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Elm & Lawrence

Elm Rd & Lawrence Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park South · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Elm & Lawrence is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Lawrence Park South. It has 2 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Lawrence Station (Line 1) 830 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
15,207
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 11, 2018
171 pedestrians · 16 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 16 property damage · #3418 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Lawrence Station 830 m · 5 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 1,900 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.64× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 89 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 18%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 9 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Elm & Lawrence

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lawrence Station (Line 1)830 m
TTC bus
526197162124 nearest 23 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352320
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Elm Rd West Side; Lawrence Ave West at Chatsworth Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Rosewell Ave / Cheritan Ave 321 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 70 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 (20)
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 162 m
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 249 m
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 324 m
  • Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 398 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 539 m
  • John Ross Robertson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 585 m
  • and 14 more
Community centres
  • Bedford Park Community Centre1.1 km
Parks (25)
  • Glengarry Park109 m
  • Douglas Greenbelt198 m
  • Chatsworth Ravine509 m
  • Heart Park562 m
  • Brookdale Park662 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground689 m
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch857 m
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 892 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 53 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Fancy Franks, 262 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd, Unit-A262 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 infractions
Starbucks · 1507 Avenue Rd262 mPassed, Apr 2026
Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd Unit-A262 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Bento Sushi · 1539 Avenue Rd289 mPassed, Dec 2025
Mike's Fish Market · 1539 Avenue Rdgrocery289 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Pusateri's · 1539 Avenue Rd289 mPassed, Jul 2024 · 1 infraction
Rosie's Burgers · 1542 Avenue Rd334 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizzaiolo · 1548 Avenue Rd338 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 Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 285 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 586 m away at Brookdale Park.

  • Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · 140 Cheritan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    285 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 75 Woburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    694 m
  • Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 200 Lytton Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    867 m
Drinking water
Brookdale Park drinking fountain · 586 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 872 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (334 m, 93 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 872 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 8
  • Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 1498 Avenue Rd
    93 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    334 m
  • John Ross Robertson Child Centre · 130 Glengrove Ave W
    212 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    585 m
  • John Wanless Child Care · 245 Fairlawn Ave
    254 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    649 m
  • Plasp Blessed Sacrament C.s. · 24 Bedford Park Ave
    73 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    819 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (875 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 875 m3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 2.1 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 2.3 km643 Eglinton Ave 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 1,138 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 515 Rosewell Ave (139 m, 89 units, 7 storeys, built 2005), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 20 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,138 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202620 across the 21
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 20250139 m
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 20251215 m
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 20240 · 2 fire382 m
45 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management253195790 · Aug 20240753 m
41 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management263195786 · Aug 20250760 m
14 Chatsworth Dr · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.414193691 · Sep 20242770 m
15 Bedford Park Ave · High Value Consultants Ltd393196099 · Jul 20250782 m
3000 Yonge St · O'shanter Development Company Ltd27212195591 · Jun 20253803 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 lots397 lots · ≈12,750 spaces · 38.2 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈1,120 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 403 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface751 m4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.1 km26 *
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1.2 km3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface1.3 km9467% (Q1 2026)
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.5 km46 *

Nearest lots: 71 m away, ≈57 spaces; 71 m away, ≈18 spaces; 185 m away, ≈21 spaces; 197 m away, ≈97 spaces; 206 m away, ≈17 spaces; 227 m away, ≈8 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, Apr 11, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 7,445 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 705. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,297 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (2,114). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north705southbound · 4 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west7,057eastbound · 7 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles15,207171 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east7,445westbound · 5 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,114 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,297 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 11, 2018

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 Elm Rd between Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd and Woburn Ave (337 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 3,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Rosewell Ave (173 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 524 vehicles logged in May 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave W · Rosewell Ave – Avenue Rd · 235 mSep 2013 · 7 days15,354
Elm Rd · Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd – Woburn Ave · 337 mSep 2010 · 24 h3,56830 km/h37 km/h40 km/h

School-zone speed sign 173 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
40 km/h or more0.0%

Rosewell Ave (southbound), W Side Rosewell Ave Approx 107m S of Lawrence Ave W · 524 vehicles logged in May 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2019 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3418 of 5,508
With an injury3#3356 of 4,660
Property damage only16
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201422latest Jun 24, 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 Dec 10, 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 one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft400apartment parking (3), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 29, 2024. 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 Lawrence Park South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elm & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Elm & Lawrence?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 11, 2018, 1.64× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Lawrence?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elm Rd between Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd and Woburn Ave (September 2010), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 173 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in May 2026.

Where can I park near Elm & Lawrence?

The nearest Green P car park is 23 Bedford Park Ave (751 m away, 42 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 397 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,750 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Lawrence by transit?

Lawrence Station (Line 1) is 830 m away; bus routes 52, 61, 97, 162, 124, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Elm Rd West Side, 23 m).

What restaurants are near Elm & Lawrence?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fancy Franks (262 m), Starbucks (262 m), Fancy Franks (262 m), Bento Sushi (289 m) and Pusateri's (289 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 Elm & Lawrence?

The nearest is Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 140 Cheritan Ave, 285 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom (694 m); Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom (867 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 Elm & Lawrence?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 872 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (334 m, 93 spaces), John Ross Robertson Child Centre (585 m, 212 spaces) and John Wanless Child Care (649 m, 254 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Lawrence?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,138 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 515 Rosewell Ave (139 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 284 Lawrence Ave W (215 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 312 Douglas Ave (382 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 45 Lorindale Ave (753 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 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.

How many thefts are reported at Elm & Lawrence?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four 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 Lawrence Park South page.

What neighbourhood is Elm & Lawrence in?

Elm & Lawrence is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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