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Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp

Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In South Parkdale, in central Toronto, Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,803
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 9, 2026
69 pedestrians · 31 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 560 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 48% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 113 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13.

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Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508501 nearest 496 m
TTC bus
4022947 nearest 272 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304329
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Martin Goodman Trail (Marilyn Bell Park) 200 m · 31 docks · 15 stations, 312 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)
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 493 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 699 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 826 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 1.5 km
Parks (24)
  • Springhurst Parkette115 m
  • Marilyn Bell Park269 m
  • Close - Springhurst Parkette329 m
  • Spencer - Cowan Parkette390 m
  • Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands518 m
  • Close Avenue Parkette533 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch930 m
Places of interest
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 497 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 831 m
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.1 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.3 km
  • Budweiser StageSports / Entertainment Venue · 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 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 143 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dunn House, 168 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 143 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dunn Milk Convenience · 65 Dunn Avegrocery72 mPassed, Oct 2025
Dunn House · 90 Dunn Ave168 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Trillium · 4 Spencer Ave207 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Spencer Place · 16 Spencer Ave216 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Alpha Omega House · 127 Dunn Ave314 mPassed, Sep 2026
Toronto Rehab Kitchen · 130 Dunn Ave Unit-3349 mPassed, Sep 2026
Communiti Care Health · 63a Spencer Ave415 mPassed, Aug 2026
Communiti Care Health · 63 Spencer Ave423 mPassed, Aug 2026

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 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 474 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 207 m away at Marilyn Bell Park.

  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    474 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    866 m
Drinking water
Marilyn Bell Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 207 m; Marilyn Bell Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 287 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 336 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunflower House (470 m, 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 336 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    470 m
  • Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 100 Close Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    493 m
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    509 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    699 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (838 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 849 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 838 m90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 2.1 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 849 m265 Manitoba Dr

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

100 registered apartment buildings with 6,917 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 90 Dunn Ave (168 m). None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 209 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 50 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings100 · 6,917 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026209 across the 100
Open fire-code violations50
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
90 Dunn Ave000168 m
22 Close Ave · Amelin Property Management29323197186 · Aug 202412243 m
36 Spencer Ave · Pennylane Properties468201785 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire264 m
30 Springhurst Ave · Janwalk12212196596 · Jun 20250 · 4 fire286 m
79 Jameson Ave · Medallion Corporation1217196295 · Jun 20247 · 1 fire289 m
29 Spencer Ave · Adams and Waks Construction Ltd546195990 · Jul 20260301 m
31 Spencer Ave · Neighbours Non-Profit Homes546196589 · Jul 20262 · 2 fire312 m
87 Jameson Ave · Dms Property Management949195995 · Jul 202510 · 1 fire323 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 lots347 lots · ≈19,370 spaces · 58.1 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,980 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,298 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 709 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface540 m120 *
1155 King Street West · Surface826 m269 *
1325 Queen St W · Surface908 m3294% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface1.1 km4247% (Q1 2026)
34 Hanna Ave · Surface1.1 km14669% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 118 m away, ≈3 spaces; 193 m away, ≈65 spaces; 248 m away, ≈5 spaces; 252 m away, ≈26 spaces; 255 m away, ≈8 spaces; 264 m away, ≈51 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.2 km, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.5 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 — 14-hour, Jun 9, 2026

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 3,837 vehicles entering from the north to 3,966 from the east. Morning rush is the busier period: 834 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:15 a.m., compared with 705 from 6:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north3,837southbound · 2 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,80369 pedestrians · 31 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east3,966westbound · 12 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 17 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour834 vehicles from 7:15 a.m.
PM peak hour705 vehicles from 6:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 9, 2026

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.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 9, 2026, 48% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

The nearest Green P car park is 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) (540 m away, 120 spaces). The City's mapping shows 347 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,370 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (709 m).

How do I get to Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 496 m away; bus routes 402, 29, 47, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 143 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dunn House (168 m), Trillium (207 m), Spencer Place (216 m), Alpha Omega House (314 m) and Toronto Rehab Kitchen (349 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 Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 474 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (866 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 Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 336 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sunflower House (470 m, 44 spaces), Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (493 m, 151 spaces) and Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (509 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

100 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,917 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 90 Dunn Ave (168 m), 22 Close Ave (243 m, 293 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 36 Spencer Ave (264 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 30 Springhurst Ave (286 m, 122 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 100 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.

What neighbourhood is Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp in?

Dunn Lake Shore W Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

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