1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

01What’s planned near 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

3 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): one in progress, one decided recently and one inactive. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. That's more than at most Toronto addresses (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 1
   8-storey building · 54 homes

   1 Close Ave and 2 more addresses · 123 m away

   Site plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building

   54 homes

   City planners have been reviewing it since August. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   Site Plan Approval for an 8-storey supportive housing apartment building with 54 rental units.

   All 3 addresses

   1 Close Ave · 3 Close Ave · 78 Springhurst Ave

   File 26 213803 STE 04 SA · submitted Aug 4, 2026 · City record and how to comment

Decided recently

1. 2
   8-storey building

   1 Close Ave and 2 more addresses · 123 m away

   Rezoning: a request to change the Official Plan or zoning so something new can be built

   54 homes2,707 m² of floor space

   City Council approved it.

   Proposed 8-storey 54-unit supportive housing project. The submission proposes a total GFA of 2,707 sm, including 137 sm (1,483 sf) of indoor amenity area and 120 sm of outdoor amenity area.

   Public notice · Aug 14, 2026Notice of Adoption of Official Plan Amendment 939 and Passing of Zoning By-law 1045-2026 - 78 Springhurst Avenue, 1 Close Avenue and 3 Close Avenue. Read the notice, which explains any meeting or appeal dates.

   All 3 addresses

   1 Close Ave · 3 Close Ave · 78 Springhurst Ave

   File 26 143612 STE 04 OZ · submitted Apr 14, 2026 · City record and how to comment

Inactive

Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications, City of Toronto. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. Inactive: the City’s file is still open but marked inactive. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Street work near 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

2 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: laneway rebuild on Springhurst Ave, Cowan Ave to Dunn Ave, Q3 2027 to Q4 2028.

Source: City of Toronto Road Reconstruction, Road Resurfacing and Sidewalk Construction programs (planned work within 500 m), and Utility Cut Permits. Dates are the City’s plan and can move. “Carried over” means the work was due earlier and is still listed.

03Safety near 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

Police recorded 31 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 39). The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.

Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 5, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for South Parkdale

Traffic safety

10 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 3 involved pedestrians and 4 were fatal. Most were on Lake Shore Blvd W and Jameson Ave. South Parkdale has more of these collisions per resident than almost anywhere in Toronto.

• Lake Shore Blvd W at British Columbia Rd · Motorcyclist, killed · Sep 27, 2026 · 198 m
• Lake Shore Blvd W at Jameson Ave · Driver, seriously injured · Aug 28, 2026 · 314 m
• Gardiner Xy E at Jameson Ave · Driver, seriously injured · Dec 13, 2025 · 186 m
• Lake Shore Blvd W at Jameson Ave · Driver, seriously injured · Jul 19, 2025 · 325 m

Source: Toronto Police Service, collisions in which someone was killed or seriously injured (since 2021, within 500 m); City of Toronto School Safety Zones and Traffic Calming Database.

Other crimes near this address

Toronto Police Service: Shootings and Firearm Discharges, Bicycle Thefts and Theft From Motor Vehicle, June 2025 to June 2026. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection.

04Getting around from 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

The nearest subway station is Lansdowne Station (Line 2), 3.2 km away. There are no TTC stops within a 5‑minute walk. The nearest GO train station is Exhibition GO, 1.1 km away, with 74 train stops on a weekday.

TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 18, 2026). Walking times are estimates. Bike Share Toronto station data; City of Toronto Cycling Network and Permit Parking Areas.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 1224 King St W
  City-run (On-Street): 2 Level 2 ports. Next: 45 Abell St, 1.3 km.863 m

City of Toronto: City-operated EV charging stations (private chargers aren’t included); indoor bike stations, shown within 1.5 km.

05Schools and child care near 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

The closest public and Catholic schools. They may not be the ones assigned to this address; check with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) or Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB).

The red tick on each bar is the Toronto average. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): no licensed child care centres and no EarlyON centres.

Source: City of Toronto Licensed Child Care Centres, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, and ChildCareSafe (Toronto Public Health inspections).

06Parks, trees and libraries near 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

There are 3 parks within 500 m. The nearest pool is Parkdale Community Recreation Centre, 1.4 km away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Marilyn Bell Park · disc golf · 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W · 139 m
• Springhurst Parkette · Springhurst Ave · 259 m
• Close-Springhurst Parkette · 70 Close Ave · 471 m
• Spencer-Cowan Parkette · playground · 80 Spencer Ave · 552 m
• Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands · outdoor fitness equipment, pickleball court, tennis court · 1389 Lake Shore Blvd W · 559 m

Pools, courts and more

Also nearby

Source: City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Facilities, Registered Programs and Drop-In Programs, Tennis Courts, Outdoor and Indoor Ice Rinks, Washroom Facilities, Off-Leash Areas, Street Tree Data; Toronto Public Health SwimSafe and Beach Water Quality; Toronto Public Library branches.

Park space

Park projects nearby

• Masaryk Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground in Masaryk Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city.In progress · 981 m
• Allan A. Lamport Stadium Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground in Allan A. Lamport Stadium Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city.In progress · 1.1 km
• New Park at 34 Hanna Avenue
  A new 4,900 m² park is coming to 34 Hanna Ave. – currently a parking lot at the southeast corner of Hanna Avenue and Liberty Street.In progress · 1.2 km
• Western Beaches Public Realm Plan
  The City is developing the Western Beaches Public Realm Plan to update improvements to the Western Beaches, a four-kilometre stretch between the mouth of the Humber River and the eastern edge of Marilyn Bell Park.In progress · 1.3 km
• New Park at 55B Brock Avenue
  A new park is coming to 55B Brock Ave. as a result of a residential development project near Brock Avenue and Queen Street West in the Parkdale neighbourhood.In progress · 1.4 km

City of Toronto: Green Spaces (parks, natural areas and conservation land; hydro corridors, golf courses, cemeteries and road verges aren’t counted); Park and Recreation Facility Projects within 1.5 km.

07The building at 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

There are no building orders, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 1 with a green roof.

City of Toronto Building Permits: Green Roofs, and Solar Hot Water Heaters.

08What can be built at 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

This lot isn’t covered by the citywide zoning by-law (569-2013). It is still under a former municipal by-law from before amalgamation, which the City’s map shows in grey.

Special areas

Source: City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 (zone, height and lot coverage overlays), Heritage Conservation Districts, Major Transit Station Areas, Secondary Plans and Archaeological Potential. This is a summary, not a zoning review. Read the by-law and see the City’s map.

09Around the block

Source: Affordable Housing Pipeline, Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications, Short Term Rentals Registration, Multi-Tenant (Rooming) House Licences, Business Licences and Permits (storefront types; owners’ personal names are never shown), POPS, and Daily Shelter Occupancy (Nov 10, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Parking tickets on this block

336 tickets in 2025 on Lake Shore Blvd W between numbers 1045 and 1145: 269 for other parking offences, 34 for parking on a boulevard or private property.

City of Toronto Parking Tickets, 2025. Placed by the street address the officer recorded.

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 5,718 service requests came from postal area M6K, which includes 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W. The most common:

City of Toronto 311 Service Requests, October 2025 to October 2026. 311 publishes only the first three characters of the postal code, so this covers the wider postal area. Counts reflect how often people call as well as how often problems happen.

10Risks and environment at 1095 Lake Shore Blvd W

TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.

11The neighbourhood: South Parkdale

South Parkdale had 20,495 residents in 2021. The median household income was $57,200, lower than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 85% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 42% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 42% of workers commuted by transit and 20% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Tibetan (6.7%), Pilipino, Filipino (3.0%) and Portuguese (2.5%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $2,457 a month in October 2025, up 6% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 3.2%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments, central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation). CMHC doesn’t publish rents for single neighbourhoods. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.