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
- 5486 nearest 29 m
- Express
- 954986
- Blue Night
- 354386
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Bennett Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Colonel Danforth Park 538 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (4)
- St Malachy Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 194 m
- William G Miller Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 497 m
- Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint MichelFrench Separate · 1 km
- Community centres
- Parks (13)
- Megan Park582 m
- Beechgrove Park612 m
- Colonel Danforth Park646 m
- Asterfield - Plumrose Blvd Parkette709 m
- Woodgrove Ravine Park763 m
- Manse Road Park876 m
- and 7 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Morningside branch1 km
- Signal
- 1033, activated 1974 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval South/West
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 8 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John's, 97 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Papa John's · 166 Bennett Rd Unit-A | 97 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Coppa's · 148 Bennett Rd | 156 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| William G. Miller YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd | 489 m | Passed, Oct 2025 |
| Chef's Kitchen · 4679 Kingston Rd 3 A | 622 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Domino's Pizza · 4679 Kingston Rd | 622 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Snapback Coffee · 4679 Kingston Rd Unit-10 | 622 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Tandoori Feast · 670 Coronation Dr Unit-6 | 876 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Le Petit Chaperon Rouge-Scarborough · 29 Meadowvale Rd | 881 m | Passed, 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, 489 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 491 m away at Colonel Danforth Park.
- Colonel Danforth Park Washroom · 73 Colonel Danforth Trl
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible489 m - Heron Park Community Centre Washroom · 292 Manse Rd
View centre hours1 km
- Drinking water
- Colonel Danforth Park drinking fountain · 491 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 (194 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).
- St. Malachy Before & After School Program · 80 Bennett Rd
28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day194 m - William G. Miller School Age YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd
71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day497 m - Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care · 4679 Kingston Rd
121 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day622 m - Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Scarborough · 29 Meadowvale Rd
105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 215 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (660 m) and the nearest ambulance station 660 m away.
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
Nearest lots: 78 m away, ≈232 spaces; 180 m away, ≈72 spaces; 298 m away, ≈21 spaces; 429 m away, ≈75 spaces; 518 m away, ≈201 spaces; 519 m away, ≈172 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, May 21, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 4,597 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 854. Morning rush is the busier period: 1,150 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 969 from 2:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.2% 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 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 Megan Ave and Morning Dew Rd (286 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 17,000 vehicles a day. Bennett Rd between Dunstall Cres and Brightside Dr measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (May 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Bennett Rd (258 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.9% of the 10,035 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Rd · Dunstall Cres – Brightside Dr · 247 m | May 2023 · 3 days | 1,291 | 39 km/h | 47 km/h | 51 km/h |
| Lawrence Ave E · Megan Ave – Morning Dew Rd · 286 m | Oct 2023 · 3 days | 16,998 | 52 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 km/h |
School-zone speed sign 258 m
Bennett Rd (northbound), 89/93 Bennett Rd · 10,035 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
2017 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 13, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 2.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 23 | #3193 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 3 | #3193 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 20 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #1597 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| All since 2014 | 29 | latest Jan 13, 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 Nov 8, 2013.
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawrence & Bennett a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 23 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 & Bennett?
A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1696 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 62% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Bennett?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Megan Ave and Morning Dew Rd (October 2023), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 258 m away (40 km/h), 2.9% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Lawrence & Bennett?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 211 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,840 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Bennett by transit?
Bus routes 54, 86, 954, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Bennett Rd, 29 m).
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Bennett?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Papa John's (97 m), Coppa's (156 m), William G. Miller YMCA (489 m), Chef's Kitchen (622 m) and Domino's Pizza (622 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 & Bennett?
The nearest is Colonel Danforth Park Washroom, 73 Colonel Danforth Trl, 489 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Heron Park Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Bennett?
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 (194 m, 28 spaces), William G. Miller School Age YMCA (497 m, 71 spaces) and Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care (622 m, 121 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Bennett in?
Lawrence & Bennett 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count May 21, 2025.
- 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.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 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: 43.77288, -79.16634 · centreline node 13446543.