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Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave

Toronto, Ontario · Long Branch · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Long Branch. At the corner: a bike lane, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,736
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 25, 2020
1,522 pedestrians · 28 cyclists
Collisions
169
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
31 with an injury · 123 property damage · #617 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #377 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
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,340 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.16× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 17 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged down 10%, from 89 in 2016–2020 to 80 in 2021–2025. About one in 85 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave

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
110123 nearest 15 m
Blue Night
301345315
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Lake Shore Blvd West at Long Branch Ave
Regional
MiWay 5 Dixie23 Lakeshore31 Ogden at Long Branch GO Station Platform A880 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Lake Shore Blvd W installed 2001
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / Long Branch Ave 12 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 64 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 (11)
  • James S Bell Jr Mdl Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 305 m
  • St Leo Catholic School (Temporary Location)English Separate · 339 m
  • Penguin Private SchoolPrivate · 348 m
  • Vincent Massey AcademyPrivate · 593 m
  • Micheline Saint Cyr Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 916 m
  • Humber College School - Lakeshore CampusCollege · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (18)
  • Syd Cole Park141 m
  • Skeens Lane Parkette462 m
  • Long Branch Park & Cenotaph475 m
  • Birch Park608 m
  • Len Ford Park684 m
  • Municipal Park687 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Long Branch branch229 m
  • Toronto Public Library Alderwood branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Marie Curtis Park East BeachNature/ Park · 1.1 km
Signal
0240, activated 1958 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

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 12 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 67. The nearest is George the Greek, 27 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés12 within 300 m · 67 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
George the Greek · 3575 Lake Shore Blvd W27 mPassed, Apr 2026
Food Mantra · 3583 Lake Shore Blvd Wgrocery45 mPassed, Jul 2026
Little Caesars · 3560 Lake Shore Blvd W63 mPassed, Jun 2026
Long Branch Social House · 3595 Lake Shore Blvd W73 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
La Diperie · 3590 Lake Shore Blvd W, Unit-381 mPassed, Jun 2025
Little Caesars · 3560 Lake Shore Blvd W, Unit-6144 mPassed, Oct 2025
Hero Certified Burgers · 3560 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-108145 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pita Pit · 3560 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-103145 mPassed, Jan 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 156 m away at Syd Cole Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Syd Cole Park bottle filling station · 156 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 500 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch (96 m, 124 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 500 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch · 69 Long Branch Ave
    124 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    96 m
  • Thomas Berry Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 3495 Lake Shore Blvd W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    261 m
  • Plasp James S Bell Junior Middle School · 90 Thirty First St
    58 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    305 m
  • Plasp St. Elizabeth Catholic School · 3672 Lake Shore Blvd W
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    339 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 434 (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 434 · 1.2 km3 Lunness Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1.7 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 29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,182 rental units. The nearest is 15 Thirty Third St (368 m, 36 units, 3 storeys, built 1970), which scored 97 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 47 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 1,182 units
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202647 across the 29
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Thirty Third St · Central Erin Property Management363197097 · Jul 20251368 m
11 Thirty Third St · Central Erin Property Management233197097 · Jul 20250387 m
9 Thirty Third St · Central Erin Property Management343197097 · Jul 20244398 m
15 Birchlea Ave · Czapla Investments Ltd.143195078 · Jun 20240487 m
13 Birchlea Ave · Czapla Investments Ltd.143195080 · Jun 20240493 m
31 Park Blvd · Compten Management Inc.977196392 · Sep 20262 · 1 fire495 m
11 Birchlea Ave133195585 · Jul 20262501 m
9 Birchlea Ave133195590 · Aug 20264507 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 lots495 lots · ≈34,010 spaces · 102 ha
Within 500 m87 lots · ≈2,750 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 286 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W · Surface1 km2451% (Q1 2026)
5 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface1.1 km52 *
65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive · Surface1.4 km210 *

Nearest lots: 39 m away, ≈16 spaces; 42 m away, ≈3 spaces; 44 m away, ≈2 spaces; 57 m away, ≈12 spaces; 90 m away, ≈44 spaces; 91 m away, ≈80 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 25, 2020

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,838 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 500 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,675 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,750 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 11.1% 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 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north500southbound · 2 bikes · 7.2% heavy
From the west4,838eastbound · 18 bikes · 10.1% heavy
Total vehicles10,7361,522 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · 11.1% heavy
From the east4,533westbound · 6 bikes · 12.4% heavy
From the south865northbound · 2 bikes · 11.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,675 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,750 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 25, 2020

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.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2017, with 29 collisions; 2025 recorded 11. 31 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 11 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 5, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions169#617 of 5,508
With an injury31#486 of 4,660
Property damage only123
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian5#750 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#342 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified15
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014199latest Jun 5, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Sep 2, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#377 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#628 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness1
All KSI since 20066latest Sep 2, 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

Five thefts from vehicles and 19 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 3.1 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 58% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft1910other (11), apartment parking (6)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 14, 2025. 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 Long Branch.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#377 of 1,505), out of 169 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 Blvd W & Long Branch Ave?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 25, 2020, 1.16× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave?

The nearest Green P car park is 3239-3243 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.0 km away, 24 spaces, 51% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 495 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,010 spaces — 87 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave by transit?

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 15 m away; bus routes 110, 123 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lake Shore Blvd West at Long Branch Ave, 15 m); MiWay routes 5 Dixie, 23 Lakeshore, 31 Ogden at Long Branch GO Station Platform A.

What restaurants are near Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 67 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are George the Greek (27 m), Little Caesars (63 m), Long Branch Social House (73 m), La Diperie (81 m) and Little Caesars (144 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 Blvd W & Long Branch Ave?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 156 m away at Syd Cole Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 500 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rec Room Child Care @ Long Branch (96 m, 124 spaces), Thomas Berry Early Learning & Child Care Centre (261 m, 62 spaces) and Plasp James S Bell Junior Middle School (305 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,182 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Thirty Third St (368 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 11 Thirty Third St (387 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 9 Thirty Third St (398 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 15 Birchlea Ave (487 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 92 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 Blvd W & Long Branch Ave?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and 19 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 Long Branch page.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave in?

Lake Shore Blvd W & Long Branch Ave is in Long Branch (City of Toronto neighbourhood 019). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

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