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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
- 16251 nearest 163 m
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Trail 495 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 (10)
- St Bonaventure Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 426 m
- Rippleton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 732 m
- Park Lane Public SchoolEnglish Public · 763 m
- Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 1 km
- Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
- and 4 more
- Community centres
- Banbury Community Centre1.2 km
- Don Mills Civitan Arena1.4 km
- Parks (12)
- Edwards Gardens141 m
- Mike Bela Park347 m
- Rippleton Park488 m
- Tottenham Parkette664 m
- Talwood Park766 m
- Duncairn Park840 m
- and 6 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch1.1 km
- Places of interest
- Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 229 m
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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 3 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Dandilion Cafe, 132 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Dandilion Cafe · 755 Lawrence Ave E | 132 m | Passed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 1340 Leslie St | 409 m | Passed, Mar 2025 |
| Circle K · 800 Lawrence Ave Egrocery | 438 m | Passed, Nov 2024 |
| Tim Hortons · 800 Lawrence Ave E | 438 m | Passed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction |
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 Edwards Gardens Washroom, 135 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 157 m away at Edwards Gardens.
- Edwards Gardens Washroom · 755 Lawrence Ave E
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.135 m
- Drinking water
- Edwards Gardens drinking fountain · 157 m; Edwards Gardens drinking fountain · 198 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
Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 328 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (426 m, 142 spaces, kindergarten, school age).
- Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 1340 Leslie St
142 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day426 m - Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program · 21 Rippleton Rd
186 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day732 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km 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
Within a kilometre there are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 156 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 868 Lawrence Ave E (846 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1954), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 868 Lawrence Ave E · Jelcoro Investments | 31 | 4 | 1954 | 87 · Jul 2024 | 0 | 846 m |
| 874 Lawrence Ave E | 12 | 3 | 1960 | 87 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 925 m |
| 876 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management | 12 | 3 | 1960 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 1 | 1 km |
| 878 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management | 11 | 3 | 1960 | 87 · Jul 2026 | 0 | 1 km |
| 20 Sanderling PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 90 | 5 | 1990 | 94 · Jul 2024 | 0 | 1 km |
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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2170 Bayview avenue · Surface | 1.9 km | 69 * | — |
Nearest lots: 266 m away, ≈17 spaces; 305 m away, ≈484 spaces; 447 m away, ≈53 spaces; 467 m away, ≈203 spaces; 491 m away, ≈23 spaces; 571 m away, ≈42 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, Nov 29, 2016
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 3,774 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 224 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,293 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (1,160). Trucks and buses were 12.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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
On Lawrence Ave E between The Bridle Path and Edwards Gardens Trl, 203 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2009 put the average speed at 56 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 64 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 69 km/h or more. That segment carries about 12,900 vehicles a day. Brian Cliff Dr between Lawrence Ave E and Banbury Rd measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Mar 2010). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Cliff Dr · Lawrence Ave E – Banbury Rd · 165 m | Mar 2010 · 24 h | 497 | 40 km/h | 49 km/h | 54 km/h |
| Lawrence Ave E · The Bridle Path – Edwards Gardens Trl · 203 m | May 2009 · 24 h | 12,925 | 56 km/h | 64 km/h | 69 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 worst year was 2016, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 6 collisions (43%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 14, 2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 14 | #3891 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 6 | #2486 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 6 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #2056 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 2 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| All since 2014 | 20 | latest Nov 14, 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
One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 10, 2024.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All KSI collisions | 1 | #1118 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #185 of 271 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jun 10, 2024 |
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 & Brian Cliff a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1118 of 1,505), out of 14 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Brian Cliff?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 29, 2016, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Brian Cliff?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between The Bridle Path and Edwards Gardens Trl (May 2009), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Lawrence & Brian Cliff?
The nearest Green P car park is 2170 Bayview avenue (1.9 km away, 69 spaces). The City's mapping shows 226 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,520 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Brian Cliff by transit?
Bus routes 162, 51 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Brian Cliff?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 3 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dandilion Cafe (132 m), Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (409 m) and Tim Hortons (438 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 & Brian Cliff?
The nearest is Edwards Gardens Washroom, 755 Lawrence Ave E, 135 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). 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 & Brian Cliff?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 328 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (426 m, 142 spaces) and Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program (732 m, 186 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Brian Cliff?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 156 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 868 Lawrence Ave E (846 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 874 Lawrence Ave E (925 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 876 Lawrence Ave E (1.0 km, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 878 Lawrence Ave E (1.0 km, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 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.
What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Brian Cliff in?
Lawrence & Brian Cliff is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 29, 2016.
- 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.
- 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 15 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: 43.73435, -79.36101 · centreline node 13452755.