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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- GO Transit
- Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West888 m
- Streetcar
- 501504508505509511 nearest 141 m
- TTC bus
- 296340247 nearest 132 m
- Express
- 929
- Blue Night
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- Nearest stops
- 14 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Gladstone Ave / Queen St W 218 m · 15 docks · 31 stations, 568 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 (13)
- Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 561 m
- Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 699 m
- Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 776 m
- Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 843 m
- Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 871 m
- Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 912 m
- and 7 more
- Community centres
- Lamport Stadium373 m
- Masaryk - Cowan Community Recreation Centre533 m
- Holy Family Community Centre700 m
- Mary McCormick Recreation Centre863 m
- Parkdale Community Recreation Centre872 m
- McCormick Arena888 m
- Parks (41)
- Rita Cox Park151 m
- Melbourne Avenue Parkette191 m
- Parkdale Amphitheatre237 m
- Gwynne Avenue Parkette256 m
- Lisgar Park270 m
- Pessoa Park292 m
- and 35 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch481 m
- Places of interest
- The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 338 m
- Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 1 km
- Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
- BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.1 km
- Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.2 km
- Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
- Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores, and 341 eating places within a kilometre — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is de Mart, 126 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| de Mart · 1187 Queen St W Unit-4 | 126 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| Highly Likely Coffee · 1189 Queen St W 5 | 137 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| La Golosa Gelateria · 1183 Queen St W | 143 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Gladstone House · 1214 Queen St W | 150 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Liliana · 1198 Queen St W | 160 m | Passed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Tim Hortons · 1169 Queen St W | 165 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Eleven Ninety-Two · 1192 Queen St W | 173 m | Passed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction |
| Bento Sushi · 1230 Queen St W None | 192 m | Passed, Jul 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 Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 533 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 152 m away at Rita Cox Park.
- Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
View centre hours533 m - Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
View centre hours859 m
- Drinking water
- Rita Cox Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 152 m; Melbourne Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 181 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
12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 923 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bonaventure Child Care Centre (141 m, 67 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).
- Bonaventure Child Care Centre · 295 Dufferin St
67 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day141 m - Kids & Company King and Highline · 1100 King St W
74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day378 m - Queen Street Childcare Centre · 10 White Squirrel Way
49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day481 m - Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA · 108 Gladstone Ave
120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day561 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (944 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 300 m away.
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
107 registered apartment buildings with 9,427 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 22 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 345 Dufferin St (84 m, 200 units, 8 storeys, built 1984), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 107 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 256 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 64 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd. | 200 | 8 | 1984 | 83 · Jul 2025 | 3 | 84 m |
| 180 Sudbury Stsocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society | 190 | 18 | 2011 | 82 · Sep 2024 | 2 · 2 fire | 140 m |
| 295 Dufferin St | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 141 m |
| 1176 Queen St W | 25 | 3 | 1915 | 54 · Jul 2026 | 0 | 211 m |
| 300 Dufferin StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 114 | 7 | 1980 | — | 2 | 223 m |
| 8 Beaconsfield Ave · Dsm Investment Group Limited | 11 | 4 | 1932 | 91 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 268 m |
| 45 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation | 291 | 14 | 2010 | 91 · Aug 2026 | 20 | 317 m |
| 55 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation | 116 | 9 | 2005 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 1 | 333 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Abell St · Garage | 238 m | 124 | 60% (Q1 2026) |
| 110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface | 429 m | 8 | over 100% (Q1 2026) |
| 1155 King Street West · Surface | 431 m | 269 * | — |
| 1325 Queen St W · Surface | 578 m | 32 | 94% (Q1 2026) |
| 34 Hanna Ave · Surface | 645 m | 146 | 69% (Q1 2026) |
Nearest lots: 103 m away, ≈34 spaces; 127 m away, ≈26 spaces; 150 m away, ≈14 spaces; 154 m away, ≈8 spaces; 157 m away, ≈34 spaces; 176 m away, ≈12 spaces. More EV charging: 1224 KING ST W (298 m, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (575 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (1.1 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 — 8-hour, Jun 23, 2016
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 588 westbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 162. Most cyclists arrived from the west (36 of 83). Morning rush is the busier period: 263 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 165 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 10.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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.
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
2016 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. People walking or cycling were involved in 20% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Jul 23, 2022.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | #5032 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 1 | #4348 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 4 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #2677 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| All since 2014 | 7 | latest Jul 23, 2022 |
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
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 13 bicycle thefts at this intersection 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. 77% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 13 | 5 | 0 | apartment parking (10), street/outdoor (2) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 16, 2025. 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 South Parkdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Joe Shuster & Laidlaw a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Joe Shuster & Laidlaw?
A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 23, 2016, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Joe Shuster & Laidlaw?
The nearest Green P car park is 45 Abell St (238 m away, 124 spaces, 60% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 561 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,950 spaces — 69 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 45 Abell St (244 m).
How do I get to Joe Shuster & Laidlaw by transit?
Exhibition GO is 888 m away; streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 141 m away; bus routes 29, 63, 402, 47, 929 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Joe Shuster & Laidlaw?
38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 341 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are de Mart (126 m), Highly Likely Coffee (137 m), La Golosa Gelateria (143 m), Gladstone House (150 m) and Liliana (160 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 Joe Shuster & Laidlaw?
The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 533 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (859 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 Joe Shuster & Laidlaw?
12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 923 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bonaventure Child Care Centre (141 m, 67 spaces), Kids & Company King and Highline (378 m, 74 spaces) and Queen Street Childcare Centre (481 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Joe Shuster & Laidlaw?
107 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,427 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 345 Dufferin St (84 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 180 Sudbury St (140 m, 190 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 295 Dufferin St (141 m) and 1176 Queen St W (211 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 54). The average RentSafeTO score across the 107 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Joe Shuster & Laidlaw?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 13 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 South Parkdale page.
What neighbourhood is Joe Shuster & Laidlaw in?
Joe Shuster & Laidlaw is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 23, 2016.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (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 Aug 16, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 10 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.64123, -79.42668 · centreline node 20060246.