Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 16251403 nearest 34 m
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Leslie St West Side; Lawrence Ave East at Leslie St
- Cycling
- Park Road on Edwards Gardens Trl installed 2001
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Trail 191 m · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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 (12)
- St Bonaventure Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 197 m
- Rippleton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 744 m
- Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 766 m
- Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 832 m
- Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 858 m
- Park Lane Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- and 6 more
- Community centres
- Don Mills Civitan Arena1.1 km
- Banbury Community Centre1.3 km
- Parks (14)
- Mike Bela Park88 m
- Edwards Gardens281 m
- Tottenham Parkette469 m
- Paperbirch Walkway589 m
- Rippleton Park592 m
- Duncairn Park616 m
- and 8 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch834 m
- Places of interest
- Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 88 m
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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 21 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 139 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Hortons · 800 Lawrence Ave E | 139 m | Passed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Circle K · 800 Lawrence Ave Egrocery | 139 m | Passed, Nov 2024 |
| Dandilion Cafe · 755 Lawrence Ave E | 179 m | Passed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 1340 Leslie St | 185 m | Passed, Mar 2025 |
| Sweetway Cafe Eatery · 170 the Donway W Unit-2 | 744 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Chatime Don Mills · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-15 | 792 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Congee Queen · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-8 | 792 m | Passed, May 2026 · 3 infractions |
| Subway · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-17 | 792 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions |
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 Edwards Gardens Washroom, 178 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 183 m away at Edwards Gardens.
- Edwards Gardens Washroom · 755 Lawrence Ave E
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.178 m
- Drinking water
- Edwards Gardens drinking fountain · 183 m; Edwards Gardens drinking fountain · 352 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
Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 464 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (197 m, 142 spaces, kindergarten, school age).
- Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 1340 Leslie St
142 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day197 m - Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program · 21 Rippleton Rd
186 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day744 m - Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 50 Duncairn Rd
106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day859 m - Norman Ingram School Age YMCA · 50 Duncairn Rd
30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy859 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.
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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 269 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 868 Lawrence Ave E (546 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1954), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 868 Lawrence Ave E · Jelcoro Investments | 31 | 4 | 1954 | 87 · Jul 2024 | 0 | 546 m |
| 874 Lawrence Ave E | 12 | 3 | 1960 | 87 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 625 m |
| 876 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management | 12 | 3 | 1960 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 1 | 656 m |
| 878 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management | 11 | 3 | 1960 | 87 · Jul 2026 | 0 | 665 m |
| 20 Sanderling PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 90 | 5 | 1990 | 94 · Jul 2024 | 0 | 672 m |
| 4 Overland Dr · Akelius Canada Ltd | 48 | 4 | 1961 | 98 · Jun 2025 | 0 | 775 m |
| 150 The Donway W · Akelius Canada Ltd | 65 | 6 | 1962 | 97 · Jul 2025 | 3 | 782 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
Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈17 spaces; 85 m away, ≈484 spaces; 146 m away, ≈53 spaces; 188 m away, ≈23 spaces; 285 m away, ≈203 spaces; 404 m away, ≈42 spaces.
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, Jul 11, 2011
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,461 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 234 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,379 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,409 from 4:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 11.9% 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 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, 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.
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 Lawrence Ave E between Banbury Rd and Leslie St (50 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 7,724 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave E · Banbury Rd – Leslie St · 50 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 7,724 | — | — | — |
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
Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.
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
Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Sep 24, 2014.
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Banbury & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 Banbury & Lawrence?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jul 11, 2011, about the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Banbury & Lawrence?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 228 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,450 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Banbury & Lawrence by transit?
Bus routes 162, 51, 403 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Leslie St West Side, 34 m).
What restaurants are near Banbury & Lawrence?
3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (139 m), Dandilion Cafe (179 m), Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (185 m), Sweetway Cafe Eatery (744 m) and Chatime Don Mills (792 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 Banbury & Lawrence?
The nearest is Edwards Gardens Washroom, 755 Lawrence Ave E, 178 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Banbury & Lawrence?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 464 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (197 m, 142 spaces), Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program (744 m, 186 spaces) and Blue Wave Child Care Centre (859 m, 106 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Banbury & Lawrence?
Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 269 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 868 Lawrence Ave E (546 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 874 Lawrence Ave E (625 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 876 Lawrence Ave E (656 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 878 Lawrence Ave E (665 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 92 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.
What neighbourhood is Banbury & Lawrence in?
Banbury & Lawrence is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jul 11, 2011.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 15 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.73455, -79.35723 · centreline node 13452719.