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Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E

Toronto, Ontario · Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E, in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills, is a major arterial intersection. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
34,698
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 3, 2025
9 pedestrians · 16 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,480 vehicles an hour, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3,855 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13).

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Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
911915451403 nearest 391 m
Express
954
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (13)
  • St Catherine Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 546 m
  • Seerah Mission SchoolPrivate · 814 m
  • Don Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 820 m
  • Don Mills Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 830 m
  • Milne Valley Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 880 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Jeanne LajoieFrench Public · 936 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (13)
  • Woodcliff Greenbelt368 m
  • Moccasin Trail Park725 m
  • Cassandra Greenbelt791 m
  • Mallow Park925 m
  • Broadlands Park1 km
  • Macklin Hancock Park1 km
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch1.4 km
  • Toronto Public Library Victoria Village branch1.5 km

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; 21 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Salvation Army Plus Program, 440 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Salvation Army Plus Program · 150 Railside Rd Door-1440 mPassed, Jan 2026
Summerhill Market · 129 Railside Rdgrocery445 mPassed, Jun 2026
Circle K · 1309 Lawrence Ave Egrocery530 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1309 Lawrence Ave E530 mPassed, Aug 2026
Wildly Delicious Preserve Co. Ltd. · 114 Railside Rd552 mPassed, Dec 2023
Toronto Soccerplex · 101 Railside Rd699 mPassed, May 2026
Alphabet Kids · 73 Railside Rd Unit-1714 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sugar & Season Bakehouse · 71 Underhill Dr735 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 Broadlands Community Centre Washroom, 926 m away, View centre hours.

  • Broadlands Community Centre Washroom · 19 Castlegrove Blvd
    View centre hours
    926 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 466 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Little Acorns Montessori School (Cathie Mahoney) (574 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 466 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Little Acorns Montessori School (Cathie Mahoney) · 40 Underhill Dr
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    574 m
  • Les Merveilles du Monde · 150 Carnforth Rd
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    936 m
  • Playhouse Child Care Centre · 15 Greenland Rd
    78 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    939 m
  • Greenland Recreational After School Program · 15 Greenland Rd
    60 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    939 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.8 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 1.4 km59 Curlew Dr
Police33 Division · 2 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 2.8 km887 Pharmacy 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 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,075 rental units. The nearest is 7 Roanoke Rd (196 m, 113 units, 9 storeys, built 1963), which scored 97 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above 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 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 1,075 units
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202637 across the 20
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
7 Roanoke Rd · CAPREIT1139196397 · Jun 20259 · 3 fire196 m
8-10 Roanoke Rd · Quadreal Residential Properties G.p. Inc.11113196292 · Jun 20253199 m
10 Roanoke Rd · Quadreal Residential Properties G.p. Inc.10112196297 · Jun 202510 · 10 fire277 m
9 Roanoke Rd · CAPREIT1139196395 · Sep 20244 · 3 fire286 m
50 Underhill Dr · Three R Property Management Corporation644196194 · Aug 20240630 m
60 Underhill Dr · Three R Property Management Corporation574196196 · Jun 20250713 m
1004 Lawrence Ave E · CAPREIT654195886 · Jul 20261 · 1 fire894 m
1 Wingreen Crt · Trivest Developments Corporation113195091 · Sep 20250895 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 lots380 lots · ≈46,830 spaces · 140.5 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈2,610 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 131 m away, ≈97 spaces; 193 m away, ≈16 spaces; 234 m away, ≈44 spaces; 245 m away, ≈113 spaces; 287 m away, ≈10 spaces; 325 m away, ≈875 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 — 14-hour, Dec 3, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 18,194 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 1,075 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,939 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 3,107 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,075southbound · 0 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west15,429eastbound · 6 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles34,6989 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east18,194westbound · 10 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,939 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour3,107 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Dec 3, 2025

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 Lawrence Ave E between Lawrence W and Underhill Dr, 330 m from the corner, a 3-day count in February 2020 put the average speed at 64 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 75 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 90 km/h or more. That segment carries about 45,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Lawrence W – Underhill Dr · 330 mFeb 2020 · 3 days45,64864 km/h75 km/h90 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

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

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E 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 Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 3, 2025, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Lawrence W and Underhill Dr (February 2020), found an average of 64 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 75 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 380 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 46,830 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E by transit?

Bus routes 91, 191, 54, 51, 403, 954 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E?

None within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Salvation Army Plus Program (440 m), Tim Hortons (530 m), Wildly Delicious Preserve Co. Ltd. (552 m), Toronto Soccerplex (699 m) and Alphabet Kids (714 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 Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E?

The nearest is Broadlands Community Centre Washroom, 19 Castlegrove Blvd, 926 m away (View centre hours). 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 Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 466 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Little Acorns Montessori School (Cathie Mahoney) (574 m, 16 spaces), Les Merveilles du Monde (936 m, 151 spaces) and Playhouse Child Care Centre (939 m, 78 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,075 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 Roanoke Rd (196 m, 113 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 8-10 Roanoke Rd (199 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 10 Roanoke Rd (277 m, 101 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 9 Roanoke Rd (286 m, 113 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 93 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 Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E in?

Don River E Branch & DVP N Lawrence E Ramp & Lawrence Ave E is in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 149). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

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