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Keele & Lawrence

Keele St & Lawrence Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Brookhaven-Amesbury · Ward 5, York South-Weston · Lawrence Ingram Keele BIA

Keele & Lawrence is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It sits in Brookhaven-Amesbury. It has a red-light camera in place since 2009 that issued 370 tickets in 2025 at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic volume
50,141
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 24, 2026
7,428 pedestrians · 91 cyclists · #32 busiest
Collisions
786
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
111 with an injury · 583 property damage · #37 of 5,508 · +39 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
4
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 3 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #25 of 1,505
Red-light camera
370
tickets in 2025
since 2009 · 198 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 3,580 vehicles, 3.1× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 79 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 15.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 3.2× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 25%, from 449 in 2016–2020 to 337 in 2021–2025. About one in 197 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Keele & Lawrence

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
415240059 nearest 24 m
Express
941952
Blue Night
341352
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Keele St at Lawrence Ave West; Lawrence Ave West at Keele St
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 (10)
  • George Anderson Public SchoolEnglish Public · 364 m
  • St Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 494 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Mathieu Da CostaFrench Public · 1 km
  • Gracefield Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • St Fidelis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • P T Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
  • Amesbury Community Centre408 m
  • Amesbury Sports Complex759 m
Parks (17)
  • Amesbury Park511 m
  • Queen's Greenbelt675 m
  • Redbank Greenbelt783 m
  • Joyce Park866 m
  • Gracefield Park1.1 km
  • Olympia Park1.1 km
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch670 m
Signal
0428, activated 1957 · SA1

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 45 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento Sushi, 26 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés12 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bento Sushi · 1411 Lawrence Ave W26 mPassed, Jul 2026
Metro · 1411 Lawrence Ave W Unit-3grocery26 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Kung Fu Sushi & Bubble Tea · 1409 Lawrence Ave W34 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 4 infractions
Mr Zagros · 1393 Lawrence Ave W84 mPassed, Feb 2026
Pizza Pizza · 1393 Lawrence Ave W84 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Hakka No 1 Restaurant · 2355 Keele St Unit-15119 mPassed, Jul 2026
Popeyes · 2355 Keele St Unit-15a119 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tim Hortons · 2355 Keele St119 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 290 m away at Amesbury Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Amesbury Park drinking fountain · 290 m; Amesbury Park bottle filling station · 290 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 108 spaces; none accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is C.a.s.p. Catholic After School Program (495 m, 45 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 108 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • C.a.s.p. Catholic After School Program · 53 Gracefield Ave
    45 spaces · school age
    495 m
  • Montessori Start Inc · 1195 Lawrence Ave W
    63 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten
    915 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 133 (370 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 133 · 370 m1505 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 1.7 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 11 · 1 km1135 Caledonia Rd

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

47 registered apartment buildings with 2,250 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1440 Lawrence Ave W (113 m, 207 units, 13 storeys, built 1967), which scored 80 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 84 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings47 · 2,250 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202684 across the 47
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1440 Lawrence Ave W · Barney River20713196780 · Nov 20256113 m
2416 Keele St173195483 · Jul 20260140 m
2417 Keele St123195075 · Nov 20250144 m
2418 Keele St · Mpm Inc.113196081 · Jun 20240160 m
2419 Keele Stsocial housing123195497 · Nov 20250175 m
2420 Keele St113195899 · Nov 20250186 m
1442 Lawrence Ave W · Barney River21413196775 · Nov 202512195 m
2421 Keele St123195399 · Aug 20260207 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 lots531 lots · ≈62,650 spaces · 187.9 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈5,390 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 38 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface2 km38 *

Nearest lots: 71 m away, ≈50 spaces; 99 m away, ≈98 spaces; 120 m away, ≈241 spaces; 138 m away, ≈104 spaces; 194 m away, ≈65 spaces; 196 m away, ≈149 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, Mar 24, 2026

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 11,553 vehicles entering from the south to 13,587 from the east. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 4,364 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 8% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (4,023). Trucks and buses were 5.5% 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 recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north13,095southbound · 24 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the west11,906eastbound · 16 bikes · 5.2% heavy
Total vehicles50,1417,428 pedestrians · 91 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east13,587westbound · 25 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the south11,553northbound · 26 bikes · 6.1% heavy
AM peak hour4,023 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour4,364 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 24, 2026

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 Keele St between Lawrence Ave W and Wyndale Dr (54 m away, Jun 2017) recorded volume only — about 21,552 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Keele St · Lawrence Ave W – Wyndale Dr · 54 mJun 2017 · 3 days21,552
Lawrence Ave W · Duval Dr – Keele St · 156 mNov 2011 · 3 days37,695

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

2016 was the peak year (117 collisions), and 2025 closed with 62. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 109 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 39 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 15.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions786#37 of 5,508
With an injury111#39 of 4,660
Property damage only583
Fail to remain109
Involving a pedestrian30#5 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist9#144 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality1
Severity not classified91
Since January 2026 (outside the window)39
All since 20141,015latest Jun 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

Of the four serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 3 pedestrians were among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. All happened in daylight or lit conditions (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions occur in darkness). 2019 alone accounted for 2 of them. The most recent was on Jul 17, 2022. Going back to 2006, the total is 8.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions4#25 of 1,505
Fatal1#166 of 319
Involving a pedestrian3#21 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness00% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20068latest Jul 17, 2022

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 40 thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 7.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 10 in 2023–2025, about 3.3 a year, against 4.9 a year before that. 78% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 24, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle4094street/outdoor (31), apartment parking (7)
Bicycle theft410apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 24, 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 Brookhaven-Amesbury.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Keele & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #37 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 4 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 Keele & Lawrence?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #32 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.1× the median for a counted intersection, and #290 for pedestrians.

Is there a red-light camera at Keele & Lawrence?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Keele & Lawrence since 2009, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 370 tickets in 2025 (360 in 2024) and 198 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 3,975 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Keele & Lawrence?

370 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 360 in 2024, and 198 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 3,975 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

Where can I park near Keele & Lawrence?

The nearest Green P car park is 2700 Eglinton Avenue West (2.0 km away, 38 spaces). The City's mapping shows 531 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 62,650 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Keele & Lawrence by transit?

Bus routes 41, 52, 400, 59, 941, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Keele St at Lawrence Ave West, 24 m).

What restaurants are near Keele & Lawrence?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bento Sushi (26 m), Kung Fu Sushi & Bubble Tea (34 m), Mr Zagros (84 m), Pizza Pizza (84 m) and Hakka No 1 Restaurant (119 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 Keele & Lawrence?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 290 m away at Amesbury Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Keele & Lawrence?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 108 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest are C.a.s.p. Catholic After School Program (495 m, 45 spaces) and Montessori Start Inc (915 m, 63 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Keele & Lawrence?

47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,250 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1440 Lawrence Ave W (113 m, 207 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 2416 Keele St (140 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 2417 Keele St (144 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 2418 Keele St (160 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 47 is 88 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 Keele & Lawrence?

Toronto Police place 40 thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 4 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 Brookhaven-Amesbury page.

What neighbourhood is Keele & Lawrence in?

Keele & Lawrence is in Brookhaven-Amesbury (City of Toronto neighbourhood 030). It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata. The corner falls inside the Lawrence Ingram Keele Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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