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Shaw & Leeds

Shaw St & Leeds St · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

In Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto, Shaw & Leeds is a low-volume local intersection, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Ossington Station (Line 2) 296 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,270
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 25, 2013
157 pedestrians · 498 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 9 property damage · #4432 of 5,508
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
Ossington Station 296 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 160 vehicles, 14% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 8 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 39.2% of vehicle volume, about 51× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Shaw & Leeds

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)296 m; Christie Station (Line 2)415 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)890 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
631619412626 nearest 196 m
Blue Night
363300
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Shaw St installed 2013
Bike Share
Bloor St W / Shaw St - SMART 257 m · 34 docks · 23 stations, 413 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 (31)
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 175 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 363 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 420 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 428 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 755 m
  • Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative SrEnglish Public · 783 m
  • and 25 more
Parks (35)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch805 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch949 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.5 km

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 40 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 223 — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Shrinking Violet, 217 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés40 within 300 m · 223 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shrinking Violet · 828 Bloor St W217 mPassed, Apr 2026
Ba Noi · 806 Bloor St W219 mPassed, Jun 2026
Jolly Bar and Restaurant · 844 Bloor St W223 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
The Wine Thief · 840 Bloor St Wgrocery228 mPassed, Aug 2026
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Bakeshop · 830 Bloor St Wgrocery231 mPassed, Jun 2026
Loft Kitchen · 850 Bloor St W233 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tall Boys Craft Beer House · 838 Bloor St W235 mPassed, Jun 2026
Hello Coffee · 800 Bloor St W236 mPassed, Aug 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 Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 177 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 175 m away at Alex Duff Memorial Pool.

  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    177 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    276 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    392 m
Drinking water
Alex Duff Memorial Pool drinking fountain · 175 m; Irene Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 189 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,156 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (277 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,156 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 13
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    277 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    354 m
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    363 m
  • Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care · 50 Essex St
    179 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    428 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 567 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.2 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 567 m760 Dovercourt Rd

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 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,426 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 177 Pendrith St (163 m, 54 units, 3 storeys, built 1964), which scored 85 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 22 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 37 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 1,426 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202637 across the 22
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250163 m
805 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes244198986 · Sep 20250 · 1 fire301 m
496 Montrose Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc243193085 · Jul 20250314 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250451 m
723 Bloor St W · Cogir Real Estate1641920100 · Jul 20260491 m
161 Christie St · Canlight Management Inc.154196591 · Jul 20260492 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250518 m
711 Bloor St W123192023 · Jul 20260523 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 lots811 lots · ≈21,780 spaces · 65.3 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈800 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 1,042 spaces
EV charging (City)705 Shaw St · 392 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking64 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 33 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface270 m4667% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface526 m3468% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface652 m4981% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface726 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface825 m3763% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 105 m away, ≈45 spaces; 134 m away, ≈33 spaces; 140 m away, ≈21 spaces; 199 m away, ≈3 spaces; 201 m away, ≈3 spaces; 203 m away, ≈13 spaces. More EV charging: 685 Dovercourt Rd (668 m, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (727 m, 2 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (1.2 km, 10 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, Sep 25, 2013

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,154 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 91% of the total, against 1 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the north (402 of 498). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 255 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 36% above the afternoon peak from 2:45 p.m. (188). Trucks and buses were 15.0% 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 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 north1,154southbound · 402 bikes · 14.4% heavy
From the west115eastbound · 75 bikes · 21.7% heavy
Total vehicles1,270157 pedestrians · 498 cyclists · 15.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1northbound · 21 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour255 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour188 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 25, 2013

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

On Leeds St between Shaw St and Roblocke Ave, 33 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2021 put the average speed at 28 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 34 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 38 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. Shaw St between Irene Ave and Lane W of Shaw and S of Leeds measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Sep 2021). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leeds St · Shaw St – Roblocke Ave · 33 mSep 2021 · 3 days88228 km/h34 km/h38 km/h
Shaw St · Irene Ave – Lane W of Shaw and S of Leeds · 120 mSep 2021 · 3 days89525 km/h33 km/h37 km/h

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 2022, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 15, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4432 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only9
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20149latest Apr 15, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Seven thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% 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 vehicle710street/outdoor (7)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 10, 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 Dovercourt Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Shaw & Leeds a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Shaw & Leeds?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 25, 2013, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Shaw & Leeds?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Leeds St between Shaw St and Roblocke Ave (September 2021), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Shaw & Leeds?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (270 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 811 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,780 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 705 Shaw St (392 m).

How do I get to Shaw & Leeds by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 296 m away; bus routes 63, 161, 94, 126, 26 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Shaw & Leeds?

40 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 223 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Shrinking Violet (217 m), Ba Noi (219 m), Jolly Bar and Restaurant (223 m), Loft Kitchen (233 m) and Tall Boys Craft Beer House (235 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 Shaw & Leeds?

The nearest is Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 779 Crawford St, 177 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Christie Pits Park Washroom (276 m); Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (392 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 Shaw & Leeds?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,156 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (277 m, 49 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (354 m, 39 spaces) and Les Bouts D'choux (363 m, 116 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Shaw & Leeds?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,426 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 177 Pendrith St (163 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 805 Bloor St W (301 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 496 Montrose Ave (314 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 220 Delaware Ave (451 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 84 out of 100; 3 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 Shaw & Leeds?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Shaw & Leeds in?

Shaw & Leeds is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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