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Elder & Thirtieth

Elder Ave & Thirtieth St · Toronto, Ontario · Long Branch · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Long Branch, Elder & Thirtieth is a low-volume local intersection. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
4,446
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 27, 2023
111 pedestrians · 52 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3786 of 5,508 · +1 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
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 560 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 48% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 40 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Elder & Thirtieth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 271 m
TTC bus
110123 nearest 15 m
Blue Night
301345315
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Thirtieth St at Elder Ave
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Thirtieth St installed 2007; Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Elder Ave installed 2007
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Long Branch Ave 442 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 49 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 (11)
  • Vincent Massey AcademyPrivate · 200 m
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 305 m
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 382 m
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 696 m
  • Humber College School - Lakeshore CampusCollege · 851 m
  • Twentieth Street Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 877 m
  • and 5 more
Parks (18)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch279 m
  • Toronto Public Library Alderwood branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 69 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is The Salvation Army Community Kitchen, 229 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 69 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Salvation Army Community Kitchen · 5 Thirtieth St229 mPassed, Jan 2026
Holy Cannoli · 1 Thirtieth St245 mPassed, Aug 2026
Sweet Stuff Inc · 3440 Lake Shore Blvd W263 mPassed, Jun 2026
850 Degrees · 3455 Lake Shore Blvd W285 mPassed, May 2026
T.j. O'shea's Irish Snug · 3481 Lake Shore Blvd W315 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Cake Star · 3431 Lake Shore Blvd W315 mPassed, May 2026
Thrive Eatery · 3473 Lake Shore Blvd W320 mPassed, Nov 2025
Sushi 4 U Lakeshore · 3423 Lake Shore Blvd W320 mPassed, Jan 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 Gus Ryder Pool and Health Club Washroom, 811 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 317 m away at Syd Cole Park.

  • Gus Ryder Pool and Health Club Washroom · 1 Faustina Dr
    View centre hours
    811 m
Drinking water
Syd Cole Park bottle filling station · 317 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 512 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Vincent Massey Academy - (521909 Ontario Ltd.) (200 m, 62 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 512 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • Vincent Massey Academy - (521909 Ontario Ltd.) · 68 Daisy Ave
    62 spaces · toddler, preschool
    200 m
  • Thomas Berry Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 3495 Lake Shore Blvd W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    378 m
  • Plasp James S Bell Junior Middle School · 90 Thirty First St
    58 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    382 m
  • Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch · 69 Long Branch Ave
    124 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    503 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 434 (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 434 · 1.2 km3 Lunness Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1.3 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

25 registered apartment buildings with 1,008 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 44 Arcadian Crcl (595 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1957), which scored 94 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 38 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings25 · 1,008 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202638 across the 25
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
44 Arcadian Crcl133195794 · Sep 20240595 m
100 Twenty Fifth St · Central Erin Property Management183197090 · Jul 20262606 m
6 Twenty Fourth St · Gold Seal Management Inc.817196897 · Jul 20253610 m
15 Birchlea Ave · Czapla Investments Ltd.143195078 · Jun 20240611 m
13 Birchlea Ave · Czapla Investments Ltd.143195080 · Jun 20240612 m
11 Birchlea Ave133195585 · Jul 20262612 m
9 Birchlea Ave133195590 · Aug 20264613 m
7 Birchlea Ave133195590 · Jul 20250613 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 lots610 lots · ≈48,710 spaces · 146.1 ha
Within 500 m93 lots · ≈3,190 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 344 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking7 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W · Surface739 m2451% (Q1 2026)
5 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface782 m52 *
65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface1.2 km210 *
128 Eight St · Surface2 km5821% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈59 spaces; 130 m away, ≈29 spaces; 145 m away, ≈8 spaces; 172 m away, ≈2 spaces; 179 m away, ≈19 spaces; 200 m away, ≈16 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 — 8-hour, Jun 27, 2023

The north leg carries the load — 1,943 southbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 369. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 697 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 741 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north1,943southbound · 18 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west369eastbound · 5 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles4,446111 pedestrians · 52 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east1,151westbound · 14 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south983northbound · 15 bikes · 5.4% heavy
AM peak hour697 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour741 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 27, 2023

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 Thirtieth St between Lake Shore Blvd W and Skeens Lane (261 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 3,900 vehicles a day. Elder Ave between Twenty Ninth St and Thirtieth St measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Jun 2023). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elder Ave · Twenty Ninth St – Thirtieth St · 50 mJun 2023 · 3 days3,86932 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Thirtieth St · Lake Shore Blvd W – Skeens Lane · 261 mMar 2018 · 3 days3,88945 km/h53 km/h58 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

2017 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 7% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3786 of 5,508
With an injury1#4236 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1822 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201425latest Jan 6, 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.

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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle421street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 21, 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 Elder & Thirtieth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 Elder & Thirtieth?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 27, 2023, 48% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elder & Thirtieth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Thirtieth St between Lake Shore Blvd W and Skeens Lane (March 2018), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elder & Thirtieth?

The nearest Green P car park is 3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W (739 m away, 24 spaces, 51% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 610 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 48,710 spaces — 93 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elder & Thirtieth by transit?

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 271 m away; bus routes 110, 123 within 1 km (nearest stop: Thirtieth St at Elder Ave, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Elder & Thirtieth?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 69 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Salvation Army Community Kitchen (229 m), Holy Cannoli (245 m), Sweet Stuff Inc (263 m), 850 Degrees (285 m) and T.j. O'shea's Irish Snug (315 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 Elder & Thirtieth?

The nearest is Gus Ryder Pool and Health Club Washroom, 1 Faustina Dr, 811 m away (View centre hours). 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 Elder & Thirtieth?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 512 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Vincent Massey Academy - (521909 Ontario Ltd.) (200 m, 62 spaces), Thomas Berry Early Learning & Child Care Centre (378 m, 62 spaces) and Plasp James S Bell Junior Middle School (382 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elder & Thirtieth?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,008 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 44 Arcadian Crcl (595 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 100 Twenty Fifth St (606 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 6 Twenty Fourth St (610 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 15 Birchlea Ave (611 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 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.

How many thefts are reported at Elder & Thirtieth?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no 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 Elder & Thirtieth in?

Elder & Thirtieth 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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