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Morse & Lake Shore

Morse St & Lake Shore Blvd E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In South Riverdale, Morse & Lake Shore is a quiet local crossing. It has a multi-use trail and a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
549
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 27, 1998
4 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3092 of 5,508 · +2 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
2 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 70 vehicles an hour, 6% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 137 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 2.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 53%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 8 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Morse & Lake Shore

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503 nearest 721 m
TTC bus
7211483 nearest 131 m
Blue Night
301325
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Martin Goodman / Waterfront Trl installed 2002
Bike Share
25 Booth Ave 189 m · 24 docks · 11 stations, 196 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 (6)
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 634 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 840 m
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
Community centres
Parks (28)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch887 m
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 113 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 38 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2025.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 113 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Circle K · 805 Lake Shore Blvd Egrocery38 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 805 Lake Shore Blvd E38 mPassed, Mar 2025
Roll This Way · 14 Logan Ave Unit-B129 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mayfair Bistro · 801 Lake Shore Blvd E153 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Agrarian Kitchen · 26 Logan Ave Unit-A165 mPassed, Aug 2026
Delysees · 20 Logan Ave168 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 2 infractions
Reid's Distillery · 32 Logan Ave168 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Delysees · 20 Logan Ave168 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 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 McCleary Park Washroom, 207 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 196 m away at McCleary Park.

  • McCleary Park Washroom · 755 Lake Shore Blvd E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    207 m
  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    242 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    843 m
Drinking water
McCleary Park drinking fountain · 196 m; McCleary Park bottle filling station · 205 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 579 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (634 m, 192 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 579 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    634 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    755 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    784 m
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    799 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 918 m away.

FireFire Station 326 · 1.3 km30 Knox Ave
Police51 Division · 1.9 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 918 m126 Pape 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

11 registered apartment buildings with 624 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 502 Eastern Ave (439 m, 19 units, 5 storeys, built 1989), which scored 91 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 11 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 3 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings11 · 624 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 11
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
502 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes195198991 · Dec 20250439 m
15 Pape Avesocial housing · YWCA775198890 · Nov 20251578 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240670 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251683 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240687 m
841 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.363198869 · Jul 20260736 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261810 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250848 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 lots557 lots · ≈36,990 spaces · 111 ha
Within 500 m62 lots · ≈7,430 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,472 spaces
EV charging (City)500 Commissioners St · 543 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
83 Tannery Road · Garage1.3 km27 *
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage1.4 km25 *
115 Unwin Avenue · Surface1.5 km123 *

Nearest lots: 68 m away, ≈89 spaces; 70 m away, ≈114 spaces; 81 m away, ≈112 spaces; 95 m away, ≈168 spaces; 103 m away, ≈13 spaces; 116 m away, ≈41 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (831 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1.4 km, 2 ports); 963 Gerrard St E (1.5 km, 2 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, Jan 27, 1998

The south leg carries the load — 232 northbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 26. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 106 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 56% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (68). Trucks and buses were 22.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 29 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1998, 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 north26southbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west147eastbound · 0 bikes · 24.5% heavy
Total vehicles5494 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 22.6% heavy
From the east144westbound · 1 bikes · 17.4% heavy
From the south232northbound · 4 bikes · 27.2% heavy
AM peak hour68 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour106 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 27, 1998

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 E between Carlaw Ave and Lake Shore Blvd East Trl (Id: 60016775) (365 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 72 km/h. That segment carries about 26,000 vehicles a day. Morse St between Lane 2 S of Eastern and W of Carlaw and Morse Street Playground Trl measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Oct 2018). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Morse Street between Lake Shore Blvd E and Eastern Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Morse St · Lane 2 S of Eastern and W of Carlaw – Morse Street Playground Trl · 189 mOct 2018 · 3 days60125 km/h33 km/h39 km/h
Lake Shore Blvd E · Carlaw Ave – Lake Shore Blvd East Trl (Id: 60016775) · 365 mMar 2020 · 3 days25,97061 km/h72 km/h78 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Morse Street · Lake Shore Blvd E – Eastern Ave
    4 speed humps

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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions25#3092 of 5,508
With an injury5#2726 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist3#833 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201429latest Jun 16, 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 six thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 83% 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 vehicle600street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft420commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 17, 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Morse & Lake Shore 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 Morse & Lake Shore?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 27, 1998, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Morse & Lake Shore?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lake Shore Blvd E between Carlaw Ave and Lake Shore Blvd East Trl (Id: 60016775) (March 2020), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 72 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Morse & Lake Shore?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (1.0 km away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 557 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,990 spaces — 62 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 500 Commissioners St (543 m).

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

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 721 m away; bus routes 72, 114, 83 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Morse & Lake Shore?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 113 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (38 m), Roll This Way (129 m), Mayfair Bistro (153 m), Agrarian Kitchen (165 m) and Delysees (168 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 Morse & Lake Shore?

The nearest is McCleary Park Washroom, 755 Lake Shore Blvd E, 207 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (242 m); Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom (843 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 Morse & Lake Shore?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 579 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (634 m, 192 spaces), Brightpath Leslieville (755 m, 154 spaces) and Mighty Kids (784 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Morse & Lake Shore?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 624 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 502 Eastern Ave (439 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 15 Pape Ave (578 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 55 Pape Ave (670 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 17 Renwick Cres (683 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 88 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Morse & Lake Shore?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and four 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Morse & Lake Shore in?

Morse & Lake Shore is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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