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Lake Shore & Forty Second

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

In Long Branch, Lake Shore & Forty Second is a moderately heavy crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Long Branch GO 179 m away and 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,841
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 21, 2000
90 pedestrians · 41 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 19 property damage · #2999 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #566 of 1,505
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: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,360 vehicles, 1.17× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 120 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 2.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 13 collisions in 2016–2020 and 13 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 26 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lake Shore & Forty Second

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 West179 m
Streetcar
507 nearest 305 m
TTC bus
110123 nearest 305 m
Blue Night
301315345
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Regional
MiWay 5 Dixie23 Lakeshore31 Ogden at Lakeshore Rd at Forty-Third St15 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Brow Dr 219 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 · 159 m
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 798 m
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Sir Adam Beck Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km
Community centres
Parks (12)
  • Maurice J. Breen Park122 m
  • Enfield Park271 m
  • Municipal Park460 m
  • Marie Curtis Park472 m
  • Thirty Eighth Street Park687 m
  • Len Ford Park1 km
  • and 6 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Alderwood branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Marie Curtis Park East BeachNature/ Park · 608 m

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 21 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Canadian Legion Branch 101, 146 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Canadian Legion Branch 101 · 3850 Lake Shore Blvd W146 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Les Etoiles Brillantes-Garderie · 85 Forty First St159 mPassed, May 2026
241 Pizza · 3815 Lake Shore Blvd W368 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nona's Burek · 3813 Lake Shore Blvd W378 mPassed, May 2026
Burrito Boyz · 3803 Lake Shore Blvd W401 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Empanada Company · 122 Fortieth St411 mPassed, Aug 2026
Panettorino Forno Italiano · 3797 Lake Shore Blvd W417 mPassed, Jun 2026
Woody's Burger Bar & Grill · 3795 Lake Shore Blvd W422 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, 310 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.
    310 m
  • Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom · 2 Forty Second St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    561 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 (159 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
    159 m
  • Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School · 3672 Lake Shore Blvd W
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    798 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 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 434 · 1.4 km3 Lunness Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.7 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 (87 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 2025087 m
75 Forty Second St · Rentpedia Inc284196092 · Jul 20250155 m
55 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.264195098 · Jul 20251218 m
25 Villa Rd · Greenwin Corp.343196091 · Jul 20246263 m
92 James St · Greenwin Corp343196095 · Jul 20251264 m
45 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.534196397 · Aug 20260282 m
90 James St · Greenwin Corp343196098 · Aug 20261292 m
294 Lake Promenade · Two View Investments144195093 · Sep 20260939 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 lots288 lots · ≈19,290 spaces · 57.9 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈1,140 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m

Nearest lots: 69 m away, ≈23 spaces; 75 m away, ≈79 spaces; 92 m away, ≈37 spaces; 140 m away, ≈34 spaces; 154 m away, ≈261 spaces; 156 m away, ≈83 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 — 8-hour, Sep 21, 2000

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 5,239 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 376 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (41 of 41). Evening rush dominates here: 2,245 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,807 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2000, 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 west5,226eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles10,84190 pedestrians · 41 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east5,239westbound · 41 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the south376northbound · 0 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,807 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,245 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 21, 2000

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, 49 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. Forty Second St between Marie Curtis Park Trl and James St measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (May 2014).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd W · Forty First St – Forty Second St · 49 mMay 2026 · 3 days19,56845 km/h57 km/h63 km/h
Forty Second St · Marie Curtis Park Trl – James St · 241 mMay 2014 · 24 h1,09137 km/h45 km/h52 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 2016, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 2 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. The most recent report on file is from Jul 2, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#2999 of 5,508
With an injury2#3561 of 4,660
Property damage only19
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2113 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality1
Severity not classified4
All since 201431latest Jul 2, 2025

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

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jun 19, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#566 of 1,505
Fatal1#195 of 319
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Jun 19, 2021

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

16 thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 2.9 a year before that. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 100% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1600street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft511apartment parking (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 16, 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 Second a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#566 of 1,505), out of 26 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 & Forty Second?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 21, 2000, 1.17× the median for a counted intersection.

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

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 Second?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 288 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,290 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Long Branch GO is 179 m away; streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 305 m away; bus routes 110, 123 within 1 km; MiWay routes 5 Dixie, 23 Lakeshore, 31 Ogden at Lakeshore Rd at Forty-Third St.

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Forty Second?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Canadian Legion Branch 101 (146 m), Les Etoiles Brillantes-Garderie (159 m), 241 Pizza (368 m), Nona's Burek (378 m) and Burrito Boyz (401 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 Second?

The nearest is Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom, 2 Forty Second St, 310 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom (561 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 Second?

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 (159 m, 151 spaces) and Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School (798 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Forty Second?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 264 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 87 Forty Second St (87 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Forty Second St (155 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 55 Forty Second St (218 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 25 Villa Rd (263 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 91). 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 Second?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and five 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 Second in?

Lake Shore & Forty Second 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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