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Lake Shore & Sixteenth

Lake Shore Blvd W & Sixteenth St · Toronto, Ontario · New Toronto · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In New Toronto, Lake Shore & Sixteenth is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
8,646
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 30, 2009
828 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3095 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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: 11 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,080 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 2.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged up 8%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lake Shore & Sixteenth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 139 m
TTC bus
11044 nearest 139 m
Express
944
Blue Night
301345337
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Seventeenth St 48 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 94 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 (12)
  • The Holy Trinity SchoolEnglish Separate · 227 m
  • Twentieth Street Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 399 m
  • Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 402 m
  • Humber College School - Lakeshore CampusCollege · 458 m
  • Lakeshore Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 467 m
  • St Josaphat Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 489 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (19)
  • Birmingham Street Parkette448 m
  • Lakeshore Village Park479 m
  • Colonel Samuel Smith Park611 m
  • Don Russell Memorial Park646 m
  • Twelfth Street Parkette716 m
  • Jordon Carter Memorial Park722 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library New Toronto branch422 m
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 74 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Shin Ramen & Sushi, 118 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 74 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shin Ramen & Sushi · 3106 Lake Shore Blvd W118 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction
Starbucks · 3155 Lake Shore Blvd W None237 mPassed, Apr 2026
Holy Trinity YMCA · 6 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr, Bldg-1245 mPassed, Nov 2024
Rabba Fine Foods · 3089 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery246 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Tim Hortons · 3089 Lake Shore Blvd W246 mPassed, Sep 2024
Artemis Cafe and Eatery · 3180 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-1301 mPassed, Sep 2026
Chai Stop · 3180 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-3301 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Coco Fresh Tea and Juice · 3180 Lake Shore Blvd W Bldg-6301 mPassed, Jul 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 Ken Cox Community Centre Washroom, 407 m away, View centre hours.

  • Ken Cox Community Centre Washroom · 28 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr
    View centre hours
    407 m
  • Power House Recreation Centre Washroom · 65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr
    View outdoor rink hours
    564 m
  • Gus Ryder Pool and Health Club Washroom · 1 Faustina Dr
    View centre hours
    626 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 412 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Holy Trinity YMCA (227 m, 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 412 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Holy Trinity YMCA · 6 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    227 m
  • Marguerite Butt Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 3197 Lake Shore Blvd W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    314 m
  • Plasp Twentieth Street Junior School · 3190 Lake Shore Blvd W
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    399 m
  • Le Jardin de Moliere Inc · 3029 Lake Shore Blvd W
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    516 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 435 (709 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 435 · 709 m130 Eighth St
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1 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

31 registered apartment buildings with 1,012 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 18 Fourteenth St (184 m, 22 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 54 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings31 · 1,012 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202654 across the 31
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
18 Fourteenth St · Anchor Property Managers Inc223196095 · Aug 20260184 m
20 Fourteenth St · Anchor Property Managers Inc123195787 · Jul 20250197 m
60 Fifteenth St · Alto Properties Inc.113195897 · Jul 20251281 m
250 Birmingham St233195081 · Aug 20260320 m
272 Birmingham St · 272 Birmingham Ltd103196590 · Aug 20260344 m
66 Fifteenth St · Orchard Park Property Management233195793 · Jul 20250345 m
359 Kipling Ave · Mars Investments Co.123196794 · Nov 20250352 m
68 Fifteenth St · Orchard Park Property Management233195792 · Aug 20242366 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 lots631 lots · ≈44,080 spaces · 132.2 ha
Within 500 m92 lots · ≈1,980 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 511 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking10 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
5 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface494 m52 *
65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface550 m210 *
3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W · Surface564 m2451% (Q1 2026)
128 Eight St · Surface715 m5821% (Q1 2026)
139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface841 m11 *

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈31 spaces; 68 m away, ≈27 spaces; 84 m away, ≈9 spaces; 93 m away, ≈24 spaces; 108 m away, ≈9 spaces; 118 m away, ≈19 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, Mar 30, 2009

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 4,292 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 178. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,209 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,225 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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 north178southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,292eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.3% heavy
Total vehicles8,646828 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east4,176westbound · 0 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,209 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,225 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 30, 2009

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 Colonel Sam Smith Park Trl and Sixteenth St (26 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 12,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Lake Shore Blvd W (278 m away, 50 km/h limit), 3.5% of the 179,150 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lake Shore Blvd W · Colonel Sam Smith Park Trl – Sixteenth St · 26 mApr 2009 · 24 h12,72749 km/h57 km/h62 km/h

School-zone speed sign 278 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct45 · 53 km/h
Over the limit11%
60 km/h or more3.5%

Lake Shore Blvd W (eastbound), 3182 Lake Shore Boulevard West · 179,150 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2021 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 36% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% 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 Jan 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions25#3095 of 5,508
With an injury2#3799 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2046 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201431latest Jan 29, 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

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 four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle401street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 6, 2026. 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 & Sixteenth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 25 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 & Sixteenth?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 30, 2009, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lake Shore & Sixteenth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lake Shore Blvd W between Colonel Sam Smith Park Trl and Sixteenth St (April 2009), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 278 m away (50 km/h), 3.5% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Sixteenth?

The nearest Green P car park is 5 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive (494 m away, 52 spaces). The City's mapping shows 631 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,080 spaces — 92 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 139 m away; bus routes 110, 44, 944 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Sixteenth?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 74 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Shin Ramen & Sushi (118 m), Starbucks (237 m), Holy Trinity YMCA (245 m), Tim Hortons (246 m) and Artemis Cafe and Eatery (301 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 & Sixteenth?

The nearest is Ken Cox Community Centre Washroom, 28 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr, 407 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Power House Recreation Centre Washroom (564 m); Gus Ryder Pool and Health Club Washroom (626 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 & Sixteenth?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 412 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Holy Trinity YMCA (227 m, 127 spaces), Marguerite Butt Early Learning & Child Care Centre (314 m, 62 spaces) and Plasp Twentieth Street Junior School (399 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Sixteenth?

31 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,012 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 18 Fourteenth St (184 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 20 Fourteenth St (197 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 60 Fifteenth St (281 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 250 Birmingham St (320 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 31 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 & Sixteenth?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 & Sixteenth in?

Lake Shore & Sixteenth is in New Toronto (City of Toronto neighbourhood 018). 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