Gardiner Expy & Lakeshore W Gardiner Expy & Yonge St

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Live camera RESCU 9303 · F G Gardiner Xy W & Yonge St / Lakeshore W Gardiner

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Traffic volume8-hour count · Sep 8, 2012 · weekend

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,716 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 1,941 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the south (175 of 354). Evening rush dominates here: 1,563 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,016 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, 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.

Peak hours: 1,016 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,563 from 4:45 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

The worst year was 2023, with 96 collisions; 2025 recorded 71. 61 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 83 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 14 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 67 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 29, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jan 20, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Yonge St between Lake Shore Blvd W and Gardiner W (25 m away, Oct 2012) recorded volume only — about 10,016 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

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.

The crossing

Signal 0211, activated 1932 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

• Groceries and food19/30

  11 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit22/28

  King Station 0.5 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 19 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go9/14

  library 1.1 km away · 5 places of interest within 500 m

• Parks and recreation8/10

  1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

• Schools and child care4/8

  nearest school 0.8 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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.

Within a kilometre there are 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,493 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Freeland St (408 m, 100 units, 4 storeys, built 2022). None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

11 registered buildings · 1,493 units · 8 social housing · tallest 13 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.

Nine thefts from vehicles and 20 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 3.3 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking; 55% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 8, 2012.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras; live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 10 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.64432, -79.37587 · centreline node 13467631.