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St Clarens & Shirley

St Clarens Ave & Shirley St · Toronto, Ontario · Little Portugal · Ward 9, Davenport

In Little Portugal, in central Toronto, St Clarens & Shirley is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
567
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 22, 2022
382 pedestrians · 137 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4926 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
4 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 70 vehicles an hour, 6% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 24.2% of vehicle volume, about 31× the typical share. On average 0.6 collisions a year were reported here in 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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St Clarens & Shirley

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505506501504 nearest 239 m
TTC bus
4740229 nearest 200 m
Express
929
Blue Night
305306301304329
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St Clarens Ave / Shirley St 59 m · 15 docks · 26 stations, 438 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 (24)
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 80 m
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 454 m
  • Brock Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 547 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 553 m
  • Saint Frere Andre Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 558 m
  • Toronto Ouest Secondary SchoolFrench Public · 558 m
  • and 18 more
Parks (35)
  • Dundas - St.clarens Parkette209 m
  • West Lodge Park228 m
  • McCormick Park344 m
  • Sorauren Avenue Park447 m
  • Charles G. Williams Park465 m
  • Pat Capponi Parkette625 m
  • and 29 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch859 m
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 947 m
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.3 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 21 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 281 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Dominos Pizza, 188 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 281 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Butcher By Charlie's World of Meat · 222 Lansdowne Avegrocery134 mPassed, Jan 2026
Fahmee Bakery & Jamaican Foods · 222 Lansdowne Ave, Unit-Bgrocery134 mPassed, Dec 2024
Mike's No Frills · 222 Lansdowne Avegrocery134 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Seafood By Easy Seafood Ltd. · 222 Lansdowne Avegrocery134 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Dominos Pizza · 1671 Dundas St W188 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pasta Forever · 1693 Dundas St W190 mPassed, Apr 2026
Cygnet Coffee · 1691 Dundas St W193 mPassed, Jun 2026
Moonmilk · 1695 Dundas St W193 mPassed, Apr 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 Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 369 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 273 m away at West Lodge Park.

  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    369 m
  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 289 Sorauren Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    444 m
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 346 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    652 m
Drinking water
West Lodge Park drinking fountain · 273 m; McCormick Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 348 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 910 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Shirley Street Jr YMCA (80 m, 103 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 910 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 10
  • Shirley Street Jr YMCA · 38 Shirley St
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    80 m
  • Brock Early Learning Centre · 93 Margueretta St
    133 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    547 m
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 78 Seaforth Ave
    177 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    553 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated · 136 Sorauren Ave
    64 spaces · preschool
    661 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (355 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 893 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 355 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 893 m1288 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

Within a kilometre there are 42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,208 rental units — 11 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 267 Brock Ave (246 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1885), which scored 89 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 42 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 70 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 28 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings42 · 3,208 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202670 across the 42
Open fire-code violations28
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
267 Brock Ave · Signet Group Inc113188589 · Jul 20250246 m
301 Lansdowne Ave355193226 · Jul 20240324 m
105 West Lodge Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.37119196591 · Jul 202419 · 7 fire338 m
128 Sheridan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc687196690 · Sep 20240340 m
103 West Lodge Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.37118196585 · Jun 202517 · 9 fire382 m
1544 Dundas St W · Bentallgreenoak958201696 · Jul 20250 · 1 fire406 m
1525 Dundas St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066195979 · Jul 20255429 m
1505 Dundas St W123191173 · Jul 20250463 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 lots604 lots · ≈22,240 spaces · 66.7 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,160 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 1,685 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking40 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bonar Pl · Surface598 m3471% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface832 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface852 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface1 km3371% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface1.1 km7968% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 112 m away, ≈3 spaces; 154 m away, ≈24 spaces; 172 m away, ≈13 spaces; 193 m away, ≈13 spaces; 207 m away, ≈16 spaces; 216 m away, ≈15 spaces. More EV charging: 1224 KING ST W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 45 Abell St (1.3 km, 16 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (1.4 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, Sep 22, 2022

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 275 and 292 vehicles. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 95 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 96 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). 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 north275southbound · 52 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 18 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles567382 pedestrians · 137 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south292northbound · 51 bikes · 4.5% heavy
AM peak hour95 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour96 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 22, 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

On St Clarens Ave between Lane S of College and E of St Clarens and Lane S of College and E of Lansdowne, 309 m from the corner, a 5-day count in March 2011 put the average speed at 26 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 40 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Shirley St between Norfolk St and Lane E of St Clarens and S of Shirley measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Jun 2019). The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Brock Ave (202 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 62,684 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Shirley Street between Brock Ave and St Clarens Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Shirley St · Norfolk St – Lane E of St Clarens and S of Shirley · 95 mJun 2019 · 3 days37426 km/h34 km/h39 km/h
St Clarens Ave · Lane S of College and E of St Clarens – Lane S of College and E of Lansdowne · 309 mMar 2011 · 5 days74026 km/h35 km/h40 km/h

School-zone speed sign 202 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct20 · 24 km/h
Over the limit0.1%
40 km/h or more0.0%

Brock Ave (southbound), 220 Brock Ave · 62,684 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Shirley Street · Brock Ave – St Clarens Ave
    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

The worst year was 2023, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 4, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4926 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 20146latest Oct 4, 2023

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

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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 8, 2020. 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 Little Portugal.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is St Clarens & Shirley a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 St Clarens & Shirley?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 22, 2022, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at St Clarens & Shirley?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on St Clarens Ave between Lane S of College and E of St Clarens and Lane S of College and E of Lansdowne (March 2011), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 202 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near St Clarens & Shirley?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bonar Pl (598 m away, 34 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 604 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,240 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.2 km).

How do I get to St Clarens & Shirley by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 506, 501, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 239 m away; bus routes 47, 402, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near St Clarens & Shirley?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 281 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dominos Pizza (188 m), Pasta Forever (190 m), Cygnet Coffee (193 m) and Moonmilk (193 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 St Clarens & Shirley?

The nearest is Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 66 Sheridan Ave, 369 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom (444 m); Macgregor Playground Washroom (652 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 St Clarens & Shirley?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 910 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Shirley Street Jr YMCA (80 m, 103 spaces), Brock Early Learning Centre (547 m, 133 spaces) and Parkdale Childcare Centre (553 m, 177 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clarens & Shirley?

42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,208 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 267 Brock Ave (246 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 301 Lansdowne Ave (324 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 26), 105 West Lodge Ave (338 m, 371 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 128 Sheridan Ave (340 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 42 is 87 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 St Clarens & Shirley?

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 Little Portugal page.

What neighbourhood is St Clarens & Shirley in?

St Clarens & Shirley is in Little Portugal (City of Toronto neighbourhood 084). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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