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Kennedy & Shropshire

Kennedy Rd & Shropshire Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Dorset Park · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre · Kennedy Road BIA

In Dorset Park, Kennedy & Shropshire is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 20 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
27,017
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 8, 2025
381 pedestrians · 136 cyclists · #458 busiest
Collisions
87
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 59 property damage · #1275 of 5,508 · +6 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
10 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 1,930 vehicles, 1.67× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 71 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 8.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 49%, from 35 in 2016–2020 to 52 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kennedy & Shropshire

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
435717381291311335415495 nearest 33 m
Express
903904938939954995996
Blue Night
343354395
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Kennedy Rd at Shropshire Dr South Side; Kennedy Rd at Shropshire Dr North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence East Station 1 km · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (14)
  • Dorset Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 813 m
  • St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 912 m
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Winston Churchill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Ellesmere Statton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Dorset Park691 m
  • Jolly Way Park929 m
  • West Birkdale Park1 km
  • Donwood Park1.1 km
  • Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette1.1 km
  • McGregor Park1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 53 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Himalayan Grocers, 63 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Himalayan Grocers · 1260 Kennedy Rd 1163 mPassed, Aug 2026
Fireside Fusion Jamaican Cuisine · 1260 Kennedy Rd Unit-263 mPassed, Jun 2026
Karaza Shawarma · 1260 Kennedy Rd Unit-863 mPassed, Nov 2025
The Madras Batter House · 1260 Kennedy Rd Unit-1563 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pho Vietnam · 1280 Kennedy Rd70 mPassed, Sep 2026
Crown Pastries · 1279 Kennedy Rd76 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Motherland Foods · 1286 Kennedy Rd Unit-5grocery98 mPassed, May 2026
Canbe Food Inc. · 200 Nantucket Blvdgrocery205 mPassed, 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 28 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (912 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 28 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. · 2216 Lawrence Ave E
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    912 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (927 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 892 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 927 m1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 892 m2430 Lawrence Ave E

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

Eight registered apartment buildings with 298 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 1475 Birchmount Rd (818 m, 28 units, 5 storeys, built 1967), which scored 82 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 10 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings8 · 298 units
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202610 across the 8
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1475 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.285196782 · Aug 20261818 m
1477 Birchmount Rd213196086 · Sep 20251830 m
2260 Lawrence Ave E · Prescott Apts. Inc.265196093 · Sep 20260888 m
2250 Lawrence Ave E · Ulrich Priperties Ltd336196895 · Nov 20250897 m
2230 Lawrence Ave E · Comer Group Limited647196272 · Aug 20240917 m
1525 Birchmount Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.524195689 · Sep 20252934 m
1535 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196083 · Jul 202631 km
1545 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc374196076 · Jul 202631 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 lots444 lots · ≈87,190 spaces · 261.6 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈8,280 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 158 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1 km90 *
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.1 km68 *

Nearest lots: 49 m away, ≈51 spaces; 52 m away, ≈172 spaces; 72 m away, ≈417 spaces; 90 m away, ≈28 spaces; 143 m away, ≈13 spaces; 183 m away, ≈250 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, Jul 8, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 15,110 southbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 276. Most cyclists arrived from the south (70 of 136). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,121 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,285 from 5:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.8% 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 14 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north15,110southbound · 57 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west668eastbound · 5 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles27,017381 pedestrians · 136 cyclists · 6.8% heavy
From the east276westbound · 4 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south10,963northbound · 70 bikes · 10.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,121 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,285 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 8, 2025

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 Kennedy Rd between Shropshire Dr and Munham Gt (114 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 7-day count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 27,000 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kennedy Rd · Shropshire Dr – Munham Gt · 114 mMay 2023 · 7 days27,00453 km/h63 km/h69 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 17 collisions. 23% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions87#1275 of 5,508
With an injury20#861 of 4,660
Property damage only59
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian3#1277 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1190 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist6
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014109latest Jun 3, 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

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 25 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 2.9 a year before that. 52% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2560street/outdoor (13), commercial premises (10)
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 27, 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kennedy & Shropshire a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 87 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 Kennedy & Shropshire?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #458 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.67× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kennedy & Shropshire?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kennedy Rd between Shropshire Dr and Munham Gt (May 2023), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Kennedy & Shropshire?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (1.0 km away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 444 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 87,190 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kennedy & Shropshire by transit?

Bus routes 43, 57, 17, 38, 129, 131, 133, 54 and 9 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Kennedy Rd at Shropshire Dr South Side, 33 m).

What restaurants are near Kennedy & Shropshire?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Himalayan Grocers (63 m), Fireside Fusion Jamaican Cuisine (63 m), Karaza Shawarma (63 m), The Madras Batter House (63 m) and Pho Vietnam (70 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Kennedy & Shropshire?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (912 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kennedy & Shropshire?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 298 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1475 Birchmount Rd (818 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 1477 Birchmount Rd (830 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 2260 Lawrence Ave E (888 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 2250 Lawrence Ave E (897 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 85 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 Kennedy & Shropshire?

Toronto Police place 25 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Dorset Park page.

What neighbourhood is Kennedy & Shropshire in?

Kennedy & Shropshire is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson. The corner falls inside the Kennedy Road Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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