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Lake Shore (id: 13468612)

Lake Shore Blvd W (id: 13468612) · Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Lake Shore (id: 13468612) is a high-volume crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in South Parkdale. It has a multi-use trail and a park at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
20,784
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 6, 2022
464 pedestrians · 1,189 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #375 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,600 vehicles, 2.2× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 45 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Cyclists were 5.7% of vehicle volume, about 7.4× the typical share.

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Lake Shore (id: 13468612)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508501 nearest 192 m
TTC bus
4024780 nearest 229 m
Blue Night
304301
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Martin Goodman / Waterfront Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd W / The Boulevard Club 13 m · 19 docks · 14 stations, 277 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)
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 389 m
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 766 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 774 m
  • Garden Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 791 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 845 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 938 m
  • and 4 more
Parks (24)
  • Beaty Boulevard Parkette179 m
  • Grafton Avenue Park313 m
  • Beaty Avenue Parkette351 m
  • Budapest Park362 m
  • Albert Crosland Park591 m
  • Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands668 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 1 km
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 130 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is The Boulevard Club (Main Kitchen), 152 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 130 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Boulevard Club (Main Kitchen) · 1491 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-1152 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Palais Royale · 1601 Lake Shore Blvd W188 mPassed, May 2026
La Barbacha Mexican Food · 1647 Queen St Wgrocery221 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Easy Restaurant · 1645 Queen St W226 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Atlantis Coffee Co · 1605 Queen St W239 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Paddler Thai Boat Noodles · 1710 Queen St W243 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
McDonald's · 10 the Queensway245 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Grand Trunk · 1718 Queen St W248 mPassed, Mar 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 Budapest Park Washroom, 360 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 224 m away at Budapest Park.

  • Budapest Park Washroom · 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    360 m
  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    695 m
  • Sunnyside Park Pavillion East Washroom · 1755 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    885 m
Drinking water
Budapest Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 224 m; Beaty Avenue Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 369 m · off

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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 928 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (766 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 928 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 100 Close Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    766 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated · 136 Sorauren Ave
    64 spaces · preschool
    769 m
  • Sunnyside Garden Day Care · 225 Garden Ave
    193 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    791 m
  • Kids Zone Daycare Inc. · 123 Glendale Ave
    51 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    800 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 1 km140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 2.2 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.3 km1288 Queen St 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

80 registered apartment buildings with 5,565 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1570 King St W (157 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1910), which scored 76 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 191 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 45 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings80 · 5,565 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026191 across the 80
Open fire-code violations45
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1570 King St W · Ksm Investment Ltd183191076 · Jul 20260157 m
1609 Queen St W · Pergos Developments413190094 · Jun 20260217 m
1621 Queen St W · Pergos Developments746190090 · Jun 20250219 m
1623 Queen St W · Hannah Property Management Ltd.424192292 · Jun 20260222 m
70 Wilson Park Rd254197084 · Sep 20241278 m
81 Wilson Park Rd163192286 · Jul 20260337 m
1504 King St W · Pergos Developments153190087 · Jul 20250350 m
1502 King St W · Pegasus Group153195270 · Jul 20260363 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 lots360 lots · ≈14,570 spaces · 43.7 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈1,100 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 1,237 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking36 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1624 Queen St W · Surface359 m3371% (Q1 2026)
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface526 m193 *
14 Fuller Ave · Surface615 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface621 m120 *
1325 Queen St W · Surface1 km3294% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 157 m away, ≈266 spaces; 157 m away, ≈20 spaces; 205 m away, ≈33 spaces; 262 m away, ≈9 spaces; 274 m away, ≈14 spaces; 276 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.8 km, 2 ports); 45 Abell St (1.8 km, 16 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 — 8-hour, Oct 6, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 13,517 eastbound vehicles, or 65% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 248. Most cyclists arrived from the west (598 of 1,189). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,633 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (3,302). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west13,517eastbound · 598 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles20,784464 pedestrians · 1,189 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east7,019westbound · 588 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south248northbound · 3 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour3,302 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour3,633 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 6, 2022

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

At the school-zone speed sign on Queen St W (370 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 3,458 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

School-zone speed sign 370 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 10 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Queen St W (eastbound), S Side Queen St W, East of Wilson Park Rd · 3,458 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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. All of them involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrians or cyclists. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Oct 31, 2018.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#375 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Oct 31, 2018

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lake Shore (id: 13468612) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#375 of 1,505). 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 (id: 13468612)?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 6, 2022, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Lake Shore (id: 13468612)?

The nearest Green P car park is 1624 Queen St W (359 m away, 33 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 360 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,570 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (1.3 km).

How do I get to Lake Shore (id: 13468612) by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 192 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 80 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lake Shore (id: 13468612)?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 130 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Boulevard Club (Main Kitchen) (152 m), Palais Royale (188 m), Easy Restaurant (226 m), Atlantis Coffee Co (239 m) and Paddler Thai Boat Noodles (243 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 (id: 13468612)?

The nearest is Budapest Park Washroom, 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W, 360 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W (695 m); Sunnyside Park Pavillion East Washroom (885 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 (id: 13468612)?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 928 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (766 m, 151 spaces), Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated (769 m, 64 spaces) and Sunnyside Garden Day Care (791 m, 193 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lake Shore (id: 13468612)?

80 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,565 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1570 King St W (157 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1609 Queen St W (217 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1621 Queen St W (219 m, 74 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1623 Queen St W (222 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 80 is 90 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.

What neighbourhood is Lake Shore (id: 13468612) in?

Lake Shore (id: 13468612) is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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