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Lake Shore & Thirteenth

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

Lake Shore & Thirteenth is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in New Toronto. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,594
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 4, 2014
644 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
56
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 41 property damage · #1897 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
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: 22 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,070 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 13 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 5.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 13%, from 30 in 2016–2020 to 26 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lake Shore & Thirteenth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 15 m
TTC bus
11044 nearest 17 m
Express
944
Blue Night
301345337
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Lake Shore Blvd West at Thirteenth St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Twelfth St / Thirteenth St 133 m · 22 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 (10)
  • St Josaphat Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 225 m
  • Children's Urban Enrichment StudioPrivate · 390 m
  • The Holy Trinity SchoolEnglish Separate · 490 m
  • Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 599 m
  • Seventh Street Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 620 m
  • Lakeshore Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 639 m
  • and 4 more
Parks (19)
  • Lakeshore Village Park228 m
  • Birmingham Street Parkette253 m
  • Jordon Carter Memorial Park477 m
  • Twelfth Street Parkette629 m
  • Rotary Peace Park647 m
  • Colonel Samuel Smith Park695 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library New Toronto branch163 m
Signal
1689, activated 1994 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 66. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 49 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2024.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rabba Fine Foods · 3089 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery49 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Tim Hortons · 3089 Lake Shore Blvd W49 mPassed, Sep 2024
Zakopane Deli · 3061 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery145 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Albatros Pub · 3057 Lake Shore Blvd W151 mPassed, Dec 2025
Shin Ramen & Sushi · 3106 Lake Shore Blvd W160 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction
Dimitri's Place · 3031 Lake Shore Blvd W239 mPassed, Mar 2026
Funny Bones · 3029 Lake Shore Blvd W248 mPassed, Dec 2024
Le Jardin de Moliere Inc. · 3029 Lake Shore Blvd W Flr-2248 mPassed, Feb 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 Rotary Peace Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 561 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 578 m away at Rotary Peace Park.

  • Rotary Peace Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 25 Eleventh St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    561 m
  • Ken Cox Community Centre Washroom · 28 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr
    View centre hours
    603 m
  • Power House Recreation Centre Washroom · 65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr
    View outdoor rink hours
    704 m
Drinking water
Rotary Peace Park drinking fountain · 578 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 459 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Le Jardin de Moliere Inc (246 m, 15 spaces, toddler).

Within 1 km7 centres · 459 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Le Jardin de Moliere Inc · 3029 Lake Shore Blvd W
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    246 m
  • Holy Trinity YMCA · 6 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    490 m
  • Marguerite Butt Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 3197 Lake Shore Blvd W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    583 m
  • Lakeshore Community Childcare Centre · 101 Seventh St
    164 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    620 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 435 (441 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 435 · 441 m130 Eighth St
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1.1 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

Within a kilometre there are 33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,133 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 250 Twelfth St (151 m, 178 units, 14 storeys, built 1993), which scored 99 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 56 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings33 · 1,133 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202656 across the 33
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
250 Twelfth StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation17814199399 · Aug 20261151 m
18 Fourteenth St · Anchor Property Managers Inc223196095 · Aug 20260155 m
20 Fourteenth St · Anchor Property Managers Inc123195787 · Jul 20250156 m
60 Fifteenth St · Alto Properties Inc.113195897 · Jul 20251335 m
250 Birmingham St233195081 · Aug 20260371 m
66 Fifteenth St · Orchard Park Property Management233195793 · Jul 20250393 m
36 Twelfth St · 36 Twelfth Ltd103196591 · Aug 20261400 m
68 Fifteenth St · Orchard Park Property Management233195792 · Aug 20242411 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 lots643 lots · ≈42,400 spaces · 127.2 ha
Within 500 m89 lots · ≈1,730 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 511 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking16 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
128 Eight St · Surface445 m5821% (Q1 2026)
139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface571 m11 *
120 Sixth St · Surface640 m5832% (Q1 2026)
65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface722 m210 *
140 Fifth St · Surface728 m5239% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 29 m away, ≈21 spaces; 64 m away, ≈4 spaces; 64 m away, ≈3 spaces; 81 m away, ≈36 spaces; 92 m away, ≈42 spaces; 101 m away, ≈16 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, Feb 4, 2014

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,545 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 216 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,542 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m., 15% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (1,341). Trucks and buses were 6.8% 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 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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 north383southbound · 1 bikes · 0.5% heavy
From the west3,450eastbound · 0 bikes · 7.8% heavy
Total vehicles8,594644 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 6.8% heavy
From the east4,545westbound · 3 bikes · 6.9% heavy
From the south216northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,542 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,341 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 4, 2014

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 Colonel Sam Smith Park Trl and Sixteenth St, 245 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in April 2009 put the average speed at 49 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 12,700 vehicles a day. Thirteenth St between Jackson Rd and Lake Shore Blvd W measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Mar 2011). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Thirteenth St · Jackson Rd – Lake Shore Blvd W · 71 mMar 2011 · 24 h1,73931 km/h42 km/h48 km/h
Lake Shore Blvd W · Colonel Sam Smith Park Trl – Sixteenth St · 245 mApr 2009 · 24 h12,72749 km/h57 km/h62 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 2017, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 9. 6 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions56#1897 of 5,508
With an injury6#2483 of 4,660
Property damage only41
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#2698 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2048 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201466latest Jun 22, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Four thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft310street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 21, 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 & Thirteenth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 56 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 & Thirteenth?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 4, 2014, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lake Shore & Thirteenth?

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.

Where can I park near Lake Shore & Thirteenth?

The nearest Green P car park is 128 Eight St (445 m away, 58 spaces, 21% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 643 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,400 spaces — 89 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 15 m away; bus routes 110, 44, 944 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lake Shore Blvd West at Thirteenth St, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Lake Shore & Thirteenth?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 66 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (49 m), Albatros Pub (151 m), Shin Ramen & Sushi (160 m), Dimitri's Place (239 m) and Funny Bones (248 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 & Thirteenth?

The nearest is Rotary Peace Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 25 Eleventh St, 561 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Ken Cox Community Centre Washroom (603 m); Power House Recreation Centre Washroom (704 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 & Thirteenth?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 459 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Le Jardin de Moliere Inc (246 m, 15 spaces), Holy Trinity YMCA (490 m, 127 spaces) and Marguerite Butt Early Learning & Child Care Centre (583 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore & Thirteenth?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,133 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 250 Twelfth St (151 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 18 Fourteenth St (155 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 20 Fourteenth St (156 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 60 Fifteenth St (335 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 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 & Thirteenth?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three 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 & Thirteenth in?

Lake Shore & Thirteenth 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