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Lawrence & Blackstone

Lawrence Ave W & Blackstone St · Toronto, Ontario · Rustic · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Lawrence & Blackstone is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Rustic. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,439
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 10, 2020
344 pedestrians · 70 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3148 of 5,508 · +3 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,180 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 27 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 2.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 29%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lawrence & Blackstone

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
52357915859 nearest 17 m
Express
952935
Blue Night
352335
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Blackstone St; Lawrence Ave West at Duckworth St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave W / Renfield St 110 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 74 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 (15)
  • St Bernard Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 121 m
  • Brookhaven Public SchoolEnglish Public · 373 m
  • Amesbury Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 741 m
  • Weston Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 751 m
  • Weston Memorial Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 789 m
  • Chaminade College SchoolEnglish Separate · 789 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (20)
  • Upwood Greenbelt284 m
  • Harding Park467 m
  • Merrill Park484 m
  • James Trimbee Park661 m
  • Hearst Circle Parkette705 m
  • Trethewey Park West780 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch1.2 km
Signal
2000, activated 2004 · 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 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 74 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sunny Ice Cream Truck, 179 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 74 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sunny Ice Cream Truck · 14 Creekbank Rd179 mPassed, Jun 2026
Lions Den Bar & Grill · 1695 Jane St287 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Gucci's Bar and Grill · 1693 Jane St Bldg-0290 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Fullaluv · 1709 Jane St Bldg-0303 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cho Ming's Restaurant · 1711 Jane St304 mPassed, Jun 2026
Starfish Caribbean Market · 1721 Jane St Bldg--grocery307 mPassed, Jul 2026
Golden Star Restaurant · 1690 Jane St Unit-B326 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Golden Star Restaurant · 1690 Jane St, Unit-B326 mPassed, Apr 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 167 m away at Upwood Greenbelt.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Upwood Greenbelt drinking fountain · 167 m; Harding Park drinking fountain · 469 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 299 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site (121 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 299 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site · 12 Duckworth St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    121 m
  • Brookhaven Child Care · 70 Brookhaven Dr
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    373 m
  • Prodigy Learning Centre Inc. · 1545 Jane St
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    585 m
  • Weston Memorial B & A School Program · 200 John St
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    789 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 442 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 442 · 1 km2015 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 1.5 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1 km2015 Lawrence Ave W

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

35 registered apartment buildings with 2,847 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1809 Lawrence Ave W (124 m, 32 units, 4 storeys, built 1961), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 35 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 74 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 2,847 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202674 across the 35
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1809 Lawrence Ave W · Amg Apartments Inc324196192 · Jul 20263124 m
1750 Lawrence Ave W704197996 · Oct 20250164 m
1728 Lawrence Ave W · 2143753 Ontario Inc344196090 · Oct 20250237 m
1724 Lawrence Ave W · 354256 Ontario Ltd303195978 · Jul 20261262 m
1747-1755 Jane St · Medallion Corporation10215197183 · Jul 20260314 m
1607 Jane St · Empro Cerdomus Investments Inc.293196091 · Jul 20260387 m
1605 Jane St283195896 · Oct 20250420 m
101 Brookhaven Dr193196595 · Oct 20250422 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 lots409 lots · ≈38,430 spaces · 115.3 ha
Within 500 m43 lots · ≈2,040 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 70 spaces
EV charging (City)1812 Weston Rd · 1.2 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking1 post-and-ring within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.1 km34 *
1169 Weston Rd · Surface2 km3658% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈7 spaces; 74 m away, ≈81 spaces; 76 m away, ≈14 spaces; 79 m away, ≈58 spaces; 99 m away, ≈27 spaces; 138 m away, ≈34 spaces. More EV charging: 2000 Weston Rd (1.6 km, 1 ports).

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 10, 2020

The west leg carries the load — 5,044 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 116. Most cyclists arrived from the west (67 of 70). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,429 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,509 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 14.0% 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.

From the north116southbound · 1 bikes · 13.8% heavy
From the west5,044eastbound · 67 bikes · 13.4% heavy
Total vehicles9,439344 pedestrians · 70 cyclists · 14.0% heavy
From the east4,083westbound · 2 bikes · 15.0% heavy
From the south196northbound · 0 bikes · 7.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,429 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,509 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 10, 2020

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 W between Duckworth St and Martini Dr (79 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 15,700 vehicles a day. Duckworth St between Thurodale Ave and Lawrence Ave W measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Jun 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Duckworth St (106 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 23,510 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Duckworth Street between Lawrence Ave W and Thurodale Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave W · Duckworth St – Martini Dr · 79 mApr 2026 · 3 days15,70447 km/h54 km/h60 km/h
Duckworth St · Thurodale Ave – Lawrence Ave W · 84 mJun 2019 · 3 days77234 km/h44 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 106 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct9 · 27 km/h
Over the limit1.7%
40 km/h or more0.4%

Duckworth St (southbound), Opp 9 Duckworth St · 23,510 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Duckworth Street · Lawrence Ave W – Thurodale Ave
    2 speed humps

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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24#3148 of 5,508
With an injury4#3011 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian2#1857 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201434latest Jun 12, 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

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 vehicle100other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 16, 2017. 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 Rustic.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Blackstone a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 & Blackstone?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 10, 2020, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Blackstone?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Duckworth St and Martini Dr (April 2026), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 106 m away (30 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Blackstone?

The nearest Green P car park is 4 Rosemount Avenue (1.1 km away, 34 spaces). The City's mapping shows 409 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,430 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (1.2 km).

How do I get to Lawrence & Blackstone by transit?

Bus routes 52, 35, 79, 158, 59, 952, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Blackstone St, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Blackstone?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 74 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sunny Ice Cream Truck (179 m), Lions Den Bar & Grill (287 m), Gucci's Bar and Grill (290 m), Fullaluv (303 m) and Cho Ming's Restaurant (304 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 & Blackstone?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 167 m away at Upwood Greenbelt. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Lawrence & Blackstone?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 299 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site (121 m, 71 spaces), Brookhaven Child Care (373 m, 151 spaces) and Prodigy Learning Centre Inc. (585 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Blackstone?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,847 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1809 Lawrence Ave W (124 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1750 Lawrence Ave W (164 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1728 Lawrence Ave W (237 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1724 Lawrence Ave W (262 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 85 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 & Blackstone?

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 Rustic page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Blackstone in?

Lawrence & Blackstone is in Rustic (City of Toronto neighbourhood 028), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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