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Lawrence & Goldcrest

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

Lawrence & Goldcrest, in Brookhaven-Amesbury, was a moderately heavy crossing — that was the City's last count here, in 2018. Nearby are 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
18,350
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 31, 2018
115 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
75
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #1461 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
52/100
city median 48 · #2,435 of 5,672
8 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 97 m

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Lawrence & Goldcrest

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 · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 2,322 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 3,047 from 4:30 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 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, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 8, 2026.

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 reported collisions75#1461 of 5,519
With an injury11#1600 of 4,669
Property damage only39
Fail to remain27
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified25
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Apr 2, 2021

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 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; 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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
52 59 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 598 m · 7 min · 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.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
1 car park · about 34 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
13 mapped lots within 500 m, 223 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.9 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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Superking Supermarket, 97 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 9 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John's, 97 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Total Health Pharmacy, 127 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Humber River Health, Church site, 1.7 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Papa John's · 1635 Lawrence Ave W97 m
  • Duhok Shawarma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-1097 m
  • Dulce Aroma · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Bldg-1797 m
  • Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-1297 m
  • Heart Broken Cantina · 1635 Lawrence Ave W Unit-897 m
8 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Grocery
Superking Supermarket 97 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Total Health Pharmacy 127 m · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Brookhaven Child Care · 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day745 m · 9 min
  • Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day838 m · 10 min
2 licensed centres · 222 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Humber River Health, Church site · hospital site1.7 km · 20 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 (12)
  • Olympia Park256 m · 3 min
  • Gracefield Park343 m · 4 min
  • Amesbury Park766 m · 9 min
  • Westview Greenbelt872 m · 10 min
  • Harding Park1.1 km · 13 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (9)
  • Gracefield Public SchoolEnglish Public · 618 m · 7 min
  • Brookhaven Public SchoolEnglish Public · 745 m · 9 min
  • St Bernard Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 838 m · 10 min
  • Amesbury Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 923 m · 11 min
  • Chaminade College SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Amesbury Park branch531 m · 6 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 or a care or retirement home.

52of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,435 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 8 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit10/28

    2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 531 m away

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,240 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 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1619 Lawrence Ave W244196282 · Sep 202560 m
1630 Lawrence Ave W social housing · Affordable Property Management1008199476 · Nov 2025121 m
1640 Lawrence Ave W · Drake Property Management929196573 · Jul 2026135 m
1622 Lawrence Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Del Managment203195584 · Nov 2025204 m
1577 Lawrence Ave W · Signet Group Inc35015197086 · Nov 2025212 m
1620 Lawrence Ave W Toronto Community Housing · Del Managment133195580 · Nov 2025275 m · 3 min

17 registered buildings · 1,240 units · 3 social housing · tallest 15 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

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

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

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, 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 at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Oct 31, 2018, 1.99× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Lawrence & Goldcrest a walkable intersection?

Lawrence & Goldcrest scores 52 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,435 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 parks within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 8 places to eat within 300 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km.

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 4 Rosemount Avenue (1.9 km away, 34 spaces). The City's mapping shows 223 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,310 spaces — 13 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, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Olympia Dr East Side, 50 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Goldcrest?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Papa John's (97 m), Duhok Shawarma (97 m), Dulce Aroma (97 m), Dynasty House Seafood Restaurant (97 m) and Heart Broken Cantina (97 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Lawrence & Goldcrest?

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 (745 m, 151 spaces) and Brookhaven Child Care - St. Bernard Site (838 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Goldcrest?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,240 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1619 Lawrence Ave W (60 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 1630 Lawrence Ave W (121 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1640 Lawrence Ave W (135 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 73) and 1622 Lawrence Ave W (204 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 84 out of 100.

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. 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