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Lake Shore & Fort York

Lake Shore Blvd W & Fort York Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Fort York-Liberty Village · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · CityPlace and Fort York BIA

Lake Shore & Fort York is a top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It sits in Fort York-Liberty Village, in central Toronto. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, a bike lane and a park. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
48,261
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 18, 2024
3,062 pedestrians · 1,835 cyclists · #46 busiest
Collisions
169
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #616 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
58/100
city median 48 · #1,818 of 5,672
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 45 m

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Lake Shore & Fort York

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 9332 · 30 m

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Live camera RESCU 9332 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Fort York Blvd · 30 m from the node
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Live camera · RESCU 9332 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Fort York Blvd
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 18, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 27,712 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 57% of the total, against 2 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (1,508 of 1,835). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,923 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 3,777 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north4,405southbound · 37 bikes · 6.9% heavy
From the west27,712eastbound · 1,508 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles48,2613,062 pedestrians · 1,835 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east16,142westbound · 74 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south2northbound · 216 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 3,923 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 3,777 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 25 collisions. 22 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 7 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 12 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 23, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 27, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions169#616 of 5,519
With an injury22#774 of 4,669
Property damage only126
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian4#970 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist3#835 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
Severity not classified21
Since January 2026 (outside the window)12
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest May 27, 2023

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 Fort York Blvd between Fleet St and Lake Shore Blvd W (51 m away, Dec 2011) recorded volume only — about 5,856 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Fort York Blvd · Fleet St – Lake Shore Blvd W · 51 mDec 2011 · 3 days5,856———
Lake Shore Blvd W · Lakeshore W – Strachan Ave · 135 mMay 2011 · 3 days14,469———

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.

The crossing
Signal 1917, activated 2002 · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
509 511 nearest 153 m
TTC bus
29 63 nearest 335 m · 4 min
Blue Night
307 329 363
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Fort York Blvd at Fleet St
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Coronation Park Trl installed 2001; Bike Lane on Fort York Blvd installed 2002
Bike Share
Strachan Ave / Princes' Blvd 190 m · 19 docks · 22 stations, 639 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
11 car parks · about 1,110 spaces
EV charging
10 Palmerston Ave · 1.9 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 1051 Queen Street W (1.9 km), 10 Portland St (1.9 km)
Bike parking
40 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
10 mapped lots within 500 m, 281 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface202 m49 *—
300 Remembrance Drive · Surface374 m65 *—
800 Fleet Street · Surface402 m94 *—
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface688 m110 *—
2 Portland St · Garage1.2 km3797% (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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Sobeys Urban Fresh, 45 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 63. The nearest is Zenshi, 45 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Fort York Pharmacy, 237 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 857 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Zenshi · 22 Fort York Blvd45 m
  • Parisco Cafe · 215 Fort York Blvd None285 m · 3 min
  • Asian Burrito - Rawf 2024 · 100 Princes Blvd, Apt-Rawf 2023430 m · 5 min
  • Bullpen Saloon - Rawf 2025 · 100 Princes Blvd430 m · 5 min
  • Creative Treats (Rawf 2025) · 100 Princes Blvd, Bldg-1430 m · 5 min
2 within 300 m · 63 within 1 km
Grocery
Sobeys Urban Fresh 45 m · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Albion Hills Farm (Rawf 2024) Hall A 430 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Fort York Pharmacy 237 m · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care · 36 spaces, infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day712 m · 8 min
  • Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day793 m · 9 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Waterfront Child Care Centre · 122 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day850 m · 10 min
4 licensed centres · 257 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Automated public toilet, 1 Strachan Ave · 24 hours · accessible335 m · 4 min
  • Coronation Park Toronto Washroom · 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.552 m · 7 min
Drinking water: June Callwood Park 420 m · 5 min; Coronation Park - Toronto 483 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre · seniors' active living centre857 m · 10 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 (28)
  • The Gore123 m
  • June Callwood Park366 m · 4 min
  • Toronto Inukshuk Park492 m · 6 min
  • Coronation Park - Toronto514 m · 6 min
  • Garrison Common608 m · 7 min
and 23 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (6)
  • The Waterfront SchoolEnglish Public · 850 m · 10 min
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 855 m · 10 min
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 15 min
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 16 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch759 m · 9 min
Places of interest
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 380 m · 5 min
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 554 m · 7 min
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 559 m · 7 min
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 858 m · 10 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.

58of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,818 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food20/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit13/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 759 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.8 km · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,244 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Bishop Tutu Blvd (613 m, 119 units, 10 storeys, built 1987), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
25 Bishop Tutu Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11910198788 · Aug 2026613 m · 7 min
679 Queens Quay W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066198894 · Aug 2026634 m · 8 min
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 2025694 m · 8 min
15 Solidarity Way · Rhapsody Property Management440262021100 · Aug 2024750 m · 9 min
11 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Service246242021100 · Jul 2025870 m · 10 min

5 registered buildings · 1,244 units · 2 social housing · tallest 31 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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Fort York-Liberty Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore & Fort York a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 169 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 & Fort York?

A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #46 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.0× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Lake Shore & Fort York a walkable intersection?

Lake Shore & Fort York scores 58 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,818 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: library 759 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m; 3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 2 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Fort York?

The nearest Green P car park is 250 Fort York Blvd. (202 m away, 49 spaces). The City's mapping shows 281 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,340 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (1.9 km).

How do I get to Lake Shore & Fort York by transit?

Streetcar routes 509, 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 153 m away; bus routes 29, 63 within 1 km (nearest stop: Fort York Blvd at Fleet St, 335 m).

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Fort York?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 63 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Zenshi (45 m), Parisco Cafe (285 m), Asian Burrito - Rawf 2024 (430 m), Bullpen Saloon - Rawf 2025 (430 m) and Creative Treats (Rawf 2025) (430 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Lake Shore & Fort York?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1 Strachan Ave, 335 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Coronation Park Toronto Washroom (552 m); Little Norway Park Washroom (824 m).

Is there child care near Lake Shore & Fort York?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 257 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care (712 m, 36 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre (793 m, 49 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Waterfront Child Care Centre (850 m, 122 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Fort York?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,244 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Bishop Tutu Blvd (613 m, 119 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 679 Queens Quay W (634 m, 106 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 25 Ordnance St (694 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 15 Solidarity Way (750 m, 440 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 96 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Lake Shore & Fort York?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Fort York-Liberty Village page.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore & Fort York in?

Lake Shore & Fort York is in Fort York-Liberty Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 163). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the CityPlace and Fort York Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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