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Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp

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

Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp, in South Parkdale, in central Toronto, is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
7,006
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 9, 2026
0 pedestrians · 2 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 · 2 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 500 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 43% of the median counted intersection.

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Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave 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 437 m
TTC bus
40229 nearest 309 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304329
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Martin Goodman Trail (Marilyn Bell Park) 168 m · 31 docks · 14 stations, 293 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 · 540 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 731 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 863 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 (25)
  • Springhurst Parkette173 m
  • Marilyn Bell Park239 m
  • Close - Springhurst Parkette379 m
  • Spencer - Cowan Parkette390 m
  • Close Avenue Parkette574 m
  • Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands584 m
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch945 m
Places of interest
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 431 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 765 m
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.3 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Budweiser StageSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 137. The nearest is Trillium, 155 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 137 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dunn Milk Convenience · 65 Dunn Avegrocery83 mPassed, Oct 2025
Trillium · 4 Spencer Ave155 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Spencer Place · 16 Spencer Ave181 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Dunn House · 90 Dunn Ave205 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Alpha Omega House · 127 Dunn Ave332 mPassed, Sep 2026
Toronto Rehab Kitchen · 130 Dunn Ave Unit-3376 mPassed, Sep 2026
Communiti Care Health · 63a Spencer Ave405 mPassed, Aug 2026
Communiti Care Health · 63 Spencer Ave411 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, 540 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 179 m away at Marilyn Bell Park.

  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    540 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    886 m
Drinking water
Marilyn Bell Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 179 m; Marilyn Bell Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 270 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 (500 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
    500 m
  • Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 100 Close Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    540 m
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    546 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    731 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (773 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 785 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 773 m90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 2.1 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 785 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

Within a kilometre there are 95 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,852 rental units, 4.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 90 Dunn Ave (205 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 48 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings95 · 6,852 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026209 across the 95
Open fire-code violations48
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
90 Dunn Ave000205 m
30 Springhurst Ave · Janwalk12212196596 · Jun 20250 · 4 fire243 m
36 Spencer Ave · Pennylane Properties468201785 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire245 m
29 Spencer Ave · Adams and Waks Construction Ltd546195990 · Jul 20260266 m
31 Spencer Ave · Neighbours Non-Profit Homes546196589 · Jul 20262 · 2 fire281 m
22 Close Ave · Amelin Property Management29323197186 · Aug 202412299 m
35 Spencer Ave · Myriad Property Management807196093 · Jul 20254303 m
24 Tyndall Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc.737196598 · Jun 20253 · 1 fire316 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 lots348 lots · ≈19,110 spaces · 57.3 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈1,880 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,298 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 694 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface606 m120 *
1155 King Street West · Surface783 m269 *
1325 Queen St W · Surface930 m3294% (Q1 2026)
34 Hanna Ave · Surface1.1 km14669% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface1.1 km4247% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 143 m away, ≈3 spaces; 216 m away, ≈5 spaces; 228 m away, ≈8 spaces; 238 m away, ≈65 spaces; 251 m away, ≈27 spaces; 257 m away, ≈57 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.1 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

Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 837 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 32% above the afternoon peak from 7:00 p.m. (636). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,0060 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east7,006westbound · 1 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour837 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour636 vehicles from 7:00 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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 Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave 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 Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 9, 2026, 43% of the median for a counted intersection.

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

The nearest Green P car park is 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) (606 m away, 120 spaces). The City's mapping shows 348 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,110 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (694 m).

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

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 437 m away; bus routes 402, 29, 929 within 1 km.

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

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 137 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Trillium (155 m), Spencer Place (181 m), Dunn House (205 m), Alpha Omega House (332 m) and Toronto Rehab Kitchen (376 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 Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 540 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (886 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 Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave 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 (500 m, 44 spaces), Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (540 m, 151 spaces) and Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (546 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

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

95 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,852 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 90 Dunn Ave (205 m), 30 Springhurst Ave (243 m, 122 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 36 Spencer Ave (245 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 29 Spencer Ave (266 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 95 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 Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave Ramp & Gardiner Expy Lakeshore W Ramp in?

Gardiner Expy Dunn Ave 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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