dec 20250521 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240752 m
15 Pape Avesocial housing · YWCA775198890 · Nov 20251755 m
841 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.363198869 · Jul 20260764 m
58 Lewis Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.154198791 · Oct 20250781 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240830 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251847 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 202611 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 lots574 lots · ≈45,320 spaces · 136 ha
Within 500 m58 lots · ≈6,580 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,427 spaces
EV charging (City)500 Commissioners St · 712 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
83 Tannery Road · Garage1.1 km27 *
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage1.2 km25 *
100 Cooperage Street · Garage1.3 km86 *

Nearest lots: 109 m away, ≈41 spaces; 119 m away, ≈877 spaces; 130 m away, ≈93 spaces; 156 m away, ≈168 spaces; 164 m away, ≈151 spaces; 167 m away, ≈89 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (934 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1.6 km, 2 ports); 963 Gerrard St E (1.6 km, 2 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, Apr 27, 2004

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 15,249 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 403. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 4,785 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 4,894 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2004, 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 north403southbound · 0 bikes · 6.0% heavy
From the west15,249eastbound · 0 bikes · 5.9% heavy
Total vehicles30,80636 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 6.3% heavy
From the east15,154westbound · 0 bikes · 6.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour4,785 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour4,894 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 27, 2004

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 Lake Shore Blvd E between Morse St and Carlaw Ave (258 m away, Apr 2013) recorded volume only — about 57,596 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd E · Morse St – Carlaw Ave · 258 mApr 2013 · 3 days57,596
Booth Ave · Lane 2 S of Eastern and W of Logan – Eastern Ave · 351 mMar 2021 · 7 days1,647

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 1. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions162#659 of 5,508
With an injury32#473 of 4,660
Property damage only118
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist13#81 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 2014219latest May 31, 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 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Nov 12, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1102 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20064latest Nov 12, 2020

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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle300street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 20, 2021. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Booth & Lake Shore a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1102 of 1,505), out of 162 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 Booth & Lake Shore?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 27, 2004, 3.3× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Booth & Lake Shore?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (1.0 km away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 574 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,320 spaces — 58 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 500 Commissioners St (712 m).

How do I get to Booth & Lake Shore by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 779 m away; bus routes 72, 114, 83 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Booth & Lake Shore?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 103 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Roll This Way (118 m), Eatertainment (145 m), Delysees (174 m), Delysees (175 m) and Agrarian Kitchen (184 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 Booth & Lake Shore?

The nearest is McCleary Park Washroom, 755 Lake Shore Blvd E, 17 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (346 m); Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom (852 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 Booth & Lake Shore?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 428 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (740 m, 192 spaces), Brightpath Leslieville (857 m, 154 spaces) and Mighty Kids (872 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Booth & Lake Shore?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 356 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 502 Eastern Ave (521 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 245-247 Logan Ave (752 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 15 Pape Ave (755 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 841 Queen St E (764 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 69). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 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 Booth & Lake Shore?

Toronto Police place three 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Booth & Lake Shore in?

Booth & Lake Shore is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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