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Laird & McRae

Laird Dr & McRae Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Thorncliffe Park · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Laird & McRae is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Thorncliffe Park. Nearby is Laird Station (Line 5) 330 m away.

Traffic volume
14,116
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 6, 2022
990 pedestrians · 50 cyclists
Collisions
287
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 205 property damage · #317 of 5,508 · +19 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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Laird Station 330 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 24 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,760 vehicles, 1.53× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 14 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 29 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 9.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 23%, from 162 in 2016–2020 to 125 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Laird & McRae

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)330 m
TTC bus
518815634 nearest 22 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Laird Dr at McRae Dr; Laird Dr at Wicksteed Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
McRae Dr / Laird Dr - SMART 71 m · 24 docks · 7 stations, 98 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 (11)
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 638 m
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 672 m
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 731 m
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 769 m
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 780 m
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 854 m
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Radar Park455 m
  • Trace Manes Park621 m
  • Howard Talbot Park825 m
  • Leonard Linton Park831 m
  • Father Caulfield Park838 m
  • Bessborough Parkette903 m
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch550 m
Signal
0681, activated 1957 · SA1 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 79. The nearest is The Leaside Pub, 35 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 79 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Leaside Pub · 190 Laird Dr35 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Mad Radish Inc · 45 Wicksteed Ave Unit-B651 mPassed, Apr 2026
South St. Burger Co. · 45 Wicksteed Ave Unit-100b51 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 45 Wicksteed Ave51 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Sunset Grill · 45 Wicksteed Ave51 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Local Public Eatery · 180 Laird Dr52 mPassed, Feb 2026
Ah So · 147 Laird Dr107 mPassed, Jul 2025
Farm Boy · 147 Laird Drgrocery107 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 2 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 Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 613 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 468 m away at Radar Park.

  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    613 m
Drinking water
Radar Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 468 m; Trace Manes Park bottle filling station · 559 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 787 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Leaside Day Care Centre (93 m, 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 787 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Leaside Day Care Centre · 206 Laird Dr
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    93 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 235 McRae Dr
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    197 m
  • Bessborough Child Care Centre · 211 Bessborough Dr
    125 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    638 m
  • Northlea Community Child Care · 305 Rumsey Rd
    225 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    672 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (208 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 208 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.7 km2075 Bayview 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 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 816 rental units. The nearest is 795 Eglinton Ave E (364 m, 88 units, 5 storeys, built 1986), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 16 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 816 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202616 across the 22
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
795 Eglinton Ave E885198697 · Aug 20260364 m
888 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation183195488 · Sep 20250405 m
892 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation374196192 · Sep 20251410 m
894 Eglinton Ave E · Royal Lepage Signature Realty444195491 · Sep 20250420 m
896 Eglinton Ave E · Goldie Imports of Canada Limited434195089 · Aug 20260434 m
898 Eglinton Ave E · Wj Properties213195499 · Aug 20261447 m
904 Eglinton Ave E234195878 · Dec 20252463 m
36 Brentcliffe Rd · Kipling Residential Management Inc262182023100 · Nov 20256 · 2 fire490 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 lots430 lots · ≈50,070 spaces · 150.2 ha
Within 500 m56 lots · ≈6,370 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 146 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking1 post-and-ring within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.1 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.1 km33 *
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.1 km2465% (Q1 2026)
2170 Bayview avenue · Surface2 km69 *

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈28 spaces; 58 m away, ≈9 spaces; 63 m away, ≈18 spaces; 73 m away, ≈5 spaces; 73 m away, ≈19 spaces; 78 m away, ≈13 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 6, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,652 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 2,591 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,113 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,738 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 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 north4,652southbound · 14 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west2,591eastbound · 10 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles14,116990 pedestrians · 50 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east2,787westbound · 15 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south4,086northbound · 11 bikes · 4.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,738 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,113 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 6, 2022

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 McRae Dr between Sutherland Dr and Randolph Rd, 192 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2022 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 41 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Laird Dr · Lane S of Parkhurst and W of Laird – Parkhurst Blvd · 36 mMay 2015 · 3 days14,458
McRae Dr · Sutherland Dr – Randolph Rd · 192 mSep 2022 · 3 days6,68234 km/h41 km/h45 km/h
Wicksteed Ave · Cable Gt – Vaughan St · 194 mDec 2011 · 3 days13,444

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

The worst year was 2019, with 41 collisions; 2025 recorded 37. 15 collisions (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 72 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 19 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions287#317 of 5,508
With an injury15#1196 of 4,660
Property damage only205
Fail to remain72
Involving a pedestrian3#1302 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1218 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified67
Since January 2026 (outside the window)19
All since 2014355latest Jun 21, 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

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

11 thefts from vehicles and 11 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.2 a year. 82% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 73% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1130street/outdoor (9), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft1143commercial premises (8), street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 23, 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 Thorncliffe Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Laird & McRae a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 287 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 Laird & McRae?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 6, 2022, 1.53× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Laird & McRae?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McRae Dr between Sutherland Dr and Randolph Rd (September 2022), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Laird & McRae?

The nearest Green P car park is 709 Millwood Rd (1.1 km away, 20 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 430 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 50,070 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Laird & McRae by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 330 m away; bus routes 51, 88, 156, 34 within 1 km (nearest stop: Laird Dr at McRae Dr, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Laird & McRae?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 79 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Leaside Pub (35 m), Mad Radish Inc (51 m), South St. Burger Co. (51 m), Subway (51 m) and Sunset Grill (51 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 Laird & McRae?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 613 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Laird & McRae?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 787 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leaside Day Care Centre (93 m, 99 spaces), Brightpath Academy - Leaside (197 m, 107 spaces) and Bessborough Child Care Centre (638 m, 125 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Laird & McRae?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 816 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 795 Eglinton Ave E (364 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 888 Eglinton Ave E (405 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 892 Eglinton Ave E (410 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 894 Eglinton Ave E (420 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 89 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 Laird & McRae?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 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 Thorncliffe Park page.

What neighbourhood is Laird & McRae in?

Laird & McRae is in Thorncliffe Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 055), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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