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Lawrence & Ellington

Lawrence Ave E & Ellington Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre · Wexford Heights BIA

Lawrence & Ellington is a high-volume crossing. It sits in Wexford/Maryvale. Nearby is 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
23,338
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 25, 2007
369 pedestrians · 18 cyclists
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 37 property damage · #2102 of 5,508 · +2 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
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,920 vehicles an hour, 2.5× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 63 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 4.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 24 collisions in 2016–2020 and 25 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lawrence & Ellington

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
546817 nearest 22 m
Express
954968
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Ellington Dr; Lawrence Ave East at Crockford Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dulverton Rd / Birchmount Rd 566 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 (13)
  • Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 800 m
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 872 m
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 907 m
  • General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 913 m
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 929 m
  • St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 949 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (8)
  • McGregor Park841 m
  • Manhattan Park895 m
  • Wayne Parkette901 m
  • Deanvar Parkette1.4 km
  • Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette1.4 km
  • Wexford Park1.4 km
  • and 2 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch831 m
Signal
0503, activated 1968 · SA2

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores, and 73 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Chicken Kitchen, 146 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés23 within 300 m · 73 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Diana's Seafood Oyster Bar · 2105 Lawrence Ave Egrocery70 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Diana's Seafood Delights · 2101 Lawrence Ave Egrocery92 mPassed, Oct 2025
Lebanese Bakery · 2094 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2grocery126 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Chicken Kitchen · 2086 Lawrence Ave E Unit-A146 mPassed, Jul 2026
Crown Pastries · 2086 Lawrence Ave E146 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Fv Foods · 2085 Lawrence Ave E Unit-1grocery151 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Subway · 2084 Lawrence Ave E Unit-A153 mPassed, Aug 2026
Kanafani Sweets & Coffee · 2082 Lawrence Ave E Unit-B160 mPassed, Aug 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 McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 867 m away, View centre hours.

  • McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom · 2231 Lawrence Ave E
    View centre hours
    867 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 228 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Citadel Child Care (352 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 228 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Scarborough Citadel Child Care · 2021 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    352 m
  • Wexford Community Childcare Centre · 1 Wayne Ave
    97 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    907 m
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) · 1 Wayne Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    907 m
  • Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program · 4 Bucannan Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    929 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 245 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 245 · 1.8 km1600 Birchmount Rd
Police41 Division · 2 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 1.7 km2430 Lawrence Ave E

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

Eight registered apartment buildings with 912 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 2015 Lawrence Ave E (353 m, 158 units, 11 storeys, built 1994), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 15 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings8 · 912 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202615 across the 8
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2015 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing15811199496 · Sep 20260353 m
2155 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Aldebrain Attendant Care Services of Toronto24311199392 · Nov 20251451 m
1236 Birchmount Rd · Homes First Property Management Inc.2201520231 · 2 fire465 m
1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.706196089 · Aug 20269555 m
2185 Lawrence Ave E · Shelborne Property Management14212196890 · Dec 20253690 m
1191 Birchmount Rd414195588 · Aug 20261761 m
1169 Birchmount Rd · Kovacs Investments Ltd184196086 · Aug 20260864 m
1165 Birchmount Rd · Paul Thornton204196593 · Jul 20240884 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 lots389 lots · ≈70,200 spaces · 210.6 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈7,640 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 115 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking19 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface691 m25 *
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1.7 km90 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈22 spaces; 45 m away, ≈38 spaces; 46 m away, ≈47 spaces; 73 m away, ≈123 spaces; 75 m away, ≈12 spaces; 83 m away, ≈139 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, Apr 25, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 12,274 westbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 240. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,584 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 8% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (3,314). Trucks and buses were 5.8% 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 north240southbound · 1 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west10,824eastbound · 13 bikes · 5.8% heavy
Total vehicles23,338369 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · 5.8% heavy
From the east12,274westbound · 4 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour3,314 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,584 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 25, 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 Ellington Dr between Lawrence Ave E and Roselm Rd (27 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 23 speed humps slow traffic on Ellington Drive between Lawrence Ave E and Warden Ave (installed 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellington Dr · Lawrence Ave E – Roselm Rd · 27 mOct 2021 · 3 days72931 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Lawrence Ave E · Warden Ave – Ainsdale Rd · 218 mJun 2013 · 7 days22,902

Traffic calming

  • Ellington Drive · Lawrence Ave E – Warden Ave
    23 speed humps
    installed 2025

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

2019 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 6% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2102 of 5,508
With an injury3#3353 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2060 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201458latest Jun 2, 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 nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle910commercial premises (5), street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 15, 2023. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Ellington a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 49 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 & Ellington?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 25, 2007, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Ellington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellington Dr between Lawrence Ave E and Roselm Rd (October 2021), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Ellington?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (691 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 389 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 70,200 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Ellington by transit?

Bus routes 54, 68, 17, 954, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Ellington Dr, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Ellington?

23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 73 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Chicken Kitchen (146 m), Crown Pastries (146 m), Subway (153 m) and Kanafani Sweets & Coffee (160 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 & Ellington?

The nearest is McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 2231 Lawrence Ave E, 867 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Ellington?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 228 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Citadel Child Care (352 m, 49 spaces), Wexford Community Childcare Centre (907 m, 97 spaces) and Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) (907 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Ellington?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 912 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2015 Lawrence Ave E (353 m, 158 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2155 Lawrence Ave E (451 m, 243 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1236 Birchmount Rd (465 m, 220 units) and 1255 Birchmount Rd (555 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 91 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 & Ellington?

Toronto Police place nine 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Ellington in?

Lawrence & Ellington is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson. The corner falls inside the Wexford Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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