Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Live traffic camera
The City's RESCU camera at Gardiner E Lake Shore West E Ramp & Lake Shore Blvd W — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views
The City's own feed for Lake Shore & Palace Pier, 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.
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- Streetcar
- 507501508 nearest 159 m
- TTC bus
- 668077 nearest 159 m
- Blue Night
- 301
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Bike Lane on Lake Shore Blvd W installed 2001
- Bike Share
- Humber Bay Shores Park East 267 m · 23 docks · 9 stations, 235 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)
- Kcs Senior SchoolPrivate · 929 m
- St Mark Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
- Etienne Brule Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
- Humber College School - Power Boating and Sailing SchoolCollege · 1.5 km
- Community centres
- Parks (19)
- Palace Pier Park187 m
- Humber Bay Shores Park318 m
- Jean Augustine Park356 m
- South Humber Park680 m
- Riverside Drive Parkette761 m
- Sir Casimir Gzowski Park863 m
- and 13 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Humber Bay branch1.3 km
- Places of interest
- Humber Bay Park West (Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat)Nature/ Park · 802 m
- Signal
- 2034, activated 1995 · SA2
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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 46. The nearest is Wiki Cafe, 52 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Wiki Cafe · 88 Palace Pier Crt | 52 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Pauls Coffee · 88 Palace Pier Crt, Unit-103 | 53 m | Passed, Apr 2025 |
| Pier Food Shoppe · 2045 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery | 87 m | Passed, Nov 2023 |
| Veloute Bistro · 2045 Lake Shore Blvd W, Flr-1 | 87 m | Passed, Apr 2025 |
| Hearthstone Communities Services By the Bay · 2077 Lake Shore Blvd W Flr-3rd | 118 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Grenadier Convenience · 5 Marine Parade Dr, Unit-29grocery | 168 m | Passed, Sep 2025 · 2 infractions |
| Vos Restaurant (Etobicoke) · 2083 Lake Shore Blvd W | 179 m | Passed, Oct 2024 · 2 infractions |
| Palace Place Foods · 1 Palace Pier Crtgrocery | 235 m | Passed, Nov 2023 |
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 Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 897 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 379 m away at Jean Augustine Park.
- Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible897 m
- Drinking water
- Jean Augustine Park drinking fountain · 379 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
One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 57 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (705 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).
- Windermere Early Learning Centre · 103 the Queensway
57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day705 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (4.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.
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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 144 rental units. The nearest is 65 Windermere Ave (925 m, 92 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 92 | 6 | 1962 | 95 · Jul 2025 | 3 | 925 m |
| 75 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 52 | 6 | 1962 | 95 · Sep 2026 | 2 | 1 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Marine Parade Drive · Surface | 507 m | 14 * | — |
| 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface | 611 m | 185 * | — |
| 2195 Lake shore Blvd West (Parks) · Surface | 949 m | 228 * | — |
| 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface | 1.3 km | 187 * | — |
| 2225 Lake shore Blvd West (Parks) · Surface | 1.3 km | 80 * | — |
Nearest lots: 39 m away, ≈38 spaces; 79 m away, ≈21 spaces; 93 m away, ≈27 spaces; 126 m away, ≈35 spaces; 127 m away, ≈45 spaces; 183 m away, ≈20 spaces. More EV charging: 625 The Queensway (1.7 km, 2 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, Apr 23, 2025
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 9,861 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 90% of the total, against 1,076 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (75 of 81). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,364 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m., 40% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (973). Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 Marine Parade Dr and Lake Shore W, 334 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in September 2010 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,300 vehicles a day. Palace Pier Crt between Waterfront Dr and Lake Shore Blvd W measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Jun 2017). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palace Pier Crt · Waterfront Dr – Lake Shore Blvd W · 72 m | Jun 2017 · 24 h | 3,035 | 36 km/h | 45 km/h | 52 km/h |
| Lake Shore Blvd W · Marine Parade Dr – Lake Shore W · 334 m | Sep 2010 · 24 h | 9,281 | 46 km/h | 57 km/h | 62 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 2023, with 15 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 26 collisions (26%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 9, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 9.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 99 | #1122 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 26 | #606 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 68 | |
| Fail to remain | 10 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #2114 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 5 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| All since 2014 | 132 | latest Apr 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
One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 6, 2024.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All KSI collisions | 1 | #567 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | #196 of 319 |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #264 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 1 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Mar 6, 2024 |
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
Four thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 1 | 0 | apartment parking (4) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 3, 2024. 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 Humber Bay Shores.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lake Shore & Palace Pier a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#567 of 1,505), out of 99 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 & Palace Pier?
A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1640 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 68% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Lake Shore & Palace Pier?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lake Shore Blvd W between Marine Parade Dr and Lake Shore W (September 2010), found an average of 46 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 & Palace Pier?
The nearest Green P car park is 15 Marine Parade Drive (507 m away, 14 spaces). The City's mapping shows 372 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,540 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (1.7 km).
How do I get to Lake Shore & Palace Pier by transit?
Streetcar routes 507, 501, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 159 m away; bus routes 66, 80, 77 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Palace Pier?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Wiki Cafe (52 m), Pauls Coffee (53 m), Veloute Bistro (87 m), Hearthstone Communities Services By the Bay (118 m) and Vos Restaurant (Etobicoke) (179 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 & Palace Pier?
The nearest is Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W, 897 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Palace Pier?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 57 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (705 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Palace Pier?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 144 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 65 Windermere Ave (925 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 75 Windermere Ave (1.0 km, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 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 & Palace Pier?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and four 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 Humber Bay Shores page.
What neighbourhood is Lake Shore & Palace Pier in?
Lake Shore & Palace Pier is in Humber Bay Shores (City of Toronto neighbourhood 161). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley. The corner falls inside the Humber Bay Shores Business Improvement Area.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 23, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras; live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Oct 3, 2024.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 3 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.63126, -79.47554 · centreline node 13469208.