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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, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Long Branch GO 133 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 volume
17,701
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 11, 2025
1,231 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · #1059 busiest
Collisions
25
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3094 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,260 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 14 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 2.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 8%, from 13 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lake Shore & Forty First

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Long Branch GO — Lakeshore West133 m
Streetcar
507 nearest 213 m
TTC bus
110123 nearest 213 m
Blue Night
301315345
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Regional
MiWay 5 Dixie23 Lakeshore31 Ogden at Lakeshore Rd at Forty-First St12 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Brow Dr 126 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (5)
  • Micheline Saint Cyr Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 102 m
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 709 m
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Sir Adam Beck Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km
Community centres
Parks (13)
  • Maurice J. Breen Park188 m
  • Enfield Park256 m
  • Municipal Park368 m
  • Marie Curtis Park536 m
  • Thirty Eighth Street Park663 m
  • Len Ford Park1 km
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Alderwood branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Marie Curtis Park East BeachNature/ Park · 637 m
Signal
2421, activated 2016 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 26 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Canadian Legion Branch 101, 64 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Canadian Legion Branch 101 · 3850 Lake Shore Blvd W64 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Les Etoiles Brillantes-Garderie · 85 Forty First St102 mPassed, May 2026
241 Pizza · 3815 Lake Shore Blvd W276 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nona's Burek · 3813 Lake Shore Blvd W286 mPassed, May 2026
Burrito Boyz · 3803 Lake Shore Blvd W310 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Empanada Company · 122 Fortieth St322 mPassed, Aug 2026
Panettorino Forno Italiano · 3797 Lake Shore Blvd W327 mPassed, Jun 2026
Woody's Burger Bar & Grill · 3795 Lake Shore Blvd W332 mPassed, Apr 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

The nearest public washroom is Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom, 344 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom · 2 Forty Second St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    344 m
  • Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom · 2 Forty Second St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    598 m

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 194 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie (102 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 194 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Les Etoiles Brillantes - Garderie · 85 Forty First St
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    102 m
  • Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School · 3672 Lake Shore Blvd W
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    709 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 434 (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.6 km away.

FireFire Station 434 · 1.4 km3 Lunness Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.6 km259 Horner Ave

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

Within a kilometre there are eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 264 rental units. The nearest is 87 Forty Second St (116 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 9 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings8 · 264 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 8
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
87 Forty Second St · Cio Management413195995 · Jul 20250116 m
75 Forty Second St · Rentpedia Inc284196092 · Jul 20250178 m
25 Villa Rd · Greenwin Corp.343196091 · Jul 20246202 m
92 James St · Greenwin Corp343196095 · Jul 20251218 m
55 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.264195098 · Jul 20251239 m
90 James St · Greenwin Corp343196098 · Aug 20261243 m
45 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.534196397 · Aug 20260300 m
294 Lake Promenade · Two View Investments144195093 · Sep 20260901 m

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 lots302 lots · ≈20,490 spaces · 61.5 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈1,230 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking9 post-and-rings within 300 m

Nearest lots: 70 m away, ≈23 spaces; 71 m away, ≈83 spaces; 79 m away, ≈79 spaces; 82 m away, ≈34 spaces; 87 m away, ≈261 spaces; 103 m away, ≈85 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, 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 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
AM peak hour1,748 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,969 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 11, 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

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; 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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions25#3094 of 5,508
With an injury7#2271 of 4,660
Property damage only17
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1221 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11 fatal
All since 201430latest Mar 12, 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

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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle101house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 26, 2026. 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 #1059 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

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 302 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,490 spaces — 28 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 133 m away; streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 213 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?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Canadian Legion Branch 101 (64 m), Les Etoiles Brillantes-Garderie (102 m), 241 Pizza (276 m), Nona's Burek (286 m) and Burrito Boyz (310 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; 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, 344 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom (598 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

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 (102 m, 151 spaces) and Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School (709 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Forty First?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 264 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 87 Forty Second St (116 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Forty Second St (178 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 25 Villa Rd (202 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 92 James St (218 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 95 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 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. 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 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

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