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Brown's & Lake Shore (West)

Brown's Line & Lake Shore Blvd W (West) · Toronto, Ontario · Long Branch · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Brown's & Lake Shore (West) is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Long Branch. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Long Branch GO 288 m away and 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
18,939
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 13, 2025
1,294 pedestrians · 386 cyclists · #958 busiest
Collisions
119
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 91 property damage · #919 of 5,508 · +7 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,350 vehicles, 1.17× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 2.0% of vehicle volume, about 2.6× the typical share. That comes with about 12 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 6.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 61 collisions in 2016–2020 and 58 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Brown's & Lake Shore (West)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Long Branch GO — Lakeshore West288 m
Streetcar
507 nearest 73 m
TTC bus
110123 nearest 73 m
Blue Night
301315345
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Long Branch Loop - Long Branch GO Station; Lake Shore Blvd West at Fortieth St
Regional
MiWay 5 Dixie23 Lakeshore31 Ogden at Long Branch GO Station Platform A131 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Brown's Line installed 2003
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Brow Dr 146 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 68 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 (6)
  • Micheline Saint Cyr Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 243 m
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 447 m
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Sir Adam Beck Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Vincent Massey AcademyPrivate · 1.3 km
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Municipal Park101 m
  • Enfield Park395 m
  • Maurice J. Breen Park445 m
  • Thirty Eighth Street Park633 m
  • Marie Curtis Park737 m
  • Syd Cole Park811 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Alderwood branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Marie Curtis Park East BeachNature/ Park · 754 m
Signal
0242, activated 1960 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · 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 11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 35 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is 241 Pizza, 23 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
241 Pizza · 3815 Lake Shore Blvd W23 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nona's Burek · 3813 Lake Shore Blvd W32 mPassed, May 2026
Burrito Boyz · 3803 Lake Shore Blvd W59 mPassed, Feb 2026
Panettorino Forno Italiano · 3797 Lake Shore Blvd W77 mPassed, Jun 2026
Woody's Burger Bar & Grill · 3795 Lake Shore Blvd W82 mPassed, Apr 2026
The Empanada Company · 122 Fortieth St85 mPassed, Aug 2026
Fair Grounds Cafe and Roastery · 3785 Lake Shore Blvd W108 mPassed, Mar 2026
Sourdough Garden · Undefined Brown's Line None199 mPassed, Dec 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 Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom, 512 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom · 2 Forty Second St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    512 m
  • Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom · 2 Forty Second St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    738 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 318 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie (243 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 318 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie · 85 Forty First St
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    243 m
  • Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School · 3672 Lake Shore Blvd W
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    447 m
  • Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch · 69 Long Branch Ave
    124 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    775 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 434 (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.4 km away.

FireFire Station 434 · 1.1 km3 Lunness Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.4 km259 Horner 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

13 registered apartment buildings with 572 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 25 Villa Rd (215 m, 34 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings13 · 572 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 13
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Villa Rd · Greenwin Corp.343196091 · Jul 20246215 m
90 James St · Greenwin Corp343196098 · Aug 20261258 m
92 James St · Greenwin Corp343196095 · Jul 20251261 m
87 Forty Second St · Cio Management413195995 · Jul 20250350 m
75 Forty Second St · Rentpedia Inc284196092 · Jul 20250376 m
55 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.264195098 · Jul 20251410 m
45 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.534196397 · Aug 20260448 m
294 Lake Promenade · Two View Investments144195093 · Sep 20260810 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 lots362 lots · ≈25,090 spaces · 75.3 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈2,480 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 76 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking22 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W · Surface1.8 km2451% (Q1 2026)
5 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface1.9 km52 *

Nearest lots: 32 m away, ≈26 spaces; 39 m away, ≈26 spaces; 51 m away, ≈8 spaces; 56 m away, ≈6 spaces; 63 m away, ≈11 spaces; 84 m away, ≈6 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, Apr 13, 2025 (a weekend day)

The north leg carries the load — 8,397 southbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 39. Most cyclists arrived from the west (167 of 386). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,158 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 91% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,130). Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,397southbound · 118 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west6,131eastbound · 167 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles18,9391,294 pedestrians · 386 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east4,372westbound · 93 bikes · 0.1% heavy
From the south39northbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,130 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,158 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 13, 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 Lake Shore Blvd W between Forty First St and Forty Second St (313 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 19,600 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brown's Line · CN Railway – Lake Shore Blvd W · 97 mApr 2012 · 3 days11,512
Lake Shore Blvd W · Forty First St – Forty Second St · 313 mMay 2026 · 3 days19,56845 km/h57 km/h63 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

2018 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 14. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions119#919 of 5,508
With an injury16#1120 of 4,660
Property damage only91
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian2#1838 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014133latest Jun 12, 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. 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.

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 two 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 other premises. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle531other (2), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft200transit property (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 2, 2026. 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 Long Branch.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brown's & Lake Shore (West) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 119 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 Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #958 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.17× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lake Shore Blvd W between Forty First St and Forty Second St (May 2026), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.8 km away, 24 spaces, 51% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 362 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,090 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brown's & Lake Shore (West) by transit?

Long Branch GO is 288 m away; streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 73 m away; bus routes 110, 123 within 1 km (nearest stop: Long Branch Loop - Long Branch GO Station, 73 m); MiWay routes 5 Dixie, 23 Lakeshore, 31 Ogden at Long Branch GO Station Platform A.

What restaurants are near Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 241 Pizza (23 m), Nona's Burek (32 m), Burrito Boyz (59 m), Panettorino Forno Italiano (77 m) and Woody's Burger Bar & Grill (82 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 Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

The nearest is Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom, 2 Forty Second St, 512 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom (738 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 Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 318 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie (243 m, 151 spaces), Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School (447 m, 43 spaces) and Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch (775 m, 124 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 572 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Villa Rd (215 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 90 James St (258 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 92 James St (261 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 87 Forty Second St (350 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 95 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 Brown's & Lake Shore (West)?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Long Branch page.

What neighbourhood is Brown's & Lake Shore (West) in?

Brown's & Lake Shore (West) is in Long Branch (City of Toronto neighbourhood 019). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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