Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 5259400291814 nearest 16 m
- Express
- 952929
- Blue Night
- 352329
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Good Shepherd Crt; Lawrence Ave West at Apex Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave W / Dufferin St 376 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 60 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 (14)
- Leonardo Da Vinci AcademyPrivate · 152 m
- Dante Alighieri Academy - Closed Til 2026English Separate · 357 m
- Regina Mundi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 379 m
- Fieldstone Day SchoolPrivate · 447 m
- Fieldstone King's College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 447 m
- Joyce Public SchoolEnglish Public · 569 m
- and 8 more
- Community centres
- Parks (19)
- Caledonia Park512 m
- Dane Parkette524 m
- Glen Long Park552 m
- Delo Park572 m
- Conlands Parkette675 m
- Joyce Park841 m
- and 13 more
- Places of interest
- Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 1.4 km
- Signal
- 1707, activated 1995 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 113 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Simple Eats, 59 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Eats · 970 Lawrence Ave W Unit-101 | 59 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions |
| Tasty Eats and Treats · 960 Lawrence Ave W Unit-105 | 113 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Caffe Cinquecento · 901 Lawrence Ave W | 151 m | Passed, Aug 2025 |
| Boccacio Ristorante Italiano · 901 Lawrence Ave W | 151 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| Caffe Cinquecento · 901 Lawrence Ave W | 151 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Adriana's Kitchen · 950 Lawrence Ave W | 183 m | Passed, Oct 2025 |
| Adriana's Kitchen · 950 Lawrence Ave W | 184 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Wendy's · 1002 Lawrence Ave W | 192 m | Passed, Sep 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 Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 546 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 516 m away at Dane Parkette.
- Glen Long Community Centre Washroom · 35 Glen Long Ave
View centre hours546 m
- Drinking water
- Dane Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 516 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 614 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science (152 m, 32 spaces, preschool).
- Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science · 901 Lawrence Ave W
32 spaces · preschool152 m - Casa Del Zotto Children's Centre · 3010 Dufferin St
78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day329 m - Columbus Early Learning Centres - Regina Mundi · 60 Playfair Ave
129 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day357 m - Network Child Care Services - Dane Avenue Child Care Centre · 120 Via Bagnato
62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day468 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 133 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 646 m away.
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
14 registered apartment buildings with 959 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1049 Lawrence Ave W (170 m, 20 units, 3 storeys, built 1967), which scored 80 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, 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 25 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1049 Lawrence Ave W · 3 Way Investments Ltd. | 20 | 3 | 1967 | 80 · Aug 2026 | 0 | 170 m |
| 47 Euphrasia Dr | 26 | 3 | 1958 | 94 · Dec 2025 | 0 | 212 m |
| 3050 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Villa Charities Inc | 258 | 14 | 1983 | 97 · Jul 2025 | 1 · 8 fire | 276 m |
| 3010 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Villa Charities Inc | 202 | 10 | 1991 | 99 · Aug 2026 | 0 · 7 fire | 329 m |
| 1079 Lawrence Ave W | 15 | 3 | 1965 | 92 · Sep 2025 | 0 | 366 m |
| 3000 Dufferin St · Pinedale Properties Ltd | 287 | 18 | 1968 | 98 · Aug 2026 | 2 · 10 fire | 377 m |
| 777 Lawrence Ave W | 10 | 3 | 1961 | 90 · Sep 2024 | 1 | 406 m |
| 1111 Lawrence Ave W · Midan Properties Inc. | 15 | 3 | 1958 | 90 · Aug 2026 | 1 | 422 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
Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈138 spaces; 103 m away, ≈81 spaces; 113 m away, ≈283 spaces; 186 m away, ≈98 spaces; 188 m away, ≈193 spaces; 191 m away, ≈275 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, Mar 11, 2020
The west leg carries the load — 6,352 eastbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 94. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,934 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,696). Trucks and buses were 12.0% 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 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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.
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 Good Shepherd Crt between Lawrence Ave W and Convent Crt (31 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Dufferin St (336 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 42,892 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Shepherd Crt · Lawrence Ave W – Convent Crt · 31 m | Jun 2019 · 24 h | 237 | 29 km/h | 38 km/h | 43 km/h |
| Lawrence Ave W · Good Shepherd Crt – Dufflaw Rd · 96 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 32,262 | — | — | — |
School-zone speed sign 336 m
Dufferin St (southbound), West Side of Dufferin St, 48m South of Claver Ave · 42,892 vehicles logged in July 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
2018 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 21 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 113 | #977 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 21 | #818 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 73 | |
| Fail to remain | 21 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #973 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 4 | #626 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 18 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 5 | |
| All since 2014 | 151 | latest May 26, 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
Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Apr 8, 2015. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.
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 21 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.9 a year before that. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 21 | 3 | 0 | street/outdoor (15), other (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 0 | commercial premises (1), street/outdoor (1) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 16, 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 Yorkdale-Glen Park.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawrence & Apex a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 113 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 Lawrence & Apex?
A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 11, 2020, 1.47× the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Apex?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Good Shepherd Crt between Lawrence Ave W and Convent Crt (June 2019), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 336 m away (50 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Lawrence & Apex?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 757 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 78,370 spaces — 53 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Apex by transit?
Bus routes 52, 59, 400, 29, 18, 14, 952, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Good Shepherd Crt, 16 m).
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Apex?
9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 113 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Simple Eats (59 m), Tasty Eats and Treats (113 m), Caffe Cinquecento (151 m), Boccacio Ristorante Italiano (151 m) and Caffe Cinquecento (151 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 Lawrence & Apex?
The nearest is Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 35 Glen Long Ave, 546 m away (View centre hours). 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 Lawrence & Apex?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 614 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leonardo Da Vinci Academy of Arts & Science (152 m, 32 spaces), Casa Del Zotto Children's Centre (329 m, 78 spaces) and Columbus Early Learning Centres - Regina Mundi (357 m, 129 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Apex?
14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 959 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1049 Lawrence Ave W (170 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 47 Euphrasia Dr (212 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 3050 Dufferin St (276 m, 258 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 3010 Dufferin St (329 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 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 Lawrence & Apex?
Toronto Police place 21 thefts from vehicles and three 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 Yorkdale-Glen Park page.
What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Apex in?
Lawrence & Apex is in Yorkdale-Glen Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 031). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Mar 11, 2020.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through May 16, 2024.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 8 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.71328, -79.45859 · centreline node 13456161.