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Lawrence & Gooderham

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

Lawrence & Gooderham, in Wexford/Maryvale, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby are 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
29,536
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 25, 2025
558 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · #359 busiest
Collisions
90
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1234 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
10 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
51/100
city median 48 · #2,554 of 5,672
22 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 114 m

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Lawrence & Gooderham

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Feb 25, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 16,512 westbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 311. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,577 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 21% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (2,130). Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 20 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north340southbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west12,373eastbound · 22 bikes · 4.1% heavy
Total vehicles29,536558 pedestrians · 35 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east16,512westbound · 12 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south311northbound · 1 bikes · 2.3% heavy

Peak hours: 2,130 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,577 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

2024 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% 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, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 23, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions90#1234 of 5,519
With an injury9#1910 of 4,669
Property damage only66
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified15
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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

The City's counter on Lawrence Ave E between Elinor Ave and Tower Dr (186 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 42,800 vehicles a day. Gooderham Dr between Lawrence Ave E and Brian Ave measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 53 km/h (Oct 2021). At the school-zone speed sign on Pharmacy Ave (268 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 42,448 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Gooderham Drive between Lawrence Ave E and Brian Drive.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Gooderham Dr · Lawrence Ave E – Brian Ave · 172 mOct 2021 · 3 days86543 km/h53 km/h58 km/h
Lawrence Ave E · Elinor Ave – Tower Dr · 186 mSep 2026 · 3 days42,79545 km/h57 km/h63 km/h
Speed sign
Pharmacy Ave (southbound), 268 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 44 km/h, 85th percentile 49 km/h; 0.2% at 60 km/h or more. 42,448 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Gooderham Drive (Lawrence Ave E – Brian Drive): 5 speed humps

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
54 67 68 24 91 nearest 119 m
Express
954 968 924
Blue Night
354 324
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 25 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
28 mapped lots within 500 m, 254 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface256 m25 *—

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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Arz Fine Food Supermarket is 114 m away, one of two grocery stores within 300 m. A specialist food shop is closer still: Patna Halal Meat, 14 m away. There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 91 eating places within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Nasib's Shawarma and Falafel, 29 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Main Drug Mart, 142 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: The Wexford, a long-term care home 114 m away. The Wexford Residence Inc. runs a seniors' active living programme 73 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Nasib's Shawarma and Falafel · 1867 Lawrence Ave E29 m
  • Qataghan Kabab and Catering · 1873 Lawrence Ave E29 m
  • Juicy Birds Nashville Hot Chicken · 1877 Lawrence Ave E34 m
  • Patna Kabab House · 1885 Lawrence Ave E49 m
  • Nigeria Palace Restaurant · 1847 Lawrence Ave E Bldg-186 m
22 within 300 m · 91 within 1 km
Grocery
Arz Fine Food Supermarket 114 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Patna Halal Meat 14 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Main Drug Mart 142 m · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program · 30 spaces, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day601 m · 7 min
  • Scarborough Citadel Child Care · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day623 m · 7 min
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day721 m · 9 min
3 licensed centres · 122 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • The Wexford · long-term care home114 m
  • The Wexford Residence Inc. · seniors' active living centre73 m

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
  • Deanvar Parkette841 m · 10 min
  • Wayne Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
  • Wexford Park1.3 km · 15 min
  • Maryvale Park1.4 km · 16 min
Schools (6)
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 601 m · 7 min
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 625 m · 7 min
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 721 m · 9 min
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • St Kevin Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km

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 community centre, a library or a public washroom.

51of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,554 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 22 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    6 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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

14 registered apartment buildings with 1,503 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1860 Lawrence Ave E (76 m, 90 units, 8 storeys, built 1978), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1860 Lawrence Ave E social housing908197898 · Sep 202476 m
1790 Lawrence Ave E · Dixland Apartments Lts.365196297 · Oct 2025339 m · 4 min
1765 Lawrence Ave E1037196485 · Dec 2025428 m · 5 min
1780 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.395196194 · Oct 2025429 m · 5 min
1725 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.436196094 · Oct 2025586 m · 7 min
2015 Lawrence Ave E social housing15811199496 · Sep 2026635 m · 8 min

14 registered buildings · 1,503 units · 2 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

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 6, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle732street/outdoor (6), other (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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Gooderham a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 90 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 & Gooderham?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #359 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.83× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Lawrence & Gooderham a walkable intersection?

Lawrence & Gooderham scores 51 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,554 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 grocery stores within 300 m · 22 places to eat within 300 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Gooderham?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Elinor Ave and Tower Dr (September 2026), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 268 m away (50 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Gooderham?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (256 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 254 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,720 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Gooderham by transit?

Bus routes 54, 67, 68, 24, 91, 954, 968, 924 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Gooderham?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 91 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Nasib's Shawarma and Falafel (29 m), Qataghan Kabab and Catering (29 m), Juicy Birds Nashville Hot Chicken (34 m), Patna Kabab House (49 m) and Nigeria Palace Restaurant (86 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Lawrence & Gooderham?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 122 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (601 m, 30 spaces), Scarborough Citadel Child Care (623 m, 49 spaces) and Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp (721 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Gooderham?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,503 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1860 Lawrence Ave E (76 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1790 Lawrence Ave E (339 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1765 Lawrence Ave E (428 m, 103 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 1780 Lawrence Ave E (429 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Gooderham?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Gooderham in?

Lawrence & Gooderham 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