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Lake Shore & Rees

Lake Shore Blvd W & Rees St · Toronto, Ontario · Harbourfront-CityPlace · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Lake Shore & Rees, in Harbourfront-CityPlace, in the downtown core, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, a multi-use trail and parks. Nearby: Union Station (Line 1) 798 m away and Union Station GO 807 m away.

Traffic volume
29,173
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 11, 2025
1,587 pedestrians · 129 cyclists · #366 busiest
Collisions
336
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
46 with an injury · 260 property damage · #244 of 5,508 · +22 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Union Station 798 m · 5 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,080 vehicles, 1.80× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 18 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 34 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 11.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.3× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 6%, from 163 in 2016–2020 to 173 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lake Shore & Rees

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Lake Shore Blvd W & Rees 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 9204 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Rees St
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Lake Shore & Rees, 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 9204 · Lake Shore Blvd W & Rees 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
Union Station (Line 1)798 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)859 m
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville807 m; 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 Terminal943 m
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 588 m — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 789 m
Streetcar
509510504508503 nearest 86 m
TTC bus
1142021211997 nearest 802 m
Blue Night
310304320
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Queens Quay West at Rees St; Queens Quay West at Rees St West Side
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Waterfront Trl installed 2013
Bike Share
HTO Park (Queens Quay W) 181 m · 27 docks · 60 stations, 1,377 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 (10)
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 598 m
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 598 m
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 904 m
  • The Waterfront SchoolEnglish Public · 932 m
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (37)
  • Rees Street Parkette178 m
  • Roundhouse Park209 m
  • Hto Park218 m
  • Bobbie Rosenfeld Park232 m
  • Peter Street Basin Park239 m
  • Southern Linear Park345 m
  • and 31 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Toronto Railway MuseumMuseum · 151 m
  • Steam Whistle BreweryAttraction · 158 m
  • HTO ParkNature/ Park · 219 m
  • Ripley's Aquarium of CanadaAttraction · 295 m
  • Rogers CentreSports / Entertainment Venue · 306 m
  • CN TowerAttraction · 339 m
  • Harbourfront CentrePerforming Arts · 408 m
  • The Power Plant Contemporary Art GalleryGallery · 418 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 29 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 371 — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pizzaiolo, 14 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés29 within 300 m · 371 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizzaiolo · 3 Rees St14 mPassed, Jul 2026
Swiss Chalet / Harvey's · 266 Queens Quay W70 mPassed, Sep 2026
Empress of Canada · 260 Queens Quay W82 mPassed, May 2026
Golden Eggs · 262 Queens Quay W Unit-5103 mPassed, Jun 2026
Saunoa Floating Sauna · 275 Queens Quay W108 mPassed, Apr 2026
Indian Roti House · 256 Queens Quay W111 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Bubble Baby Cafe · 258 Queens Quay W115 mPassed, Apr 2026
Rabba Fine Foods · 252 Queens Quay Wgrocery116 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 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 the automated public toilet at 318 Queens Quay W, 56 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 204 m away at Hto Park.

  • Automated public toilet, 318 Queens Quay W
    24 hours · accessible
    56 m
  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 95 Fort York Blvd
    View centre hours
    635 m
  • Metro Hall · 55 John Street
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    757 m
Drinking water
Hto Park drinking fountain · 204 m; Roundhouse Park drinking fountain · 245 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,184 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Downtown Montessori at Concord City Place (422 m, 59 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,184 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 13
  • Downtown Montessori at Concord City Place · 335 Bremner Blvd
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    422 m
  • Downtown Montessori at Infinity Place (Day Care Connection) · 26 Grand Trunk Cres
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    429 m
  • Waterclub Jr YMCA · 208 Queens Quay W
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    436 m
  • Kidz Kare Daycare · 15 York St
    96 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    575 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 334 (248 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 248 m away.

FireFire Station 334 · 248 m339 Queens Quay W
Police52 Division · 1.6 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 248 m339 Queens Quay W

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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,063 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 350 Queens Quay W (207 m, 228 units, 19 storeys, built 1987), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 40 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 31 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 2,063 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202640 across the 9
Open fire-code violations31
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
350 Queens Quay W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.22819198798 · Sep 202613 · 16 fire207 m
390 Queens Quay W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.28921198799 · Sep 202416 · 15 fire309 m
50 John St · 1725460 Ontario Inc143194093 · Nov 20253711 m
450 Front St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services592462023100 · Jul 20252786 m
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 20241840 m
57 Spadina Ave · Tricon286362022100 · Jun 20242861 m
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 20241872 m
150 Dan Leckie WayToronto Community Housing · Greenwin29841201293 · Aug 20262932 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 lots434 lots · ≈13,860 spaces · 41.6 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈1,090 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 6,508 spaces
EV charging (City)40 York St · 713 m · 12 Level 2 ports
Bike parking183 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 25 York St (628 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 York St · Garage747 m31141% (Q1 2026)
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface1 km110 *
2 Portland St · Garage1 km3797% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface1 km2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface1 km14over 100% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 109 m away, ≈242 spaces; 127 m away, ≈53 spaces; 132 m away, ≈3 spaces; 152 m away, ≈143 spaces; 155 m away, ≈2 spaces; 170 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Soho St. (1.3 km, 4 ports); 10 Portland St (1.3 km, 4 ports); 2 Church St. (1.4 km, 28 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, Feb 11, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 16,290 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 2,104 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,956 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m., 21% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (2,449). Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% 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 north4,113southbound · 44 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west16,290eastbound · 32 bikes · 3.6% heavy
Total vehicles29,1731,587 pedestrians · 129 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east6,666westbound · 9 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the south2,104northbound · 44 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,956 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,449 vehicles from 4:30 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

The City's most recent midblock count on Lake Shore Blvd W between Gardiner E and Gardiner E (224 m away, May 2011) recorded volume only — about 22,371 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd W · Gardiner E – Gardiner E · 224 mMay 2011 · 24 h22,371

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 46 collisions; 2025 recorded 35. 46 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 37 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 22 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 11.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions336#244 of 5,508
With an injury46#271 of 4,660
Property damage only260
Fail to remain37
Involving a pedestrian3#1310 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1225 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist8
With a fatality0
Severity not classified30
Since January 2026 (outside the window)22
All since 2014428latest Jun 23, 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. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 28, 2009.

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 theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 4, 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 Harbourfront-CityPlace.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore & Rees a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 336 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 & Rees?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #366 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.80× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Rees?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 York St (747 m away, 311 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 434 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,860 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 40 York St (713 m).

How do I get to Lake Shore & Rees by transit?

Union Station (Line 1) is 798 m away; Union Station GO is 807 m away; streetcar routes 509, 510, 504, 508 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 86 m away; bus routes 114, 202, 121, 19, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queens Quay West at Rees St, 802 m).

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Rees?

29 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 371 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizzaiolo (14 m), Swiss Chalet / Harvey's (70 m), Empress of Canada (82 m), Golden Eggs (103 m) and Saunoa Floating Sauna (108 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 & Rees?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 318 Queens Quay W, 56 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom (635 m); Metro Hall (757 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 & Rees?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,184 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Downtown Montessori at Concord City Place (422 m, 59 spaces), Downtown Montessori at Infinity Place (Day Care Connection) (429 m, 65 spaces) and Waterclub Jr YMCA (436 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Rees?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,063 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 350 Queens Quay W (207 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 390 Queens Quay W (309 m, 289 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 50 John St (711 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 450 Front St W (786 m, 592 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 97 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 & Rees?

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 Harbourfront-CityPlace page.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore & Rees in?

Lake Shore & Rees is in Harbourfront-CityPlace (City of Toronto neighbourhood 165). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined