Toronto · intersection · signal 1811

Northern Dancer & Lake Shore

Northern Dancer Blvd & Lake Shore Blvd E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Northern Dancer & Lake Shore is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in South Riverdale. It has a multi-use trail and a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,585
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 9, 2022
352 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
102
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 58 property damage · #1092 of 5,508 · +3 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard, Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 41 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,070 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 24 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 10 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 17%, from 47 in 2016–2020 to 55 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Northern Dancer & 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 479 m
TTC bus
922231 nearest 58 m
Blue Night
301322
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Woodbine Beach Loop at Lake Shore Blvd East
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Martin Goodman / Waterfront Trl installed 2002; Multi-Use Trail on Woodbine Park Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Northern Dancer Blvd / Lake Shore Blvd E 26 m · 41 docks · 11 stations, 349 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 (7)
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 491 m
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 798 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 1.3 km
  • Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Woodbine Beach Park155 m
  • Woodbine Park270 m
  • Measurement Park400 m
  • Ashbridges Bay Park526 m
  • Beach Skatepark531 m
  • Ashbridge's Bay Sports Hub635 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 278 m
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 385 m
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
Signal
1811, activated 1998 · SAP · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 70 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Booster Juice, 77 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 70 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Booster Juice · 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E77 mPassed, Jun 2025
Toronto Beach Club/Gg's Burgers · 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E77 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 3 infractions
Beaches N' Cream -#01730 · 1675 Lake Shore Blvd E236 mPassed, Mar 2026
Reef Kitchens · 1141 Eastern Ave None450 mPassed, Jun 2026
Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club · 30 Ashbridges Bay Park Rd472 mPassed, Jun 2025
Greenwood Teletheatre · 1661 Queen St E491 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Major Convenience · 1718 Queen St E, Unit-7grocery492 mPassed, Feb 2025
Parkview Smoke& Variety Plus Inc · 1712 Queen St Egrocery494 mPassed, Feb 2025

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 the automated public toilet at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E, 27 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 151 m away at Woodbine Park.

  • Automated public toilet, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E
    24 hours · accessible
    27 m
  • Woodbine Bathing Station Washroom · 1675 Lake Shore Blvd E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    164 m
  • Woodbine Park Washroom · 1695 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    256 m
Drinking water
Woodbine Park bottle filling station · 151 m; Woodbine Beach Park bottle filling station · 157 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 496 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (569 m, 34 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 496 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 6
  • Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1631 Queen St E
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    569 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 1921 Queen St E
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    765 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 1925 Queen St E
    111 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    776 m
  • Kew Beach Day Care Co-Op Inc. · 101 Kippendavie Ave
    182 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    798 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (745 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (884 m) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 227 · 745 m1904 Queen St E
Police55 Division · 884 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 2.3 km126 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

26 registered apartment buildings with 759 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2-12 Kingston Rd (535 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 35 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 759 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202635 across the 26
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2-12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197094 · Jul 20250535 m
6 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197097 · Aug 20260551 m
4 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197092 · Aug 20260558 m
8 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197094 · Aug 20263567 m
1836 Queen St E304192586 · Nov 20250573 m
1080 Eastern AveToronto Community Housing · TCH416196597 · Jul 20251575 m
10 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197090 · Jul 20257588 m
12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197093 · Aug 20263593 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 lots309 lots · ≈18,430 spaces · 55.3 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈1,650 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 1,008 spaces
EV charging (City)1760 Queen St E. · 480 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) · Surface159 m292 *
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface391 m6632% (Q1 2026)
20 Ashbridges Bay Park Road (Parks) · Surface393 m270 *
116 Winners Crcl · Surface420 m1052% (Q1 2026)
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface429 m1858% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 29 m away, ≈463 spaces; 387 m away, ≈662 spaces; 393 m away, ≈3 spaces (Green P); 401 m away, ≈64 spaces (Green P); 415 m away, ≈3 spaces (Green P); 427 m away, ≈5 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 1834 Queen St E (551 m, 2 ports); 1856 Queen St E. (594 m, 2 ports); 166 Woodbine Ave (631 m, 6 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, Feb 9, 2022

The west leg carries the load — 4,689 eastbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 204. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,429 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 22% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,175). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 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 north352southbound · 1 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west4,689eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles8,585352 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east3,340westbound · 2 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south204northbound · 2 bikes · 4.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,175 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,429 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 9, 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

The City's counter on Lake Shore Blvd E between Winners Crcl and Martin Goodman Trl (197 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 60 km/h. That segment carries about 18,000 vehicles a day. Northern Dancer Blvd between Lake Shore Blvd E and Boardwalk Dr measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Jun 2006). 3 speed humps slow traffic on Northern Dancer Boulevard between Queen St E and Lake Shore Blvd E.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Northern Dancer Blvd · Lake Shore Blvd E – Boardwalk Dr · 103 mJun 2006 · 3 days1,46635 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Lake Shore Blvd E · Winners Crcl – Martin Goodman Trl · 197 mMay 2026 · 3 days17,96752 km/h60 km/h65 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Northern Dancer Boulevard · Queen St E – Lake Shore Blvd E
    3 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

2024 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 11. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 36 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions102#1092 of 5,508
With an injury10#1722 of 4,660
Property damage only58
Fail to remain36
Involving a pedestrian1#2686 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2037 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified34
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014116latest May 23, 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 11 thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 91% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 100% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1140street/outdoor (10), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft1151street/outdoor (11)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 26, 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Northern Dancer & Lake Shore a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 102 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 Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 9, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lake Shore Blvd E between Winners Crcl and Martin Goodman Trl (May 2026), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

The nearest Green P car park is 1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) (159 m away, 292 spaces). The City's mapping shows 309 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,430 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1760 Queen St E. (480 m).

How do I get to Northern Dancer & Lake Shore by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 479 m away; bus routes 92, 22, 31 within 1 km (nearest stop: Woodbine Beach Loop at Lake Shore Blvd East, 58 m).

What restaurants are near Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 70 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Booster Juice (77 m), Toronto Beach Club/Gg's Burgers (77 m), Beaches N' Cream -#01730 (236 m), Reef Kitchens (450 m) and Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club (472 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 Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E, 27 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Woodbine Bathing Station Washroom (164 m); Woodbine Park Washroom (256 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 Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 496 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (569 m, 34 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (765 m, 72 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - the Beach (776 m, 111 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 759 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2-12 Kingston Rd (535 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 6 Kingston Rd (551 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4 Kingston Rd (558 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 8 Kingston Rd (567 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 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.

How many thefts are reported at Northern Dancer & Lake Shore?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Northern Dancer & Lake Shore in?

Northern Dancer & Lake Shore is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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