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Eastern & Laing

Eastern Ave & Laing St · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Eastern & Laing, in The Beaches, is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,739
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 5, 2001
17 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
18
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3548 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
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
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,220 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 573 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 1.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Eastern & Laing

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 199 m
TTC bus
318311422 nearest 104 m
Blue Night
301306325322
Nearest stops
16 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St E / Alton Av 218 m · 19 docks · 15 stations, 316 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 (10)
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 555 m
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 581 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 582 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 734 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 1 km
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (24)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch760 m
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores, and 105 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks Coffee, 160 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés20 within 300 m · 105 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Starbucks Coffee · 23 Leslie St160 mPassed, Jan 2026
Betty's East · 1301 Queen St E176 mPassed, Aug 2026
Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe · 1347 Queen St E209 mPassed, Feb 2026
International Palace of Joy · 1347 Queen St E209 mPassed, Jun 2025
Leslieville Variety Plus · 1275 Queen St Egrocery215 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Sweet Bliss · 1304 Queen St E224 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 3 infractions
Sweet Bliss · 1304 Queen St E225 mPassed, Aug 2026
Queen St Variety · 1296 Queen St Egrocery231 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 4 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 S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 521 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 124 m away at Maple Leaf Forever Park.

  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · 56 Woodfield Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    521 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    567 m
  • Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 1515 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    618 m
Drinking water
Maple Leaf Forever Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 124 m; Leslie Grove Park drinking fountain · 543 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 613 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (555 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 613 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre · 51 Larchmount Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    555 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) · 70 Woodfield Rd
    178 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    581 m
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 176 Leslie St
    30 spaces · school age
    582 m
  • St. Joseph Jr YMCA · 176 Leslie St
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    582 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (151 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 326 · 151 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 1.1 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1 km126 Pape 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 954 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 137 Sears St (160 m, 17 units, 3 storeys, built 1995), which scored 90 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 954 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 19
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
137 Sears Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.173199590 · Nov 20250160 m
85 Laing St133192180 · Dec 20251171 m
802 Eastern Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.163199594 · Aug 20260267 m
54 Marigold Avesocial housing · Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc.294199691 · Aug 20260358 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 20260406 m
970 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes144198993 · Dec 20251476 m
1615 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · TCH814196092 · Aug 20261494 m
1167 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation405199583 · Jul 20260503 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 lots524 lots · ≈34,500 spaces · 103.5 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈3,750 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 1,027 spaces
EV charging (City)43 Alton Ave · 350 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking36 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface726 m45 *
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface1.1 km1858% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface1.2 km6632% (Q1 2026)
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface1.2 km50 *
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.2 km3968% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 49 m away, ≈184 spaces; 65 m away, ≈5 spaces; 71 m away, ≈17 spaces; 111 m away, ≈759 spaces; 173 m away, ≈32 spaces; 188 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 1715 DUNDAS ST E (617 m, 2 ports); 1582 Queen Street East (810 m, 2 ports); 500 Commissioners St (1 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, Mar 5, 2001

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 4,379 vehicles entering from the west to 5,360 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,612 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,655 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.8% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,379eastbound · 0 bikes · 6.2% heavy
Total vehicles9,73917 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 5.8% heavy
From the east5,360westbound · 0 bikes · 5.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,612 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,655 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 5, 2001

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 counter on Eastern Ave between Laing St and Knox Ave (57 m away) recorded an average of 44 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 18,000 vehicles a day. Laing St between Sears St and Maple Leaf Forever Park Trl measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Jan 2020). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Laing Street between Eastern Ave and Queen Sreet East (installed 2006).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eastern Ave · Laing St – Knox Ave · 57 mJun 2022 · 7 days17,97044 km/h50 km/h55 km/h
Laing St · Sears St – Maple Leaf Forever Park Trl · 92 mJan 2020 · 3 days2,21330 km/h37 km/h42 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Laing Street · Eastern Ave – Queen Sreet East
    2 speed humps
    installed 2006

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

2021 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 28% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions18#3548 of 5,508
With an injury5#2671 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201423latest May 30, 2026

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft001

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 19, 2026. 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eastern & Laing a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 Eastern & Laing?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Mar 5, 2001, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Eastern & Laing?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eastern Ave between Laing St and Knox Ave (June 2022), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Eastern & Laing?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (726 m away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 524 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,500 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 43 Alton Ave (350 m).

How do I get to Eastern & Laing by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 199 m away; bus routes 31, 83, 114, 22 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Eastern & Laing?

20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 105 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Starbucks Coffee (160 m), Betty's East (176 m), Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe (209 m), International Palace of Joy (209 m) and Sweet Bliss (224 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 Eastern & Laing?

The nearest is S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 56 Woodfield Rd, 521 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Leslie Grove Park Washroom (567 m); Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom (618 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 Eastern & Laing?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 613 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (555 m, 151 spaces), Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (581 m, 178 spaces) and Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (582 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eastern & Laing?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 954 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 137 Sears St (160 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 85 Laing St (171 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 802 Eastern Ave (267 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 54 Marigold Ave (358 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 91 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.

How many thefts are reported at Eastern & Laing?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Eastern & Laing in?

Eastern & Laing is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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