Toronto · intersection · signal 1838

Lawrence & East

Lawrence Ave E & East Ave · Toronto, Ontario · West Rouge · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Lawrence & East, in West Rouge, is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a bike lane, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Rouge Hill GO 87 m away and 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,703
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 21, 2025
1,950 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · #1917 busiest
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3892 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #383 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 25 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 480 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 41% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 1.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. About one in seven of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Lawrence & East

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Rouge Hill GO — Lakeshore East87 m
TTC bus
385485200 nearest 25 m
Express
954
Blue Night
354385395
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at East Ave - Rouge Hill GO Station; Rouge Hill GO Station Loop
Cycling
Bike Lane on Lawrence Ave E installed 2007
Bike Share
Rouge Hill GO Station 122 m · 25 docks · 2 stations, 44 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 (5)
  • William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 534 m
  • Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 728 m
  • Charlottetown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 863 m
  • Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 866 m
  • St Brendan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
Parks (10)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Port Union branch705 m
Signal
1838, activated 1999 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 7 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Mr Bean Coffee Co, 466 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Jac and Jill's Bake Shop · 5550 Lawrence Ave E Unit-5grocery466 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mr Bean Coffee Co · 5550 Lawrence Ave E Unit-13466 mPassed, Aug 2026
Subway · 5550 Lawrence Ave E Unit-11466 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Gamer Golf · 5544 Lawrence Ave E484 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizza Pizza · 5500 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2556 mPassed, Mar 2026
Azumi Teppanyaki and Sushi · 5514 Lawrence Ave E Unit-14564 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
JJ's Roti Delight · 5506 Lawrence Ave E573 mPassed, Jun 2026
Popeyes Louisiana Chicken · 5500 Lawrence Ave E589 mPassed, Jul 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 Port Union Village Common Park Washroom, 510 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 546 m away at Port Union Village Common Park.

  • Port Union Village Common Park Washroom · 105 Bridgend St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    510 m
  • Port Union Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 5450 Lawrence Ave E
    View centre hours
    705 m
Drinking water
Port Union Village Common Park bottle filling station · 546 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 67 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program (534 m, 41 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 67 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 128 East Ave
    41 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    534 m
  • Charlottetown Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 85 Charlottetown Blvd
    26 spaces · kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    863 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 215 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.6 km away.

FireFire Station 215 · 1.4 km5318 Lawrence Ave E
Police43 Division · 3.6 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 3.6 km4331 Lawrence Ave E

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

All parking lots38 lots · ≈4,680 spaces · 14 ha
Within 500 m5 lots · ≈1,380 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 77 m away, ≈450 spaces; 113 m away, ≈31 spaces; 116 m away, ≈3 spaces; 137 m away, ≈3 spaces; 244 m away, ≈898 spaces; 514 m away, ≈422 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

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 2,406 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 1,249 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 863 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:30 p.m., against 741 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 8.3% 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 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,542southbound · 2 bikes · 4.9% heavy
From the west2,406eastbound · 6 bikes · 9.5% heavy
Total vehicles6,7031,950 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · 8.3% heavy
From the east1,506westbound · 8 bikes · 16.9% heavy
From the south1,249northbound · 0 bikes · 0.1% heavy
AM peak hour741 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour863 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 21, 2025

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 Frank Faubert Dr and Portwine Dr, 318 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2025 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 55 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 61 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,200 vehicles a day. East Ave between Wheeling Dr and Golders Green Ave measured slower: 44 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Jun 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on East Ave (397 m away, 40 km/h limit), 3.2% of the 46,084 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Frank Faubert Dr – Portwine Dr · 318 mJul 2025 · 3 days3,15047 km/h55 km/h61 km/h
East Ave · Wheeling Dr – Golders Green Ave · 355 mJun 2019 · 3 days3,62244 km/h52 km/h57 km/h

School-zone speed sign 397 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct38 · 44 km/h
Over the limit13%
50 km/h or more3.2%

East Ave (northbound), 113/115 East Ave · 46,084 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

The worst year was 2017, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 6 collisions (43%) involved an injury. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (14%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3892 of 5,508
With an injury6#2487 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian2#1849 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201417latest Feb 10, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jul 15, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#383 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#638 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Jul 15, 2023

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

Seven thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 43% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle710house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 16, 2025. 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 West Rouge.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & East a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#383 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 & East?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #1917 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 41% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & East?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Frank Faubert Dr and Portwine Dr (July 2025), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 397 m away (40 km/h), 3.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & East?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 38 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 4,680 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & East by transit?

Rouge Hill GO is 87 m away; bus routes 38, 54, 85, 200, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at East Ave - Rouge Hill GO Station, 25 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & East?

None within 300 m, and 7 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mr Bean Coffee Co (466 m), Subway (466 m), Gamer Golf (484 m), Pizza Pizza (556 m) and Azumi Teppanyaki and Sushi (564 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 & East?

The nearest is Port Union Village Common Park Washroom, 105 Bridgend St, 510 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Port Union Community Recreation Centre Washroom (705 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 & East?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 67 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program (534 m, 41 spaces) and Charlottetown Kindergarten Extended Care Program (863 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & East?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles 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 West Rouge page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & East in?

Lawrence & East is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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