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Islington & Lemsford

Islington Ave & Lemsford Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Kingsview Village-The Westway · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Islington & Lemsford is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It sits in Kingsview Village-The Westway. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
21,468
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 8, 2017
483 pedestrians · 10 cyclists
Collisions
60
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1793 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,680 vehicles, 2.3× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 44 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 18%, from 33 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Islington & Lemsford

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
375240545145 nearest 30 m
Express
937952
Blue Night
337352345
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Westhampton Dr South Side; Islington Ave at Monogram Pl
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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)
  • Dante Alighieri Academy (Temporary Site)English Separate · 309 m
  • School of Experiential EducationEnglish Public · 431 m
  • Kingsview Village Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 733 m
  • St Maurice Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 800 m
  • Acacia International High SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Al-Hidayah Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (13)
  • Fairhaven Park380 m
  • Kingsview Park679 m
  • Dixon Park1 km
  • Crawford - Jones Memorial Park1.1 km
  • Dixington Parkette1.1 km
  • Alex Marchetti Park1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern Elms 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 is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 15 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Sky Cafe, 179 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sky Cafe · 2150 Islington Ave179 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pina Food Ltd · 2 St Andrews Blvdgrocery308 mPassed, Jun 2026
Fat Bastard Burrito · 31 Rexdale Blvd Unit-3107852 mPassed, Jul 2026
Firehouse Subs · 31 Rexdale Blvd Unit-C3004852 mPassed, Jul 2026
Philthy Philly's Cheesesteak & Poutinerie · 31 Rexdale Blvd Unit-3110-C3852 mPassed, Jul 2026
Roll Me UP · 31 Rexdale Blvd Unit-3109852 mPassed, Dec 2025
Kung Fu Tea · 31 Rexdale Blvd, Unit-3108852 mPassed, May 2025
Esso/Circle K/Tim Hortons Express · 261 Dixon Rdgrocery908 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 2 infractions

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 Fairhaven Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 270 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 322 m away at Fairhaven Park.

  • Fairhaven Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 100 Golfwood Hts
    View outdoor pool hours
    270 m
  • Pine Point Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 15 Grierson Rd
    View outdoor pool hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Fairhaven Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 322 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 191 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp Kingsview Village Junior School (733 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 191 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Plasp Kingsview Village Junior School · 1 York Rd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    733 m
  • St. Maurice Child Care Centre · 45 Kingsview Blvd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    800 m
  • Kingsview Child Care · 340 Dixon Rd
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 441 (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.0 km away.

FireFire Station 441 · 2 km947 Martin Grove Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 14 · 3 km321 Rexdale Blvd

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,214 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 2085-2101 Islington Ave (151 m, 266 units, 20 storeys, built 1970), which scored 93 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 1,214 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 7
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2085-2101 Islington Ave · Westwood Management International26620197093 · Sep 20260151 m
2085-2101 Islington Ave · Westwood Management International27122197083 · Jul 20245151 m
2067 Islington AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16212197381 · Sep 20241 · 2 fire277 m
2063 Islington AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16212197391 · Dec 20250 · 2 fire400 m
236 Dixon Rd · CAPREIT12313196394 · Sep 202613742 m
290 Dixon Rd · Eiwo Canadian Management496196894 · Nov 20251837 m
265 Dixon Rd · Akelius18116196795 · Nov 202531 km

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 lots298 lots · ≈59,250 spaces · 177.8 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈4,580 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈24 spaces; 98 m away, ≈58 spaces; 171 m away, ≈679 spaces; 194 m away, ≈85 spaces; 235 m away, ≈200 spaces; 250 m away, ≈23 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, Nov 8, 2017

The south leg carries the load — 12,054 northbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 204. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,732 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (3,362). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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.

From the north8,762southbound · 1 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west204eastbound · 1 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles21,468483 pedestrians · 10 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east448westbound · 2 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the south12,054northbound · 6 bikes · 4.2% heavy
AM peak hour3,362 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour3,732 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 8, 2017

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 most recent midblock count on Islington Ave between Islington N and Islington S (370 m away, Oct 2014) recorded volume only — about 11,367 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Islington Ave · Islington N – Islington S · 370 mOct 2014 · 7 days11,367

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

2023 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 13, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions60#1793 of 5,508
With an injury15#1184 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#2578 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201474latest Oct 13, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 19, 2007.

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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 20, 2023. 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 Kingsview Village-The Westway.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Lemsford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 60 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 Islington & Lemsford?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 8, 2017, 2.3× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Islington & Lemsford?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 298 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 59,250 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Islington & Lemsford by transit?

Bus routes 37, 52, 405, 45, 145, 937, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Westhampton Dr South Side, 30 m).

What restaurants are near Islington & Lemsford?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sky Cafe (179 m), Fat Bastard Burrito (852 m), Firehouse Subs (852 m), Philthy Philly's Cheesesteak & Poutinerie (852 m) and Roll Me UP (852 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 & Lemsford?

The nearest is Fairhaven Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 100 Golfwood Hts, 270 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Pine Point Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Lemsford?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 191 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp Kingsview Village Junior School (733 m, 43 spaces), St. Maurice Child Care Centre (800 m, 49 spaces) and Kingsview Child Care (1.0 km, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Lemsford?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,214 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2085-2101 Islington Ave (151 m, 266 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2085-2101 Islington Ave (151 m, 271 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 2067 Islington Ave (277 m, 162 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 2063 Islington Ave (400 m, 162 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 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.

How many thefts are reported at Islington & Lemsford?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Kingsview Village-The Westway page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Lemsford in?

Islington & Lemsford is in Kingsview Village-The Westway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 006), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

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