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Lawrence & Beechgrove

Lawrence Ave E & Beechgrove Dr · Toronto, Ontario · West Hill · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

In West Hill, Lawrence & Beechgrove is a moderately travelled crossing. Nearby is 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,215
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 1, 2022
101 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
22
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3290 of 5,508
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 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 780 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 67% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 62 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 2.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 75%, from 8 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lawrence & Beechgrove

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5486 nearest 20 m
Express
954986
Blue Night
354386
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Beechgrove Dr West Side; Lawrence Ave East at Beechgrove Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Colonel Danforth Park 527 m · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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 (5)
  • St Malachy Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 440 m
  • William G Miller Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 627 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint MichelFrench Separate · 672 m
  • Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • St Brendan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
Parks (14)
  • Beechgrove Park529 m
  • Colonel Danforth Park733 m
  • Wanita Park751 m
  • Janellan Ravine Park863 m
  • Megan Park886 m
  • Woodgrove Ravine Park1 km
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Morningside branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 8 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Coppa's, 375 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Coppa's · 148 Bennett Rd375 mPassed, Jul 2026
Papa John's · 166 Bennett Rd Unit-A419 mPassed, Jun 2026
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge-Scarborough · 29 Meadowvale Rd566 mPassed, May 2026
William G. Miller YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd637 mPassed, Oct 2025
Tandoori Feast · 670 Coronation Dr Unit-6787 mPassed, Jul 2026
Chef's Kitchen · 4679 Kingston Rd 3 A884 mPassed, Jun 2026
Domino's Pizza · 4679 Kingston Rd884 mPassed, Jun 2026
Snapback Coffee · 4679 Kingston Rd Unit-10884 mPassed, May 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 Colonel Danforth Park Washroom, 431 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 429 m away at Colonel Danforth Park.

  • Colonel Danforth Park Washroom · 73 Colonel Danforth Trl
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    431 m
Drinking water
Colonel Danforth Park drinking fountain · 429 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 325 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Malachy Before & After School Program (440 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 325 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • St. Malachy Before & After School Program · 80 Bennett Rd
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    440 m
  • William G. Miller School Age YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    627 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Scarborough · 29 Meadowvale Rd
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    672 m
  • Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care · 4679 Kingston Rd
    121 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    884 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 215 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 215 · 1.2 km5318 Lawrence Ave E
Police43 Division · 1 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 1 km4331 Lawrence Ave E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots190 lots · ≈21,700 spaces · 65.1 ha
Within 500 m4 lots · ≈530 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 53 m away, ≈21 spaces; 403 m away, ≈232 spaces; 410 m away, ≈72 spaces; 430 m away, ≈201 spaces; 554 m away, ≈31 spaces; 582 m away, ≈75 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, Feb 1, 2022

The east leg carries the load — 2,684 westbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 36. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 956 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 950 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.9% 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 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 north36southbound · 0 bikes · 22.2% heavy
From the west2,516eastbound · 1 bikes · 10.1% heavy
Total vehicles6,215101 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 8.9% heavy
From the east2,684westbound · 2 bikes · 7.8% heavy
From the south979northbound · 1 bikes · 8.5% heavy
AM peak hour956 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour950 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 1, 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

The City's counter on Lawrence Ave E between McMillan Ave and Atkinson Ave (203 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 70 km/h. That segment carries about 10,400 vehicles a day. Beechgrove Dr between Atkinson Ave and Fergalea Ave measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Jul 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · McMillan Ave – Atkinson Ave · 203 mAug 2023 · 3 days10,42961 km/h70 km/h77 km/h
Beechgrove Dr · Atkinson Ave – Fergalea Ave · 325 mJul 2024 · 3 days1,32738 km/h44 km/h49 km/h

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 4 collisions. 32% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from May 20, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions22#3290 of 5,508
With an injury7#2273 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2708 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2055 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201422latest May 20, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 4, 2023. 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 West Hill.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Beechgrove a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 & Beechgrove?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 1, 2022, 67% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Beechgrove?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between McMillan Ave and Atkinson Ave (August 2023), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 70 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Beechgrove?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 190 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,700 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Beechgrove by transit?

Bus routes 54, 86, 954, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Beechgrove Dr West Side, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Beechgrove?

None within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Coppa's (375 m), Papa John's (419 m), Le Petit Chaperon Rouge-Scarborough (566 m), William G. Miller YMCA (637 m) and Tandoori Feast (787 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 & Beechgrove?

The nearest is Colonel Danforth Park Washroom, 73 Colonel Danforth Trl, 431 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), 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 Lawrence & Beechgrove?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 325 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Malachy Before & After School Program (440 m, 28 spaces), William G. Miller School Age YMCA (627 m, 71 spaces) and Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Scarborough (672 m, 105 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Beechgrove?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 West Hill page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Beechgrove in?

Lawrence & Beechgrove is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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