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Grand & Melrose

Grand Ave & Melrose St · Toronto, Ontario · Mimico-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Grand & Melrose is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Mimico-Queensway. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Mimico GO 756 m away and 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,236
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 29, 2024
364 pedestrians · 119 cyclists · #2127 busiest
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m · +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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 230 vehicles, 20% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 3.7% of vehicle volume, about 4.7× the typical share.

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Grand & Melrose

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Mimico GO — Lakeshore West756 m
Streetcar
507 nearest 536 m
TTC bus
76806615 nearest 60 m
Blue Night
301315
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Grand Ave at Portland St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Grand Avenue Park 266 m · 23 docks · 9 stations, 197 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 (18)
  • David Hornell Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 357 m
  • George R Gauld Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 541 m
  • Lakeshore LINC CentreEnglish Separate · 577 m
  • Oak LearnersPrivate · 709 m
  • Behaviour Innovations, Children's CollegePrivate · 776 m
  • Behaviour Innovations, Children's CollegePrivate · 776 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
  • Mimico-Coronation Club House880 m
  • Mimico Arena1.2 km
Parks (23)
  • Grand Avenue Park139 m
  • Manchester Park184 m
  • Alexander Park431 m
  • Dalesford Park473 m
  • Flora Voisey Park572 m
  • Queens Avenue Parkette592 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mimico Centennial branch775 m
  • Toronto Public Library Humber Bay branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Humber Bay Park West (Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat)Nature/ Park · 1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 77 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Hatsu Sushi, 288 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 77 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Hatsu Sushi · 260 Manitoba St288 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cafe Mimico · 300 Manitoba St Unit-9345 mPassed, Jun 2026
Leni Poki Bubble Tea & Snacks · 300 Manitoba St Unit-1345 mPassed, Mar 2026
Cafe Renee · 100 Portland St385 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizzeria Oro Di Napoli · 2312 Lake Shore Blvd W561 mPassed, May 2026
Koshaa Fine Indian Cuisine · 2314 Lake Shore Blvd W563 mPassed, Jan 2025
Rabba Market Express · 2275 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery577 mPassed, Jun 2026
Two Brothers Shawarma · 2324 Lake Shore Blvd W Bldg-1596 mPassed, May 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 Humber Bay Park West Washroom, 946 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 81 m away at Grand Avenue Park.

  • Humber Bay Park West Washroom · 2225 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    946 m
Drinking water
Grand Avenue Park bottle filling station · 81 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 663 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp - David Hornell Junior School (357 m, 58 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 663 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 11
  • Plasp - David Hornell Junior School · 32 Victoria St
    58 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    357 m
  • Early Adventures Nursery School & Child Care · 200 Melrose St
    95 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    541 m
  • Tiny Hoppers Park Lawn · 20 Park Lawn Rd
    119 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    709 m
  • Grand Avenue Montessori School - 600 · 600 the Queensway
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    774 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 433 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.9 km away.

FireFire Station 433 · 1.1 km615 Royal York Rd
Police22 Division · 3.8 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.9 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

27 registered apartment buildings with 1,563 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2303 Lake Shore Blvd W (604 m, 38 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 100 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 29 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings27 · 1,563 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202629 across the 27
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2303 Lake Shore Blvd W · Floriri Village Investments Inc3841957100 · Aug 20251604 m
2305 Lake Shore Blvd W · Floriri Village Investments Inc384195799 · Aug 20241611 m
2301 Lake Shore Blvd W · Homestead Land Holdings Limited884195997 · Aug 20256617 m
2307 Lake Shore Blvd W · Floriri Village Investments Inc3841959100 · Aug 20250618 m
2309 Lake Shore Blvd W · Aiderbook Management Inc.284195493 · Aug 20250621 m
2311 Lake Shore Blvd W · Aiderbrook Management Inc.364196181 · Jul 20261632 m
26 Albert Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc.233195097 · Nov 20254644 m
2313 Lake Shore Blvd W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.13310196096 · Aug 20262 · 6 fire646 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 lots627 lots · ≈40,100 spaces · 120.3 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈1,890 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 617 spaces
EV charging (City)2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. · 536 m · 6 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2300 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · Surface548 m2428% (Q1 2026)
16 Superior Ave · Surface839 m2343% (Q1 2026)
2225 Lake shore Blvd West (Parks) · Surface921 m80 *
2225 Lake shore Blvd West (Parks) · Surface1 km144 *
5 Dayton Ave · Surface1 km1632% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 32 m away, ≈48 spaces; 62 m away, ≈8 spaces; 111 m away, ≈9 spaces; 157 m away, ≈36 spaces; 167 m away, ≈24 spaces; 191 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 625 The Queensway (753 m, 2 ports); 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (754 m, 1 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, May 29, 2024

The north leg carries the load — 1,651 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 107. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 423 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (362). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,651southbound · 47 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west256eastbound · 17 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles3,236364 pedestrians · 119 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east107westbound · 14 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south1,222northbound · 41 bikes · 3.1% heavy
AM peak hour362 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour423 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 29, 2024

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 Grand Ave between Melrose St and Algoma St (48 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 52 km/h. That segment carries about 2,600 vehicles a day. Melrose St between Milton St and Wesley St measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 46 km/h (Oct 2021). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Grand Ave · Melrose St – Algoma St · 48 mNov 2022 · 3 days2,64443 km/h52 km/h57 km/h
Melrose St · Milton St – Wesley St · 320 mOct 2021 · 3 days50336 km/h46 km/h53 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

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 14, 2014. 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 Mimico-Queensway.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Grand & Melrose 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 Grand & Melrose?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2127 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 20% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Grand & Melrose?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Grand Ave between Melrose St and Algoma St (November 2022), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Grand & Melrose?

The nearest Green P car park is 2300 LAKE SHORE BLVD W (548 m away, 24 spaces, 28% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 627 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,100 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (536 m).

How do I get to Grand & Melrose by transit?

Mimico GO is 756 m away; streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 536 m away; bus routes 76, 80, 66, 15 within 1 km (nearest stop: Grand Ave at Portland St, 60 m).

What restaurants are near Grand & Melrose?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 77 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Hatsu Sushi (288 m), Cafe Mimico (345 m), Leni Poki Bubble Tea & Snacks (345 m), Cafe Renee (385 m) and Pizzeria Oro Di Napoli (561 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 Grand & Melrose?

The nearest is Humber Bay Park West Washroom, 2225 Lake Shore Blvd W, 946 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Grand & Melrose?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 663 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp - David Hornell Junior School (357 m, 58 spaces), Early Adventures Nursery School & Child Care (541 m, 95 spaces) and Tiny Hoppers Park Lawn (709 m, 119 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Grand & Melrose?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,563 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2303 Lake Shore Blvd W (604 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 2305 Lake Shore Blvd W (611 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 2301 Lake Shore Blvd W (617 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 2307 Lake Shore Blvd W (618 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 90 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 Grand & Melrose in?

Grand & Melrose is in Mimico-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 160). 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