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Lawrence & Brookhaven

Lawrence Ave W & Brookhaven Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Brookhaven-Amesbury · Ward 5, York South-Weston

At its last City count, in 2020, Lawrence & Brookhaven was an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Brookhaven-Amesbury. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
10,810
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 10, 2020
183 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
57
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1871 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
47/100
city median 48
38 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 423 m

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Lawrence & Brookhaven

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 10, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 5,273 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 963 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,600 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,722 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 13.5% 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west5,273eastbound · 0 bikes · 13.6% heavy
Total vehicles10,810183 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 13.5% heavy
From the east4,574westbound · 2 bikes · 14.2% heavy
From the south963northbound · 0 bikes · 8.9% heavy

Peak hours: 1,600 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,722 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2016, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 14 collisions (25%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 12, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Apr 16, 2013.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions57#1871 of 5,519
With an injury14#1294 of 4,669
Property damage only38
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20062latest Apr 16, 2013

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Lawrence Ave W between Duckworth St and Martini Dr, 365 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 15,700 vehicles a day. Brookhaven Dr between Nordale Cres and Fox Point measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Apr 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Duckworth St (312 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 23,647 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Brookhaven Drive between Lawrence Ave W and Trethewey Dr.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brookhaven Dr · Nordale Cres – Fox Point · 280 mApr 2019 · 2 days3,04936 km/h43 km/h47 km/h
Lawrence Ave W · Duckworth St – Martini Dr · 365 mApr 2026 · 3 days15,70447 km/h54 km/h60 km/h
Speed sign
Duckworth St (southbound), 312 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 9 km/h, 85th percentile 27 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 23,647 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Brookhaven Drive (Lawrence Ave W – Trethewey Dr): 5 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 2108, activated 2007 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
52 35 79 158 59 nearest 22 m
Express
952 935
Blue Night
352 335
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Brookhaven Dr; Lawrence Ave West at Brookhaven Dr West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave W / Renfield St 197 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 40 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
1 car park · about 34 spaces
EV charging
1812 Weston Rd · 1.9 km · 1 Level 2 ports; also 2000 Weston Rd (2 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
16 mapped lots within 500 m, 228 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.5 km34 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Superking Supermarket, 423 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 38 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Red & White Mediterranean Cuisine, 423 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Total Health Pharmacy, 382 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Humber River Health, Church site, 1.6 km away. For seniors' housing: Weston Gardens Retirement Residence, a retirement home 795 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Red & White Mediterranean Cuisine · 1635 Lawrence Ave W, Unit-10423 m · 5 min
  • Duhok Shawarma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-10423 m · 5 min
  • Dulce Aroma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Bldg-17423 m · 5 min
  • Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-12423 m · 5 min
  • Heart Broken Cantina · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-8423 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery
Superking Supermarket 423 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
Food shops
Lauri Meat Market 688 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Total Health Pharmacy 382 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Brookhaven Child Care · 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day344 m · 4 min
  • Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day437 m · 5 min
2 licensed centres · 222 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Humber River Health, Church site · hospital site1.6 km · 19 min
  • Weston Gardens Retirement Residence · retirement home795 m · 9 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (11)
  • Olympia Park657 m · 8 min
  • Harding Park695 m · 8 min
  • Gracefield Park744 m · 9 min
  • Hearst Circle Parkette830 m · 10 min
  • Upwood Greenbelt841 m · 10 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (9)
  • Brookhaven Public SchoolEnglish Public · 344 m · 4 min
  • St Bernard Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 437 m · 5 min
  • Gracefield Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • Darul Arqam Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Chaminade College SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 14 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch932 m · 11 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

47of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    5 grocery stores within 1 km · 38 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 932 m away

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot10/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,199 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1724 Lawrence Ave W (82 m, 30 units, 3 storeys, built 1959), which scored 78 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1724 Lawrence Ave W · 354256 Ontario Ltd303195978 · Jul 202682 m
1728 Lawrence Ave W · 2143753 Ontario Inc344196090 · Oct 2025100 m
1750 Lawrence Ave W704197996 · Oct 2025161 m
101 Brookhaven Dr193196595 · Oct 2025243 m
1640 Lawrence Ave W · Drake Property Management929196573 · Jul 2026393 m · 5 min
1809 Lawrence Ave W · Amg Apartments Inc324196192 · Jul 2026440 m · 5 min

21 registered buildings · 2,199 units · 4 social housing · tallest 19 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

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 Brookhaven-Amesbury.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Brookhaven a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 57 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 & Brookhaven?

An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2020. Its latest count is from Mar 10, 2020, 1.17× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Lawrence & Brookhaven a walkable intersection?

Lawrence & Brookhaven scores 47 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; library 932 m away. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals · traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Brookhaven?

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 312 m away (30 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Brookhaven?

The nearest Green P car park is 4 Rosemount Avenue (1.5 km away, 34 spaces). The City's mapping shows 228 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,880 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (1.9 km).

How do I get to Lawrence & Brookhaven by transit?

Bus routes 52, 35, 79, 158, 59, 952, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Brookhaven Dr, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Brookhaven?

None within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Red & White Mediterranean Cuisine (423 m), Duhok Shawarma (423 m), Dulce Aroma (423 m), Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant (423 m) and Heart Broken Cantina (423 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Lawrence & Brookhaven?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 458 m away at Upwood Greenbelt.

Is there child care near Lawrence & Brookhaven?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 222 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brookhaven Child Care (344 m, 151 spaces) and Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site (437 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Brookhaven?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,199 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1724 Lawrence Ave W (82 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 1728 Lawrence Ave W (100 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1750 Lawrence Ave W (161 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 101 Brookhaven Dr (243 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 86 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Brookhaven?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Brookhaven-Amesbury page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Brookhaven in?

Lawrence & Brookhaven is in Brookhaven-Amesbury (City of Toronto neighbourhood 030). 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