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Lawrence & Goldcrest

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

Lawrence & Goldcrest is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Brookhaven-Amesbury. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
18,350
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 31, 2018
115 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
75
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 39 property damage · #1461 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #1135 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop 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 2,290 vehicles an hour, 1.98× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 160 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 7.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. The pace has been steady: 37 collisions in 2016–2020 and 38 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 75 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lawrence & Goldcrest

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5259158 nearest 50 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — 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 582 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)
  • Amesbury Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 355 m
  • Gracefield Public SchoolEnglish Public · 397 m
  • Brookhaven Public SchoolEnglish Public · 450 m
  • Chaminade College SchoolEnglish Separate · 615 m
  • St Bernard Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 735 m
  • P T Montessori SchoolPrivate · 861 m
  • and 6 more
Community centres
  • Amesbury Sports Complex414 m
  • Amesbury Community Centre763 m
Parks (17)
  • Olympia Park205 m
  • Gracefield Park292 m
  • Westview Greenbelt566 m
  • Upwood Greenbelt609 m
  • Amesbury Park684 m
  • Redbank Greenbelt742 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch499 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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 14 — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John's, 97 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Papa John's · 1635 Lawrence Ave W97 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Duhok Shawarma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-1097 mPassed, Aug 2026
Dulce Aroma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Bldg-1797 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-12grocery97 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Heart Broken Cantina · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-897 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Mama's Tofu · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-3a97 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pho Bo To · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-497 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Superking Supermarket · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-1grocery97 mPassed, Sep 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 (450 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
    450 m
  • Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site · 12 Duckworth St
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    735 m
  • C.a.s.p. Catholic After School Program · 53 Gracefield Ave
    45 spaces · school age
    907 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 133 (802 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 133 · 802 m1505 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 1.3 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.7 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

Within a kilometre there are 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,933 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1619 Lawrence Ave W (60 m, 24 units, 4 storeys, built 1962), which scored 82 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 69 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 1,933 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202669 across the 20
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1619 Lawrence Ave W244196282 · Sep 2025060 m
1630 Lawrence Ave Wsocial housing · Affordable Property Management1008199476 · Nov 2025185 m
1640 Lawrence Ave W · Drake Property Management929196573 · Jul 2026295 m
1622 Lawrence Ave WToronto Community Housing · Del Managment203195584 · Nov 20251187 m
1577 Lawrence Ave W · Signet Group Inc35015197086 · Nov 202514193 m
1620 Lawrence Ave WToronto Community Housing · Del Managment133195580 · Nov 20250232 m
1570 Lawrence Ave W · Drake Property Management876196075 · Aug 20264310 m
101 Brookhaven Dr193196595 · Oct 20250331 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 lots393 lots · ≈42,530 spaces · 127.6 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈1,720 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 38 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface1.9 km38 *

Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈21 spaces; 74 m away, ≈96 spaces; 84 m away, ≈80 spaces; 85 m away, ≈288 spaces; 134 m away, ≈16 spaces; 184 m away, ≈137 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, Oct 31, 2018

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 9,539 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 228 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 3,047 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,322 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north259southbound · 0 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the west8,324eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.7% heavy
Total vehicles18,350115 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east9,539westbound · 2 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south228northbound · 1 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,322 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,047 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 31, 2018

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 W between Culford Rd and de Marco Blvd, 245 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2023 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 22,500 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave W · Culford Rd – de Marco Blvd · 245 mMay 2023 · 24 h22,49146 km/h57 km/h63 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 2018, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 11 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 27 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 36% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions75#1461 of 5,508
With an injury11#1600 of 4,660
Property damage only39
Fail to remain27
Involving a pedestrian1#2719 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified25
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201496latest May 31, 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. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Apr 2, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1135 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#186 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Apr 2, 2021

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210other (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 30, 2024. 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 & Goldcrest a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1135 of 1,505), out of 75 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 & Goldcrest?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 31, 2018, 1.98× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Goldcrest?

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 & Goldcrest?

The nearest Green P car park is 2700 Eglinton Avenue West (1.9 km away, 38 spaces). The City's mapping shows 393 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,530 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Goldcrest by transit?

Bus routes 52, 59, 158, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Olympia Dr East Side, 50 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Goldcrest?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Papa John's (97 m), Duhok Shawarma (97 m), Dulce Aroma (97 m), Heart Broken Cantina (97 m) and Mama's Tofu (97 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 & Goldcrest?

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 (450 m, 151 spaces), Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site (735 m, 71 spaces) and C.a.s.p. Catholic After School Program (907 m, 45 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Goldcrest?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,933 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1619 Lawrence Ave W (60 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 1630 Lawrence Ave W (85 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1640 Lawrence Ave W (95 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 73) and 1622 Lawrence Ave W (187 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 85 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 & Goldcrest?

Toronto Police place two 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 Brookhaven-Amesbury page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Goldcrest in?

Lawrence & Goldcrest 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