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Lake Shore & Forty First

Lake Shore Blvd W & Forty First St · Toronto, Ontario · Long Branch · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Lake Shore & Forty First, in Long Branch, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Long Branch GO 140 m away and 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
17,701
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 11, 2025
1,231 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · #1079 busiest
Collisions
25
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
45/100
city median 48
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 540 m

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Lake Shore & Forty First

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Feb 11, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 8,314 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 761 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,969 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,748 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,155southbound · 5 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west7,471eastbound · 10 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles17,7011,231 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east8,314westbound · 18 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south761northbound · 2 bikes · 4.3% heavy

Peak hours: 1,748 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,969 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 worst year was 2024, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 7 collisions (28%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported, 1 of them fatal; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 12, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions251.4 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury7#2271 of 4,669
Property damage only17
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1221 of 2,576
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11 fatal
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

How fast traffic moves here

On Lake Shore Blvd W between Forty First St and Forty Second St, 44 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2026 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,600 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd W · Forty First St – Forty Second St · 44 mMay 2026 · 3 days19,56845 km/h57 km/h63 km/h

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 2421, activated 2016 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

GO Transit
Long Branch GO — Lakeshore West140 m
Streetcar
507 nearest 237 m
TTC bus
110 123 nearest 237 m
Blue Night
301 315 345
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Regional
MiWay 5 Dixie 23 Lakeshore 31 Ogden at Lakeshore Rd at Forty-First St15 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Brow Dr 134 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 57 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
21 mapped lots within 500 m, 233 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Jeff, Rose and Herbs No Frills, 540 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 17. The nearest is 241 Pizza, 293 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Procare Pharmacy, 76 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Adeline's Lodge, a retirement home 668 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • 241 Pizza · 3815 Lake Shore Blvd W293 m · 3 min
  • Nona's Burek · 3813 Lake Shore Blvd W302 m · 4 min
  • Burrito Boyz · 3803 Lake Shore Blvd W348 m · 4 min
  • Panettorino Forno Italiano · 3797 Lake Shore Blvd W368 m · 4 min
  • Woody's Burger Bar & Grill · 3795 Lake Shore Blvd W373 m · 4 min
1 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Grocery
Jeff, Rose and Herbs No Frills 540 m · 6 min
Food shops
Lale Bakery Caffe 754 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Procare Pharmacy 76 m · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie · 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day135 m
  • PLASP St. Elizabeth Catholic School · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day783 m · 9 min
2 licensed centres · 194 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.442 m · 5 min
  • Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible764 m · 9 min
Health and care
  • Adeline's Lodge · retirement home668 m · 8 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 (8)
  • Maurice J. Breen Park307 m · 4 min
  • Municipal Park399 m · 5 min
  • Enfield Park551 m · 7 min
  • Marie Curtis Park694 m · 8 min
  • Thirty Eighth Street Park827 m · 10 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Schools
  • Micheline Saint Cyr Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 135 m
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 783 m · 9 min
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km · 17 min
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 17 min
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Marie Curtis Park East BeachNature/ Park · 738 m · 9 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 community centre.

45of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food10/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit13/28

    Long Branch GO 0.1 km · 1 stop within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.3 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    2 parks within 500 m

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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 — 250 rental units. The nearest is 87 Forty Second St (200 m, 41 units, 3 storeys, built 1959), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
87 Forty Second St · Cio Management413195995 · Jul 2025200 m
75 Forty Second St · Rentpedia Inc284196092 · Jul 2025270 m · 3 min
55 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.264195098 · Jul 2025301 m · 4 min
92 James St · Greenwin Corp343196095 · Jul 2025314 m · 4 min
90 James St · Greenwin Corp343196098 · Aug 2026342 m · 4 min
45 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.534196397 · Aug 2026399 m · 5 min

7 registered buildings · 250 units · tallest 4 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 26, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle101house driveway/garage (1)
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 Long Branch.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore & Forty First a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 25 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 Lake Shore & Forty First?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1079 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is Lake Shore & Forty First a walkable intersection?

Lake Shore & Forty First scores 45 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 parks within 500 m; Long Branch GO 0.1 km · 1 stop within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Lake Shore & Forty First?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lake Shore Blvd W between Forty First St and Forty Second St (May 2026), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Forty First?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 233 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,440 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lake Shore & Forty First by transit?

Long Branch GO is 140 m away; streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 237 m away; bus routes 110, 123 within 1 km; MiWay routes 5 Dixie, 23 Lakeshore, 31 Ogden at Lakeshore Rd at Forty-First St.

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Forty First?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are 241 Pizza (293 m), Nona's Burek (302 m), Burrito Boyz (348 m), Panettorino Forno Italiano (368 m) and Woody's Burger Bar & Grill (373 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Lake Shore & Forty First?

The nearest is Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom, 2 Forty Second St, 442 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom (764 m).

Is there child care near Lake Shore & Forty First?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 194 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie (135 m, 151 spaces) and PLASP St. Elizabeth Catholic School (783 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Forty First?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 250 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 87 Forty Second St (200 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Forty Second St (270 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 55 Forty Second St (301 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 92 James St (314 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 95 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Lake Shore & Forty First?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Long Branch page.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore & Forty First in?

Lake Shore & Forty First is in Long Branch (City of Toronto neighbourhood 019). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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