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Greer & Lawrence

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

At its last City count, in 2022, Greer & Lawrence was a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Lawrence Park South. Nearby is Lawrence Station (Line 1) 577 m away.

Traffic
11,391
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 10, 2022
457 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
43
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2283 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Lawrence Station 577 m · 9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
44/100
city median 48
27 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 572 m

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Greer & Lawrence

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 10, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 5,845 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 120 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,777 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (1,626). Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north418southbound · 2 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west5,845eastbound · 4 bikes · 4.1% heavy
Total vehicles11,391457 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east5,008westbound · 1 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the south120northbound · 1 bikes · 1.7% heavy

Peak hours: 1,777 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,626 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 9 collisions. 5 collisions (12%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 18, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions43#2283 of 5,519
With an injury5
Property damage only31
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1235 of 2,576
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Lawrence Ave W between Lorindale Ave and Unsworth Ave, 393 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2019 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 55 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Greer Rd between Lawrence Ave W and Glengarry Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Nov 2010). At the school-zone speed sign on Chatsworth Dr (188 m away, 30 km/h limit), 15% of the 7,959 vehicles logged in August 2025 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Greer Rd · Lawrence Ave W – Glengarry Ave · 43 mNov 2010 · 24 h1,49230 km/h38 km/h41 km/h
Lawrence Ave W · Lorindale Ave – Unsworth Ave · 393 mJun 2019 · 7 days20,87345 km/h55 km/h60 km/h
Speed sign
Chatsworth Dr (northbound), 188 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 28 km/h, 85th percentile 38 km/h; 15% at 40 km/h or more. 7,959 vehicles logged in August 2025; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Lawrence Station (Line 1)577 m · 7 min
TTC bus
52 162 97 124 61 nearest 16 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352 320
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Greer Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Yonge St / Lawrence Ave E 662 m · 8 min · 23 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.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
6 car parks · about 403 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
no post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
5 mapped lots within 500 m, 243 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface654 m4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.2 km26 *—
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1.7 km3232% (Q1 2026)
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.7 km46 *—
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.8 km163 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Davidson's Loblaws City Market, 572 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 27 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Freshii, 572 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Lawrence Park Pharmacy, 550 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Freshii · 3080 Yonge St572 m · 7 min
  • Tim Horton's · 3080 Yonge St572 m · 7 min
  • Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd Unit-A574 m · 7 min
  • Starbucks · 1507 Avenue Rd574 m · 7 min
  • Bento Sushi · 1539 Avenue Rd686 m · 8 min
0 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Grocery
Davidson's Loblaws City Market 572 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
Food shops
Mike's Fish Market 686 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Lawrence Park Pharmacy 550 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 93 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day620 m · 7 min
  • PLASP Blessed Sacrament C.S. · 73 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day772 m · 9 min
  • John Wanless Child Care · 254 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day773 m · 9 min
5 licensed centres · 491 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season352 m · 4 min
  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible697 m · 8 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (18)
  • Glengarry Park471 m · 6 min
  • George Milbrandt Parkette585 m · 7 min
  • Woburn Avenue Playground629 m · 7 min
  • Douglas Greenbelt649 m · 8 min
  • Duplex Parkette676 m · 8 min
and 13 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Bedford Park Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
Schools (11)
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 282 m · 3 min
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 714 m · 9 min
  • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 771 m · 9 min
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 773 m · 9 min
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 795 m · 9 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch592 m · 7 min
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 825 m · 10 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

44of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    3 grocery stores within 1 km · 27 within 1 km

  • Transit20/28

    Lawrence Station 0.6 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 592 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 5 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,021 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 515 Rosewell Ave (464 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.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 2025464 m · 6 min
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 2025508 m · 6 min
41 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management263195786 · Aug 2025601 m · 7 min
45 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management253195790 · Aug 2024613 m · 7 min
3 Du Maurier Blvd · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited374194194 · Aug 2026632 m · 8 min
2 Du Maurier Blvd · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited284194195 · Aug 2026651 m · 8 min

19 registered buildings · 1,021 units · 1 social housing · tallest 12 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

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 Greer & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 Greer & Lawrence?

A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Mar 10, 2022, 1.23× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Greer & Lawrence a walkable intersection?

Greer & Lawrence scores 44 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Lawrence Station 0.6 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 5 licensed child cares within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Greer & Lawrence?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Lorindale Ave and Unsworth Ave (June 2019), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 188 m away (30 km/h), 15% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2025.

Where can I park near Greer & Lawrence?

The nearest Green P car park is 23 Bedford Park Ave (654 m away, 42 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 243 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,940 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Greer & Lawrence by transit?

Lawrence Station (Line 1) is 577 m away; bus routes 52, 162, 97, 124, 61, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Greer Rd, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Greer & Lawrence?

None within 300 m, and 27 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Freshii (572 m), Tim Horton's (572 m), Fancy Franks (574 m), Starbucks (574 m) and Bento Sushi (686 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Greer & Lawrence?

The nearest is Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 140 Cheritan Ave, 352 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom (697 m).

Is there child care near Greer & Lawrence?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 491 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (620 m, 93 spaces), PLASP Blessed Sacrament C.S. (772 m, 73 spaces) and John Wanless Child Care (773 m, 254 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Greer & Lawrence?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,021 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 515 Rosewell Ave (464 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 284 Lawrence Ave W (508 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 41 Lorindale Ave (601 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 45 Lorindale Ave (613 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 92 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Greer & Lawrence?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park South page.

What neighbourhood is Greer & Lawrence in?

Greer & 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