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Islington & Lake Shore

Islington Ave & Lake Shore Blvd W · Toronto, Ontario · New Toronto · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore · Lakeshore Village BIA

In New Toronto, Islington & Lake Shore is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
15,763
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 19, 2024
3,359 pedestrians · 357 cyclists · #1235 busiest
Collisions
112
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 77 property damage · #983 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1000 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,130 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 2.3% of vehicle volume, about 2.9× the typical share. That comes with about 11 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 7.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.43× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 22%, from 63 in 2016–2020 to 49 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 112 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Islington & Lake Shore

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 17 m
TTC bus
11044 nearest 20 m
Express
944
Blue Night
301337345
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Lake Shore Blvd West at Seventh St; Islington Ave at Lake Shore Blvd West
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sixth St / Lake Shore Blvd W 100 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 63 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 (9)
  • Seventh Street Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 127 m
  • Children's Urban Enrichment StudioPrivate · 166 m
  • St Josaphat Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 345 m
  • Second Street Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 536 m
  • The Holy Trinity SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (15)
  • Jordon Carter Memorial Park292 m
  • Lakeshore Village Park383 m
  • Birmingham Street Parkette494 m
  • Sixth Street Park535 m
  • Prince of Wales Park567 m
  • Sand Beach Road Parkette677 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library New Toronto branch415 m
Signal
1325, activated 1979 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

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 23 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 45. The nearest is Lakeshore Super Submarine, 32 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés23 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Top Variety · 2931 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery21 mPassed, Nov 2025
Lakeshore Super Submarine · 2939 Lake Shore Blvd W32 mPassed, Jan 2026
Kibo Lakeshore · 2945 Lake Shore Blvd W45 mPassed, May 2026
Womens Habitat · 140 Islington Ave57 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Wings Hut · 2916 Lake Shore Blvd W A61 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Pinky Swear Eats · 2901 Lake Shore Blvd W68 mPassed, Nov 2025
Teo's Bakery · 2897 Lake Shore Blvd W Nonegrocery72 mPassed, Feb 2026
Kitchen On Sixth · 2976 Lake Shore Blvd W129 mPassed, Jun 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 New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 317 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 510 m away at Prince of Wales Park.

  • New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom · 105 Fourth St
    View centre hours
    317 m
  • Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1 Third St
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    531 m
  • Rotary Peace Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 25 Eleventh St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    636 m
Drinking water
Prince of Wales Park drinking fountain · 510 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 369 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lakeshore Community Childcare Centre (127 m, 164 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 369 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 5
  • Lakeshore Community Childcare Centre · 101 Seventh St
    164 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    127 m
  • Le Jardin de Moliere Inc · 3029 Lake Shore Blvd W
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    309 m
  • Lamp Jr YMCA · 185 Fifth St
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    345 m
  • Second Street School Age YMCA · 71 Second St
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    536 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 435 (142 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 435 · 142 m130 Eighth St
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1.5 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

Within a kilometre there are 36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,280 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 148 Islington Ave (91 m, 38 units, 4 storeys, built 1951), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 61 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 1,280 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202661 across the 36
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
148 Islington Ave · CAPREIT384195191 · Jul 2025391 m
135 Eighth St · CAPREIT474195193 · Jul 20241103 m
115 Eighth St103196087 · Sep 20240121 m
139 Eighth St · CAPREIT473196091 · Aug 20249133 m
143 Eighth St · CAPREIT474196093 · Aug 20244168 m
122 Fifth St · Infinity Property Management123195888 · Sep 20240184 m
170 Islington Ave · CAPREIT474195194 · Jul 20247192 m
147 Eighth St · CAPREIT524196091 · Jul 20256211 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 lots575 lots · ≈36,570 spaces · 109.7 ha
Within 500 m99 lots · ≈1,680 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 534 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking50 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface62 m11 *
128 Eight St · Surface121 m5821% (Q1 2026)
120 Sixth St · Surface124 m5832% (Q1 2026)
140 Fifth St · Surface181 m5239% (Q1 2026)
105 Fourth Street · Surface311 m22 *

Nearest lots: 32 m away, ≈3 spaces; 32 m away, ≈2 spaces; 47 m away, ≈8 spaces (Green P); 55 m away, ≈11 spaces (Green P); 57 m away, ≈10 spaces; 71 m away, ≈6 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 — 14-hour, Jun 19, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,014 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 38% of the total, against 1,188 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (165 of 357). Evening rush dominates here: 1,478 vehicles in the peak hour from 6:30 p.m., against 1,312 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,194southbound · 25 bikes · 4.9% heavy
From the west6,014eastbound · 165 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles15,7633,359 pedestrians · 357 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east5,367westbound · 141 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south1,188northbound · 26 bikes · 1.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,312 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,478 vehicles from 6:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 19, 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

On Seventh St between Morrison St and Lane S of Lake Shore and E of Seventh, 158 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2023 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 51 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. Islington Ave between Jerome Drayton Lane and Birmingham St measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Jun 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Seventh St · Morrison St – Lane S of Lake Shore and E of Seventh · 158 mJun 2023 · 3 days1,03438 km/h47 km/h51 km/h
Islington Ave · Jerome Drayton Lane – Birmingham St · 167 mJun 2024 · 3 days7,82732 km/h38 km/h40 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

The worst year was 2019, with 15 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 20 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 9 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions112#983 of 5,508
With an injury20#857 of 4,660
Property damage only77
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian5#727 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#601 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified15
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014131latest Jun 8, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jul 12, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1000 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jul 12, 2023

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

Nine thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.5 a year. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 100% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle951street/outdoor (4), house driveway/garage (4)
Bicycle theft600street/outdoor (6)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 17, 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 New Toronto.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Lake Shore a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1000 of 1,505), out of 112 reported 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 Islington & Lake Shore?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1235 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Lake Shore?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Seventh St between Morrison St and Lane S of Lake Shore and E of Seventh (June 2023), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Lake Shore?

The nearest Green P car park is 139 ISLINGTON AVE. (62 m away, 11 spaces). The City's mapping shows 575 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,570 spaces — 99 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Islington & Lake Shore by transit?

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 17 m away; bus routes 110, 44, 944 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lake Shore Blvd West at Seventh St, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Islington & Lake Shore?

23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Lakeshore Super Submarine (32 m), Kibo Lakeshore (45 m), Womens Habitat (57 m), The Wings Hut (61 m) and Pinky Swear Eats (68 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 Islington & Lake Shore?

The nearest is New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 105 Fourth St, 317 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom (531 m); Rotary Peace Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (636 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 Islington & Lake Shore?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 369 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lakeshore Community Childcare Centre (127 m, 164 spaces), Le Jardin de Moliere Inc (309 m, 15 spaces) and Lamp Jr YMCA (345 m, 47 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Lake Shore?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,280 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 148 Islington Ave (91 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 135 Eighth St (103 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 115 Eighth St (121 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 139 Eighth St (133 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 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 Islington & Lake Shore?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and six 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 New Toronto page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Lake Shore in?

Islington & Lake Shore is in New Toronto (City of Toronto neighbourhood 018). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley. The corner falls inside the Lakeshore Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined