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Lake Shore & Bremner

Lake Shore Blvd W & Bremner Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · The Waterfront BIA

At its last City count, in 2009, Lake Shore & Bremner, in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands, in the downtown core, was a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a live City traffic camera. Nearby: Union Station (Line 1) 545 m away and Union Station GO 685 m away.

Traffic
11,026
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 21, 2009
56 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
94
police-reported · 2016–2025
2 killed or seriously injured · #1182 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Union Station 545 m · 19 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
74/100
city median 48 · #613 of 5,672
33 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 120 m

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Lake Shore & Bremner

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 9203 · 12 m

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Live camera RESCU 9203 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Bremner Blvd
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Live camera · RESCU 9203 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Bremner Blvd
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Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 21, 2009

Evening rush dominates here: 2,176 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,295 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles11,02656 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east11,026westbound · 0 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,295 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,176 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 15 collisions. 5 collisions (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 3, 2026.

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. The most recent was on Jul 11, 2022.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions94#1182 of 5,519
With an injury5
Property damage only73
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
Killed or seriously injured2#376 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jul 11, 2022

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Lake Shore Blvd W between Yonge St and Bay St (250 m away, May 2011) recorded volume only — about 21,824 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd W · Yonge St – Bay St · 250 mMay 2011 · 24 h21,824———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Union Station (Line 1)545 m · 6 min; St Andrew Station (Line 1)781 m · 9 min; King Station (Line 1)870 m · 10 min
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville685 m · 8 min; GO bus 31 Guelph / Toronto 21 Milton 16 Hamilton / Toronto Express 71 Stouffville 90 Lakeshore East 65 Newmarket / Toronto 61 Richmond Hill 68 Barrie / Newmarket 18 Lakeshore West 35 Union Pearson Express at Union Station Bus Terminal326 m · 4 min
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 602 m · 7 min — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 531 m · 6 min
Streetcar
509 510 503 504 508 501 nearest 293 m · 3 min
TTC bus
114 202 121 19 97 75 nearest 160 m
Blue Night
310 304 301 320
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
York St / Lake Shore Blvd W 118 m · 19 docks · 47 stations, 1,126 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
17 car parks · about 6,116 spaces
EV charging
40 York St · 580 m · 12 Level 2 ports; also 2 Church St. (1 km), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (1.4 km)
Bike parking
94 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 146 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 25 York St (243 m)
Other lots
12 mapped lots within 500 m, 266 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 York St · Garage541 m31141% (Q1 2026)
2 Church St · Garage1 km1,97216% (Q1 2026)
185 Queens Quay East · Surface1.3 km83 *—
110 Queen St W · Garage1.3 km1,63628% (Q1 2026)
51 Dockside Dr · Garage1.4 km30619% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

Two grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Longo's, 120 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 33 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 367 — 9.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ben's Bakes, 58 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is One Pharmacy, 65 m away. The nearest hospital site is St. Michael's Hospital, 1.6 km away, then SickKids at 1.9 km.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Ben's Bakes · 100 Harbour St 290658 m
  • Cluck'n Bowl · 110 Harbour St Unit-220107 m
  • Kinka Izakaya Harbourfront · 110 Harbour St107 m
  • Nature's Emporium · 110 Harbour St Flr-201107 m
  • Rolltation · 110 Harbour St Unit-220107 m
33 within 300 m · 367 within 1 km
Grocery
Longo's 120 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Harbour Castle Pastry 412 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
One Pharmacy 65 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kidz Kare Daycare · 96 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day143 m
  • Pinnacle Jr YMCA · 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day320 m · 4 min
  • Waterclub Jr YMCA · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day379 m · 5 min
7 licensed centres · 421 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs515 m · 6 min
  • Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom · 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. · accessible523 m · 6 min
Drinking water: Love Park 327 m · 4 min; Roundhouse Park 474 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • St. Michael's Hospital · hospital site1.6 km · 19 min
  • SickKids · hospital site1.9 km · 23 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (32)
  • Love Park320 m · 4 min
  • Toronto Waterfront Park360 m · 4 min
  • Harbour Square Park Lands483 m · 6 min
  • Rees Street Parkette540 m · 6 min
  • Olympic Park550 m · 7 min
and 27 more within 1.5 km
Schools (8)
  • Downtown Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
  • St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1English Separate · 1.2 km · 15 min
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.4 km · 17 min
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.5 km · 18 min
Places of interest
  • The Second CityPerforming Arts · 128 m
  • Scotiabank ArenaSports / Entertainment Venue · 190 m
  • Union Station Bus TerminalTransportation · 304 m · 4 min
  • Toronto Tourist Information CentreVisitor Information · 459 m · 5 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

74of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #613 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 33 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Union Station 0.5 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 19 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go9/14

    library 1.4 km away · 5 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 1.1 km · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,147 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Freeland St (728 m, 100 units, 4 storeys, built 2022). None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
32 Freeland St10042022—728 m · 9 min
99 Lake Shore Blvd E · Element Property Management Inc20511202398 · Jun 2026774 m · 9 min
55 The Esplanade Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation16612198380 · Jul 2025792 m · 9 min
85 The Esplanade social housing · Affordable Property Management1287199793 · Jul 2025885 m · 11 min
1 Church St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11513199683 · Sep 2024900 m · 11 min
350 Queens Quay W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.22819198798 · Sep 2026934 m · 11 min

7 registered buildings · 1,147 units · 4 social housing · tallest 19 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

11 thefts from vehicles and 36 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 7.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 4.7 a year. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 53% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1130street/outdoor (7), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft3680apartment parking (19), street/outdoor (12)

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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore & Bremner a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#376 of 1,505), out of 94 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 Lake Shore & Bremner?

A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2009. Its latest count is from Apr 21, 2009, 1.19× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Lake Shore & Bremner a walkable intersection?

Lake Shore & Bremner scores 74 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #613 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 33 places to eat within 300 m; 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Union Station 0.5 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 19 routes within 1 km.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Bremner?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 York St (541 m away, 311 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 266 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,330 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 40 York St (580 m).

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

Union Station (Line 1) is 545 m away; Union Station GO is 685 m away; streetcar routes 509, 510, 503, 504 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 293 m away; bus routes 114, 202, 121, 19, 97, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Bremner?

33 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 367 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ben's Bakes (58 m), Cluck'n Bowl (107 m), Kinka Izakaya Harbourfront (107 m), Nature's Emporium (107 m) and Rolltation (107 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Lake Shore & Bremner?

The nearest is Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom, 25 Queens Quay W, 515 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom (523 m); Union Station (644 m).

Is there child care near Lake Shore & Bremner?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 421 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kidz Kare Daycare (143 m, 96 spaces), Pinnacle Jr YMCA (320 m, 44 spaces) and Waterclub Jr YMCA (379 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Bremner?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,147 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Freeland St (728 m, 100 units), 99 Lake Shore Blvd E (774 m, 205 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 55 The Esplanade (792 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 85 The Esplanade (885 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Lake Shore & Bremner?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and 36 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands page.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore & Bremner in?

Lake Shore & Bremner is in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (City of Toronto neighbourhood 166). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the The Waterfront Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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