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Lake Shore & Second (West)

Lake Shore Blvd W & Second St (West) · Toronto, Ontario · New Toronto · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore · Lakeshore Village BIA

Lake Shore & Second (West) is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in New Toronto. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,145
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 15, 2024
1,897 pedestrians · 302 cyclists · #1525 busiest
Collisions
27
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 14 property damage · #2938 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #568 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
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: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 870 vehicles, 75% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.5% of vehicle volume, about 3.2× the typical share. That comes with about 2.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 31%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 27 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lake Shore & Second (West)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 81 m
TTC bus
11076 nearest 480 m
Blue Night
301337
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Lake Shore Blvd West at Third St; Lake Shore Blvd West at First St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Second St / Lake Shore Blvd W 21 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 71 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 (9)
  • Second Street Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 194 m
  • Seventh Street Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 432 m
  • Children's Urban Enrichment StudioPrivate · 638 m
  • St Josaphat Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 815 m
  • John English Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Mimico Adult CentreEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Sand Beach Road Parkette229 m
  • Prince of Wales Park341 m
  • Sixth Street Park662 m
  • Jordon Carter Memorial Park670 m
  • Lake Crescent Park692 m
  • Hillside Park763 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library New Toronto branch885 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 43 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Basket of Bread, 28 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2025 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Basket of Bread · 2783 Lake Shore Blvd W28 mPassed, May 2025 · 2 infractions
House of Snooker · 2789 Lake Shore Blvd W36 mPassed, Aug 2024
We the Tacos · 2765 Lake Shore Blvd W38 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pizza Hut · 2788 Lake Shore Blvd W Bldg-342 mPassed, Jun 2026
Faine Meesto · 2790 Lake Shore Blvd W53 mPassed, Mar 2026
Ati Pastry · 2755 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-D85 mPassed, Mar 2026
Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge · 2749 Lake Shore Blvd W90 mPassed, Aug 2026
Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge · 2749 Lake Shore Blvd W91 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction

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 New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 170 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 229 m away at Prince of Wales Park.

  • New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom · 105 Fourth St
    View centre hours
    170 m
  • Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1 Third St
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    358 m
  • Rotary Peace Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 25 Eleventh St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
Prince of Wales Park 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 448 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Second Street School Age YMCA (194 m, 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 448 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 6
  • Second Street School Age YMCA · 71 Second St
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    194 m
  • Lamp Jr YMCA · 185 Fifth St
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    350 m
  • Lakeshore Community Childcare Centre · 101 Seventh St
    164 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    432 m
  • The Mint School - Mimico · 74 Royal York Rd
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age
    645 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 435 (597 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 435 · 597 m130 Eighth St
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1.8 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

26 registered apartment buildings with 1,117 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 24 Second St (116 m, 23 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 85 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 48 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 1,117 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202648 across the 26
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
24 Second St234195585 · Nov 20250116 m
8 Lake Shore Dr113196092 · Jul 20250144 m
2835 Lake Shore Blvd WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1489198097 · Aug 20255167 m
8 Sand Beach Rd243196688 · Aug 20241188 m
121 Fourth St · Ipg Management Group Inc103198387 · Aug 20260192 m
23 Third St · 346 Hopewell Inc113197089 · Sep 20240247 m
2704 Lake Shore Blvd W304196092 · Jul 20261266 m
2696 Lake Shore Blvd W · Landlord Property & Rental Mgmnt Ic274195585 · Jul 20260305 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 lots550 lots · ≈30,710 spaces · 92.1 ha
Within 500 m88 lots · ≈1,390 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 534 spaces
EV charging (City)2390 Lake Shore Blvd W · 1.7 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking32 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
66 Third St · Surface121 m2434% (Q1 2026)
105 Fourth Street · Surface196 m22 *
140 Fifth St · Surface305 m5239% (Q1 2026)
120 Sixth St · Surface405 m5832% (Q1 2026)
139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface462 m11 *

Nearest lots: 19 m away, ≈11 spaces; 35 m away, ≈2 spaces; 44 m away, ≈10 spaces; 46 m away, ≈13 spaces; 51 m away, ≈34 spaces; 59 m away, ≈17 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 — 14-hour, May 15, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 5,776 eastbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 228. Most cyclists arrived from the west (155 of 302). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,136 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,025). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north446southbound · 20 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the west5,776eastbound · 155 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles12,1451,897 pedestrians · 302 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east5,695westbound · 102 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south228northbound · 25 bikes · 3.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,025 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,136 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 15, 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

The City's counter on Second St between Maple Blvd and Birmingham St (204 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 2-day count in April 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Second St · Maple Blvd – Birmingham St · 204 mApr 2019 · 2 days1,52340 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Lake Shore Blvd W · Royal York Rd – Sand Beach Rd · 373 mAug 2015 · 3 days13,507

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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions27#2938 of 5,508
With an injury4#2862 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian3#1111 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201434latest Jun 12, 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 Jan 4, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#568 of 1,505
Fatal1#197 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#265 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Jan 4, 2023

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 five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 23, 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 New Toronto.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore & Second (West) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#568 of 1,505), out of 27 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 & Second (West)?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1525 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 75% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lake Shore & Second (West)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Second St between Maple Blvd and Birmingham St (April 2019), found an average of 40 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 & Second (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 66 Third St (121 m away, 24 spaces, 34% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 550 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,710 spaces — 88 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.7 km).

How do I get to Lake Shore & Second (West) by transit?

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 81 m away; bus routes 110, 76 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lake Shore Blvd West at Third St, 480 m).

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Second (West)?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Basket of Bread (28 m), House of Snooker (36 m), We the Tacos (38 m), Pizza Hut (42 m) and Faine Meesto (53 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 & Second (West)?

The nearest is New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 105 Fourth St, 170 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom (358 m); Rotary Peace Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Second (West)?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 448 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Second Street School Age YMCA (194 m, 127 spaces), Lamp Jr YMCA (350 m, 47 spaces) and Lakeshore Community Childcare Centre (432 m, 164 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Second (West)?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,117 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 24 Second St (116 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 8 Lake Shore Dr (144 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 2835 Lake Shore Blvd W (167 m, 148 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 8 Sand Beach Rd (188 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 91 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 & Second (West)?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles 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 New Toronto page.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore & Second (West) in?

Lake Shore & Second (West) is in New Toronto (City of Toronto neighbourhood 018). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley. The corner falls inside the Lakeshore Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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