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Brown's & Lake Shore

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

In Long Branch, Brown's & Lake Shore is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Long Branch GO 684 m away and 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
24,170
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 30, 2025
1,261 pedestrians · 221 cyclists · #617 busiest
Collisions
114
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #967 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
61/100
city median 48 · #1,562 of 5,672
14 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 257 m

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Brown's & Lake Shore

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 30, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 14,359 eastbound vehicles, or 59% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 3. Most cyclists arrived from the east (118 of 221). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,284 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,946). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west14,359eastbound · 99 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles24,1701,261 pedestrians · 221 cyclists · 2.6% heavy
From the east9,420westbound · 118 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south388northbound · 4 bikes · 0.8% heavy

Peak hours: 1,946 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,284 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

2024 was the peak year (19 collisions), and 2025 closed with 11. 6% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 33 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 12 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 18, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions114#967 of 5,519
With an injury7#2268 of 4,669
Property damage only76
Fail to remain33
Involving a pedestrian3#1304 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified31
Since January 2026 (outside the window)12
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 2012

The City's counter on Thirty Eighth St between James St and Lake Shore Blvd W (130 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Thirty Eighth St · James St – Lake Shore Blvd W · 130 mJan 2012 · 24 h54929 km/h40 km/h45 km/h
Brown's Line · CN Railway – Lake Shore Blvd W · 204 mApr 2012 · 3 days11,512———

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

GO Transit
Long Branch GO — Lakeshore West684 m · 8 min
Streetcar
507 nearest 89 m
TTC bus
110 123 nearest 19 m
Blue Night
301 315 345
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Brown's Line at Lake Shore Blvd West North Side; Lake Shore Blvd West at Thirty Seventh St
Regional
MiWay 5 Dixie 23 Lakeshore 31 Ogden at Long Branch GO Station Platform A456 m · 5 min
Cycling
Bike Lane on Lake Shore Blvd W installed 2001
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Thirty Ninth Street 104 m · 19 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.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
2 car parks · about 76 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
14 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
43 mapped lots within 500 m, 329 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W · Surface1.5 km2451% (Q1 2026)
5 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface1.6 km52 *—

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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Jeff, Rose and Herbs No Frills is 257 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Lale Bakery Caffe, 192 m away. There are 14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 39 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 33 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 94 m away, one of two within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Adeline's Lodge, a retirement home 696 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 3719 Lake Shore Blvd W33 m
  • Urban Delhi · 3747 Lake Shore Blvd W94 m
  • Pulcinella Ristorante Italiano · 3691 Lake Shore Blvd W128 m
  • Mr. Sub · 3693 Lake Shore Blvd W129 m
  • Pulcinella Italian Restaurant · 3687 Lake Shore Blvd W135 m
14 within 300 m · 39 within 1 km
Grocery
Jeff, Rose and Herbs No Frills 257 m · 3 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Lale Bakery Caffe 192 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Rexall 94 m · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • PLASP St. Elizabeth Catholic School · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day221 m
  • Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch · 124 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age573 m · 7 min
  • Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie · 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day697 m · 8 min
5 licensed centres · 438 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.1 km · 12 min
Health and care
  • Adeline's Lodge · retirement home696 m · 8 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 (12)
  • Municipal Park288 m · 3 min
  • Thirty Eighth Street Park575 m · 7 min
  • Syd Cole Park599 m · 7 min
  • Maurice J. Breen Park869 m · 10 min
  • Len Ford Park940 m · 11 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (6)
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 221 m
  • Micheline Saint Cyr Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 697 m · 8 min
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 829 m · 10 min
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 888 m · 11 min
  • Vincent Massey AcademyPrivate · 1.2 km · 15 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch718 m · 9 min
  • Toronto Public Library Alderwood branch1.3 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • Marie Curtis Park East BeachNature/ Park · 1 km · 12 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,562 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 14 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit18/28

    Long Branch GO 0.7 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 718 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

12 registered apartment buildings with 454 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 25 Villa Rd (540 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.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
25 Villa Rd · Greenwin Corp.343196091 · Jul 2024540 m · 6 min
90 James St · Greenwin Corp343196098 · Aug 2026621 m · 7 min
92 James St · Greenwin Corp343196095 · Jul 2025650 m · 8 min
87 Forty Second St · Cio Management413195995 · Jul 2025762 m · 9 min
55 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.264195098 · Jul 2025812 m · 10 min
75 Forty Second St · Rentpedia Inc284196092 · Jul 2025813 m · 10 min

12 registered buildings · 454 units · tallest 7 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

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.9 a year. 88% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 45% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle830street/outdoor (7), other (1)
Bicycle theft1120street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (4)

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 a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 114 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?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #617 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.49× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Brown's & Lake Shore a walkable intersection?

Brown's & Lake Shore scores 61 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,562 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 14 places to eat within 300 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; Long Branch GO 0.7 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.

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

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Thirty Eighth St between James St and Lake Shore Blvd W (January 2012), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

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

The nearest Green P car park is 3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.5 km away, 24 spaces, 51% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 329 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,920 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Long Branch GO is 684 m away; streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 89 m away; bus routes 110, 123 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brown's Line at Lake Shore Blvd West North Side, 19 m); MiWay routes 5 Dixie, 23 Lakeshore, 31 Ogden at Long Branch GO Station Platform A.

What restaurants are near Brown's & Lake Shore?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 39 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (33 m), Urban Delhi (94 m), Pulcinella Ristorante Italiano (128 m), Mr. Sub (129 m) and Pulcinella Italian Restaurant (135 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Brown's & Lake Shore?

The nearest is Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom, 2 Forty Second St, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Is there child care near Brown's & Lake Shore?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 438 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are PLASP St. Elizabeth Catholic School (221 m, 43 spaces), Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch (573 m, 124 spaces) and Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie (697 m, 151 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

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

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 454 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Villa Rd (540 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 90 James St (621 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 92 James St (650 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 87 Forty Second St (762 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 95 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Brown's & Lake Shore?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Long Branch page.

What neighbourhood is Brown's & Lake Shore in?

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

Sources

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