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Lake Shore & Forty Third

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

Lake Shore & Forty Third, in Long Branch, is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Long Branch GO 196 m away and 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
10,920
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 25, 2007
362 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4318 of 5,508
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: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,370 vehicles, 1.18× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 30 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1 reported collision a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lake Shore & Forty Third

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 West196 m
Streetcar
507 nearest 331 m
TTC bus
110123 nearest 331 m
Blue Night
301315345
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Regional
MiWay 5 Dixie23 Lakeshore31 Ogden at Lakeshore Rd at Forty-Third St16 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Brow Dr 244 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 · 180 m
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 823 m
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • Sir Adam Beck Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Maurice J. Breen Park111 m
  • Enfield Park280 m
  • Marie Curtis Park458 m
  • Municipal Park486 m
  • Thirty Eighth Street Park697 m
  • Len Ford Park1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Alderwood branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Marie Curtis Park East BeachNature/ Park · 604 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 19 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Canadian Legion Branch 101, 170 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 19 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 W170 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Les Etoiles Brillantes-Garderie · 85 Forty First St180 mPassed, May 2026
241 Pizza · 3815 Lake Shore Blvd W393 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nona's Burek · 3813 Lake Shore Blvd W403 mPassed, May 2026
Burrito Boyz · 3803 Lake Shore Blvd W426 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Empanada Company · 122 Fortieth St435 mPassed, Aug 2026
Panettorino Forno Italiano · 3797 Lake Shore Blvd W442 mPassed, Jun 2026
Woody's Burger Bar & Grill · 3795 Lake Shore Blvd W447 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, 305 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.
    305 m
  • Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom · 2 Forty Second St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    554 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 (180 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
    180 m
  • Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School · 3672 Lake Shore Blvd W
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    823 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 434 (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 434 · 1.5 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

Eight registered apartment buildings with 264 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 87 Forty Second St (95 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 2025095 m
75 Forty Second St · Rentpedia Inc284196092 · Jul 20250158 m
55 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.264195098 · Jul 20251220 m
92 James St · Greenwin Corp343196095 · Jul 20251281 m
45 Forty Second St · Greenwin Corp.534196397 · Aug 20260283 m
25 Villa Rd · Greenwin Corp.343196091 · Jul 20246283 m
90 James St · Greenwin Corp343196098 · Aug 20261309 m
294 Lake Promenade · Two View Investments144195093 · Sep 202601 km

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 lots284 lots · ≈18,490 spaces · 55.5 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈1,120 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: 88 m away, ≈23 spaces; 91 m away, ≈79 spaces; 102 m away, ≈37 spaces; 162 m away, ≈34 spaces; 171 m away, ≈27 spaces; 176 m away, ≈261 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, Jun 25, 2007

The east leg carries the load — 5,385 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 115. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,151 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 21% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,776). Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north115southbound · 0 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west5,017eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.7% heavy
Total vehicles10,920362 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east5,385westbound · 0 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the south403northbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,776 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,151 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 25, 2007

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

The City's counter on Lake Shore Blvd W between Forty First St and Forty Second St (75 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 19,600 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd W · Forty First St – Forty Second St · 75 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 30% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Dec 16, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4318 of 5,508
With an injury3#3349 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2690 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201411latest Dec 16, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 17, 2021. 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 Third a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Third?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 25, 2007, 1.18× the median for a counted intersection.

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

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 Third?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 284 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,490 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Long Branch GO is 196 m away; streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 331 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 Third?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Canadian Legion Branch 101 (170 m), Les Etoiles Brillantes-Garderie (180 m), 241 Pizza (393 m), Nona's Burek (403 m) and Burrito Boyz (426 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 Third?

The nearest is Marie Curtis Park Playground Washroom, 2 Forty Second St, 305 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Marie Curtis Park Beach Washroom (554 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 Third?

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 (180 m, 151 spaces) and Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School (823 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Forty Third?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 264 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 87 Forty Second St (95 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Forty Second St (158 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 55 Forty Second St (220 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 92 James St (281 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 Third?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Third in?

Lake Shore & Forty Third 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