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Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South)

Lake Shore Blvd E & Lower Sherbourne St (South) · Toronto, Ontario · St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · The Waterfront BIA

Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South), in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands, in the downtown core, is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, a protected bikeway and parks. Nearby: King Station (Line 1) 1.0 km away.

Traffic volume
28,801
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 5, 2024
2,350 pedestrians · 1,295 cyclists · #384 busiest
Collisions
396
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
50 with an injury · 318 property damage · #186 of 5,508 · +10 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
King Station 1 km · 4 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,060 vehicles, 1.78× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 12 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Cyclists were 4.5% of vehicle volume, about 5.8× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 40 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 13.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.8× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 7%, from 191 in 2016–2020 to 205 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South)

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Lake Shore Blvd E & Lower Sherbourne St — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 9327 · Lake Shore Blvd E & Lower Sherbourne St
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South), published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 9327 · Lake Shore Blvd E & Lower Sherbourne St
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
King Station (Line 1)1 km
GO Transit
GO bus 16 Hamilton / Toronto Express31 Guelph / Toronto21 Milton65 Newmarket / Toronto61 Richmond Hill68 Barrie / Newmarket71 Stouffville90 Lakeshore East18 Lakeshore West35 Union Pearson Express at Union Station Bus Terminal910 m
Streetcar
503504508501 nearest 572 m
TTC bus
75651142021211997 nearest 110 m
Blue Night
304301365320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Lower Sherbourne St installed 2001
Bike Share
190 Queens Quay E 120 m · 15 docks · 44 stations, 1,007 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 (18)
  • George Brown College - Waterfront CampusCollege · 267 m
  • St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1English Separate · 342 m
  • Downtown Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 384 m
  • Market Lane Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 409 m
  • George Brown College - St James CampusCollege · 628 m
  • Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 648 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (38)
  • Sherbourne Common182 m
  • Princess Street Park211 m
  • David Crombie Park292 m
  • Aitken Place Park315 m
  • 120 Queens Quay E Park320 m
  • Sugar Beach Park357 m
  • and 32 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch461 m
Places of interest
  • Sugar Beach ParkNature/ Park · 394 m
  • Young People's TheatrePerforming Arts · 473 m
  • Museum of Illusions TorontoMuseum · 511 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 514 m
  • St. Lawrence Market and Market GalleryAttraction · 516 m
  • Redpath Sugar MuseumMuseum · 561 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 596 m
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 608 m
Signal
0203, activated 1953 · SA1

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 16 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 340 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, 104 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés16 within 300 m · 340 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 54 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 12 Bonnycastle St104 mPassed, May 2026
Pizzaville · 190 Queens Quay E157 mPassed, Oct 2025
Osmows · 215 Queens Quay E179 mPassed, Feb 2026
Adobo Fresh Burrito Mexican Grill · 16 Richardson St Unit-3224 mPassed, Mar 2026
Chaska Indian Street Food · 16 Richardson Stgrocery224 mPassed, May 2026
Pi Co · 16 Richardson St Rm-4224 mPassed, Apr 2026
Lazy Barista · 155 Queens Quay E Unit-1236 mPassed, Jan 2026
Booster Juice · 12 Richardson St Unit-7260 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Sherbourne Common Outdoor Rink Washroom, 231 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 62 m away at Sherbourne Common.

  • Sherbourne Common Outdoor Rink Washroom · 5 Lower Sherbourne St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    231 m
  • East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · 261 Queens Quay East
    View centre hours · accessible
    392 m
  • St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 230 The Esplanade
    View centre hours
    395 m
Drinking water
Sherbourne Common drinking fountain · 62 m; Sherbourne Common drinking fountain · 229 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 464 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care (2 Princess Street) (171 m, 49 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 464 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care (2 Princess Street) · 2 Princess St
    49 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    171 m
  • George Brown College - Mary's Place Child Care Centre · 185 Queens Quay E
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    185 m
  • Aquabella Child Care · 75 Edgewater Dr
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    330 m
  • St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) · 230 the Esplanade
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    398 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (469 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (703 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 333 · 469 m207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 703 m51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.1 km58 Richmond St E

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 23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,066 rental units — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 15 Scadding Ave (261 m, 251 units, 9 storeys, built 1982), which scored 84 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 35 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 35 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 3,066 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202635 across the 23
Open fire-code violations35
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Scadding AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2519198284 · Jul 20254 · 1 fire261 m
49 Henry Lane TerToronto Community Housing · TCH155198084 · Jul 20250296 m
176 The EsplanadeToronto Community Housing · TCH2207200695 · Nov 20252 · 1 fire338 m
25 Henry Lane TerToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1966197977 · Jul 20251366 m
5 Hahn Plsocial housing · St Clare's Multifaith Housing324198090 · Sep 20240384 m
140 The EsplanadeToronto Community Housing · TCH1027199381 · Nov 20251419 m
31 Princess Stsocial housing · Kral Property Management Inc.8210199481 · Jun 20240421 m
33 Hahn Plsocial housing · Les Centres D'accueil Heritage (Owns and Manages Bldg Cah Is Not A Property Mngmt Co)1358198084 · Jul 20255 · 4 fire439 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 lots518 lots · ≈29,730 spaces · 89.2 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈1,570 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 6,738 spaces
EV charging (City)51 Dockside Dr. · 267 m · 5 Level 2 ports
Bike parking66 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 35 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 25 York St (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
185 Queens Quay East · Surface218 m83 *
51 Dockside Dr · Garage277 m30619% (Q1 2026)
31A Parliament Street · Surface505 m230 *
44 Parliament Street · Surface537 m120 *
2 Church St · Garage563 m1,97216% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 110 m away, ≈75 spaces; 154 m away, ≈40 spaces; 157 m away, ≈58 spaces; 196 m away, ≈440 spaces; 213 m away, ≈18 spaces; 240 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr (267 m, 6 ports); 2 Church St. (565 m, 28 ports); 40 York St (1.4 km, 12 ports).

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, Jun 5, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 16,296 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 57% of the total, against 58 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the north (671 of 1,295). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,360 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,323 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 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 north1,883southbound · 671 bikes · 11.9% heavy
From the west16,296eastbound · 61 bikes · 8.0% heavy
Total vehicles28,8012,350 pedestrians · 1,295 cyclists · 8.9% heavy
From the east10,564westbound · 33 bikes · 9.8% heavy
From the south58northbound · 530 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,360 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,323 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 5, 2024

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 Lower Sherbourne St between Gardiner W and The Esplanade, 299 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2021 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd E · Richardson St – Lower Sherbourne St · 106 mMay 2011 · 24 h10,979
Lower Sherbourne St · Gardiner W – The Esplanade · 299 mMay 2021 · 3 days5,02841 km/h49 km/h54 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 2019, with 51 collisions; 2025 recorded 45. 50 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 33 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 13.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions396#186 of 5,508
With an injury50#232 of 4,660
Property damage only318
Fail to remain33
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1219 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified28
Since January 2026 (outside the window)10
All since 2014507latest Jun 9, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Aug 7, 2014.

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 one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 25, 2020. 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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 396 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 & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #384 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.78× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lower Sherbourne St between Gardiner W and The Esplanade (May 2021), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 185 Queens Quay East (218 m away, 83 spaces). The City's mapping shows 518 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,730 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 51 Dockside Dr. (267 m).

How do I get to Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South) by transit?

King Station (Line 1) is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 503, 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 572 m away; bus routes 75, 65, 114, 202, 121, 19, 97 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 340 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (104 m), Pizzaville (157 m), Osmows (179 m), Adobo Fresh Burrito Mexican Grill (224 m) and Pi Co (224 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 & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

The nearest is Sherbourne Common Outdoor Rink Washroom, 5 Lower Sherbourne St, 231 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms (392 m); St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom (395 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 & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 464 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care (2 Princess Street) (171 m, 49 spaces), George Brown College - Mary's Place Child Care Centre (185 m, 75 spaces) and Aquabella Child Care (330 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,066 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Scadding Ave (261 m, 251 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 49 Henry Lane Ter (296 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 176 The Esplanade (338 m, 220 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 25 Henry Lane Ter (366 m, 196 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 90 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 & Lower Sherbourne (South)?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands page.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South) in?

Lake Shore & Lower Sherbourne (South) is in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (City of Toronto neighbourhood 166). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the The Waterfront Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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