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Royal York & Lake Shore

Royal York Rd & Lake Shore Blvd W · Toronto, Ontario · Mimico-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Royal York & Lake Shore, in Mimico-Queensway, is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a protected bikeway and an accessible pedestrian signal.

Traffic volume
7,575
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2022
424 pedestrians · 72 cyclists
Collisions
103
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
18 with an injury · 69 property damage · #1080 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1 +1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1111 of 1,505 · 1 since Jan 2026 (Jun 29, 2026)
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Bi-Directional Cycle Track, Sharrows - Arterial - Connector
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 950 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 82% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 18 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 10 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 22%, from 58 in 2016–2020 to 45 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 103 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured. Since January 2026, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here.

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Royal York & Lake Shore

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 18 m
TTC bus
76 nearest 82 m
Blue Night
301
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Lake Shore Blvd West at Royal York Rd; Royal York Rd at Albani St
Cycling
Bi-Directional Cycle Track on Lake Shore Blvd W installed 2018; Sharrows - Arterial - Connector on Royal York Rd installed 2019
Bike Share
Royal York Rd / Lake Shore Blvd W 30 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 69 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 (9)
  • Second Street Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 552 m
  • John English Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 918 m
  • Seventh Street Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Phoenix Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Mimico Adult CentreEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • St Leo Catholic Elementary School (Future Address For Main Entrance)English Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (20)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mimico Centennial branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library New Toronto branch1.4 km
Signal
0233, activated 1960 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · bicycle signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 29 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Layali, 433 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Layali · 2731-2735 Lake Shore Blvd W433 mPassed, Jun 2026
McDonald's · 2736 Lake Shore Blvd W434 mPassed, Aug 2026
Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge · 2749 Lake Shore Blvd W467 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge · 2749 Lake Shore Blvd W468 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ati Pastry · 2755 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-D473 mPassed, Mar 2026
We the Tacos · 2765 Lake Shore Blvd W523 mPassed, Mar 2026
Basket of Bread · 2783 Lake Shore Blvd W570 mPassed, May 2025 · 2 infractions
Pizza Hut · 2788 Lake Shore Blvd W Bldg-3581 mPassed, Jun 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 New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 718 m away, View centre hours.

  • New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom · 105 Fourth St
    View centre hours
    718 m
  • Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1 Third St
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    731 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 488 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Mint School - Mimico (343 m, 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 488 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • The Mint School - Mimico · 74 Royal York Rd
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age
    343 m
  • Second Street School Age YMCA · 71 Second St
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    552 m
  • Lamp Jr YMCA · 185 Fifth St
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    827 m
  • John English YMCA · 95 Mimico Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    918 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 435 (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 435 · 1.1 km130 Eighth St
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.3 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 36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,344 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 6 Royal York Rd (59 m, 72 units, 5 storeys, built 1951), which scored 99 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 42 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 1,344 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202642 across the 36
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
6 Royal York Rd725195199 · Jul 2025059 m
2660 Lake Shore Blvd W · 2660 Lakeshore Inc.154196081 · Jul 2025063 m
2666 Lake Shore Blvd W164195583 · Aug 2026193 m
2663 Lake Shore Blvd W1118195393 · Aug 20265 · 1 fire97 m
2 Royal York Rd606195797 · Jul 20253105 m
2667 Lake Shore Blvd W174195597 · Jul 20250137 m
2696 Lake Shore Blvd W · Landlord Property & Rental Mgmnt Ic274195585 · Jul 20260249 m
2704 Lake Shore Blvd W304196092 · Jul 20261288 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 lots491 lots · ≈22,930 spaces · 68.8 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈620 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 332 spaces
EV charging (City)2390 Lake Shore Blvd W · 1.4 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
66 Third St · Surface664 m2434% (Q1 2026)
105 Fourth Street · Surface737 m22 *
140 Fifth St · Surface854 m5239% (Q1 2026)
120 Sixth St · Surface1 km5832% (Q1 2026)
139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface1 km11 *

Nearest lots: 68 m away, ≈35 spaces; 84 m away, ≈31 spaces; 91 m away, ≈16 spaces; 118 m away, ≈32 spaces; 140 m away, ≈89 spaces; 149 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (1.7 km, 7 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, Dec 14, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,185 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 108 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (37 of 72). Evening rush dominates here: 1,367 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,023 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% 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 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 north1,230southbound · 10 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the west3,185eastbound · 37 bikes · 4.6% heavy
Total vehicles7,575424 pedestrians · 72 cyclists · 5.4% heavy
From the east3,052westbound · 24 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the south108northbound · 1 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,023 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,367 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 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 most recent midblock count on Royal York Rd between Lake Shore Blvd W and Albani St (35 m away, Apr 2012) recorded volume only — about 5,093 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Royal York Rd · Lake Shore Blvd W – Albani St · 35 mApr 2012 · 3 days5,093
Lake Shore Blvd W · Royal York Rd – Sand Beach Rd · 187 mAug 2015 · 3 days13,507

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 2018, with 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 13. 18 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 20 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 9 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions103#1080 of 5,508
With an injury18#991 of 4,660
Property damage only69
Fail to remain20
Involving a pedestrian3#1311 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#344 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014128latest Jun 29, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The last one inside the window was in 2018. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here, the latest on Jun 29, 2026. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1111 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1latest Jun 29, 2026
All KSI since 20063latest Jun 29, 2026

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

Two 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

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle220apartment parking (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft300house driveway/garage (2), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 26, 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 Mimico-Queensway.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Royal York & Lake Shore a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1111 of 1,505), out of 103 reported collisions of any severity. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 Royal York & Lake Shore?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2022, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Royal York & Lake Shore?

The nearest Green P car park is 66 Third St (664 m away, 24 spaces, 34% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 491 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,930 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.4 km).

How do I get to Royal York & Lake Shore by transit?

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 18 m away; bus route 76 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lake Shore Blvd West at Royal York Rd, 82 m).

What restaurants are near Royal York & Lake Shore?

None within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Layali (433 m), McDonald's (434 m), Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge (467 m), Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge (468 m) and Ati Pastry (473 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 Royal York & Lake Shore?

The nearest is New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 105 Fourth St, 718 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom (731 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 Royal York & Lake Shore?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 488 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Mint School - Mimico (343 m, 79 spaces), Second Street School Age YMCA (552 m, 127 spaces) and Lamp Jr YMCA (827 m, 47 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Lake Shore?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,344 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 6 Royal York Rd (59 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 2660 Lake Shore Blvd W (63 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 2666 Lake Shore Blvd W (93 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 2663 Lake Shore Blvd W (97 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 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 Royal York & Lake Shore?

Toronto Police place two 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 Mimico-Queensway page.

What neighbourhood is Royal York & Lake Shore in?

Royal York & Lake Shore is in Mimico-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 160). 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