Map
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
- 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.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Himalayan Grocers · 1260 Kennedy Rd 11 | 63 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Fireside Fusion Jamaican Cuisine · 1260 Kennedy Rd Unit-2 | 63 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Karaza Shawarma · 1260 Kennedy Rd Unit-8 | 63 m | Passed, Nov 2025 |
| The Madras Batter House · 1260 Kennedy Rd Unit-15 | 63 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Pho Vietnam · 1280 Kennedy Rd | 70 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Crown Pastries · 1279 Kennedy Rd | 76 m | Passed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Motherland Foods · 1286 Kennedy Rd Unit-5grocery | 98 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Canbe Food Inc. · 200 Nantucket Blvdgrocery | 205 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
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).
- Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. · 2216 Lawrence Ave E
28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day912 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.
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.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1475 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc. | 28 | 5 | 1967 | 82 · Aug 2026 | 1 | 818 m |
| 1477 Birchmount Rd | 21 | 3 | 1960 | 86 · Sep 2025 | 1 | 830 m |
| 2260 Lawrence Ave E · Prescott Apts. Inc. | 26 | 5 | 1960 | 93 · Sep 2026 | 0 | 888 m |
| 2250 Lawrence Ave E · Ulrich Priperties Ltd | 33 | 6 | 1968 | 95 · Nov 2025 | 0 | 897 m |
| 2230 Lawrence Ave E · Comer Group Limited | 64 | 7 | 1962 | 72 · Aug 2024 | 0 | 917 m |
| 1525 Birchmount Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 52 | 4 | 1956 | 89 · Sep 2025 | 2 | 934 m |
| 1535 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc | 37 | 4 | 1960 | 83 · Jul 2026 | 3 | 1 km |
| 1545 Birchmount Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc | 37 | 4 | 1960 | 76 · Jul 2026 | 3 | 1 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface | 1 km | 90 * | — |
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 1.1 km | 68 * | — |
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.
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 segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Rd · Shropshire Dr – Munham Gt · 114 m | May 2023 · 7 days | 27,004 | 53 km/h | 63 km/h | 69 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
Exposure-adjusted: 3.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 87 | #1275 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 20 | #861 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 59 | |
| Fail to remain | 8 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1277 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1190 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 6 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 8 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| All since 2014 | 109 | latest 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
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 25 | 6 | 0 | street/outdoor (13), commercial premises (10) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | commercial 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
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 Jul 8, 2025.
- 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.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); 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 27, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 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: 43.75738, -79.27789 · centreline node 13449009.