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Lawrence & De Marco

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

In Brookhaven-Amesbury, Lawrence & De Marco is a major arterial intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
21,335
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 27, 2007
683 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
28
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 13 property damage · #2911 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1131 of 1,505
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 2,670 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.3× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 31 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 2.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 13%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 28 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lawrence & De Marco

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5259 nearest 32 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at de Marco Blvd West Side; Lawrence Ave West at Olympia Dr East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave W / Renfield St 719 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (12)
  • Gracefield Public SchoolEnglish Public · 369 m
  • Amesbury Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 397 m
  • Brookhaven Public SchoolEnglish Public · 572 m
  • Chaminade College SchoolEnglish Separate · 668 m
  • St Francis Xavier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 784 m
  • P T Montessori SchoolPrivate · 821 m
  • and 6 more
Community centres
  • Amesbury Sports Complex279 m
  • Amesbury Community Centre626 m
Parks (16)
  • Olympia Park185 m
  • Gracefield Park266 m
  • Westview Greenbelt540 m
  • Amesbury Park549 m
  • Redbank Greenbelt643 m
  • Upwood Greenbelt738 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch362 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 10 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John's, 207 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Vianka Convenience Store · 1577 Lawrence Ave W, Bldg--grocery75 mPassed, Jan 2024
Lily's Cafe & Deli · 1575 Lawrence Ave W Unit-3grocery136 mPassed, Jun 2026
Papa John's · 1635 Lawrence Ave W207 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Duhok Shawarma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-10207 mPassed, Aug 2026
Dulce Aroma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Bldg-17207 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-12grocery207 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Heart Broken Cantina · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-8207 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Mama's Tofu · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-3a207 mPassed, Jun 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 267 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brookhaven Child Care (572 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 267 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Brookhaven Child Care · 70 Brookhaven Dr
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    572 m
  • C.a.s.p. Catholic After School Program · 53 Gracefield Ave
    45 spaces · school age
    785 m
  • Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site · 12 Duckworth St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    871 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 133 (665 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 133 · 665 m1505 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 1.3 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.9 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 2,140 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1622 Lawrence Ave W (65 m, 20 units, 3 storeys, built 1955), which scored 84 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 75 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 2,140 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202675 across the 21
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1622 Lawrence Ave WToronto Community Housing · Del Managment203195584 · Nov 2025165 m
1577 Lawrence Ave W · Signet Group Inc35015197086 · Nov 20251476 m
1619 Lawrence Ave W244196282 · Sep 2025097 m
1620 Lawrence Ave WToronto Community Housing · Del Managment133195580 · Nov 20250102 m
1630 Lawrence Ave Wsocial housing · Affordable Property Management1008199476 · Nov 20251103 m
1570 Lawrence Ave W · Drake Property Management876196075 · Aug 20264175 m
1640 Lawrence Ave W · Drake Property Management929196573 · Jul 20262218 m
150 Culford Rd · Cando Apartments Ltd.1105195495 · Jul 20261227 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 lots402 lots · ≈42,370 spaces · 127.1 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈1,530 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 147 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface1.9 km38 *
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface2 km109 *

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈137 spaces; 74 m away, ≈16 spaces; 78 m away, ≈80 spaces; 93 m away, ≈44 spaces; 107 m away, ≈21 spaces; 125 m away, ≈57 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, Sep 27, 2007

The east leg carries the load — 10,956 westbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 206. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,226 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,432 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.3% 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 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north257southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west9,916eastbound · 0 bikes · 5.1% heavy
Total vehicles21,335683 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 5.3% heavy
From the east10,956westbound · 0 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the south206northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour3,226 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,432 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 27, 2007

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 Culford Rd and de Marco Blvd (108 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 22,500 vehicles a day. De Marco Blvd between Jacinta Dr and Dante Rd measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Oct 2021).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave W · Culford Rd – de Marco Blvd · 108 mMay 2023 · 24 h22,49146 km/h57 km/h63 km/h
De Marco Blvd · Jacinta Dr – Dante Rd · 218 mOct 2021 · 3 days79636 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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 32% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions28#2911 of 5,508
With an injury9#1914 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2070 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201437latest May 20, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 12, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1131 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest May 12, 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1351street/outdoor (9), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 10, 2026. 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 & De Marco a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1131 of 1,505), out of 28 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 & De Marco?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 27, 2007, 2.3× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & De Marco?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Culford Rd and de Marco Blvd (May 2023), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & De Marco?

The nearest Green P car park is 2700 Eglinton Avenue West (1.9 km away, 38 spaces). The City's mapping shows 402 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,370 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & De Marco by transit?

Bus routes 52, 59, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at de Marco Blvd West Side, 32 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & De Marco?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Papa John's (207 m), Duhok Shawarma (207 m), Dulce Aroma (207 m), Heart Broken Cantina (207 m) and Mama's Tofu (207 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Lawrence & De Marco?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 267 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brookhaven Child Care (572 m, 151 spaces), C.a.s.p. Catholic After School Program (785 m, 45 spaces) and Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site (871 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & De Marco?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,140 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1622 Lawrence Ave W (65 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 1577 Lawrence Ave W (76 m, 350 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 1619 Lawrence Ave W (97 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 1620 Lawrence Ave W (102 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 84 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.

How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & De Marco?

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Brookhaven-Amesbury page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & De Marco in?

Lawrence & De Marco is in Brookhaven-Amesbury (City of Toronto neighbourhood 030). It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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