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Lawrence & Grey

Lawrence Ave W & Grey Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Lawrence & Grey, in Bedford Park-Nortown, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
14,522
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 24, 1997
167 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
30
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2800 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1136 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
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,820 vehicles, 1.57× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 87 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 13%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 30 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lawrence & Grey

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
52617400 nearest 10 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352307
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave West at Kimbark Blvd; Lawrence Ave West at Grey Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 451 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 41 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 (21)
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 411 m
  • Beth Jacob High School For GirlsPrivate · 434 m
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 463 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 489 m
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 651 m
  • Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah SchoolPrivate · 719 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Bedford Parkette260 m
  • Phil Givens Park336 m
  • Douglas Greenbelt398 m
  • Glengarry Park450 m
  • Heart Park465 m
  • Kimbark - Coldstream Ravine504 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1.4 km

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 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 47. The nearest is Rosie's Burgers, 238 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rosie's Burgers · 1542 Avenue Rd238 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizzaiolo · 1548 Avenue Rd248 mPassed, Apr 2026
12 Tables · 1552 Avenue Rd254 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Motovia · 1554 Avenue Rd255 mConditional pass, Jul 2026 · 5 infractions
Moto Via Avenue · 1554 Avenue Rd256 mPassed, Aug 2025
Iq Foods · 1560 Avenue Rdgrocery267 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Starbucks · 1507 Avenue Rd277 mPassed, Apr 2026
Fancy Franks · 1507 Avenue Rd Unit-A277 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 724 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 359 m away at Phil Givens Park.

  • Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · 140 Cheritan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    724 m
  • Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 160 Ledbury St
    View facility hours
    803 m
  • Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 200 Lytton Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    943 m
Drinking water
Phil Givens Park bottle filling station · 359 m; Brookdale Park drinking fountain · 484 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,112 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (204 m, 93 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 1,112 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 1498 Avenue Rd
    93 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    204 m
  • Toronto Cheder · 410 Lawrence Ave W
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    434 m
  • Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora · 77 Glen Rush Blvd
    142 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    719 m
  • Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi Childcare · 471 Lawrence Ave W
    65 spaces · infant, toddler
    752 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 132 (836 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 132 · 836 m476 Lawrence Ave W
Police53 Division · 2.3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 2.1 km643 Eglinton 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 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 774 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (282 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 75 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings11 · 774 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 11
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 20240 · 2 fire282 m
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 20251325 m
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 20250413 m
3171 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Services Inc.476197099 · Sep 20262930 m
595 Brookdale Ave · Hazelview Properties477197094 · Aug 20263930 m
3253 Bathurst St · Wj Properties224195590 · Jun 202501 km
3036-3050 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1607199201 km
3036 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1607199299 · Jul 202601 km

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 lots471 lots · ≈16,200 spaces · 48.6 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈900 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 558 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking7 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1.2 km3232% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.3 km4254% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface1.3 km9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.6 km26 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.8 km46 *

Nearest lots: 191 m away, ≈37 spaces; 193 m away, ≈60 spaces; 244 m away, ≈26 spaces; 265 m away, ≈12 spaces; 277 m away, ≈20 spaces; 281 m away, ≈34 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, Nov 24, 1997

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,976 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 108 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,205 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,366 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 29 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1997, 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 north523southbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the west6,976eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles14,522167 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east6,915westbound · 1 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south108northbound · 10 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour2,205 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,366 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 24, 1997

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 Kimbark Blvd between Caribou Rd and Lawrence Ave W, 75 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2022 put the average speed at 32 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day. Grey Rd between Glengarry Ave and Douglas Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Jul 2010). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Avenue Rd (282 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.2% of the 7,520 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kimbark Blvd · Caribou Rd – Lawrence Ave W · 75 mApr 2022 · 3 days44732 km/h40 km/h45 km/h
Grey Rd · Glengarry Ave – Douglas Ave · 127 mJul 2010 · 24 h1,66630 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Lawrence Ave W · Avenue Rd – Edgecombe Ave · 193 mSep 2013 · 7 days14,323

School-zone speed sign 282 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 43 km/h
Over the limit16%
50 km/h or more2.2%

Avenue Rd (southbound), W Side Avenue Rd S of Caribou Rd · 7,520 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 2019, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 3 collisions (10%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 3% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions30#2800 of 5,508
With an injury3#3357 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2071 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201439latest Apr 7, 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. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 21, 2017.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1136 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Jun 21, 2017

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

One theft from a vehicle 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 vehicle100transit property (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 18, 2018. 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Grey a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1136 of 1,505), out of 30 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 & Grey?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 24, 1997, 1.57× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Grey?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kimbark Blvd between Caribou Rd and Lawrence Ave W (April 2022), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 282 m away (40 km/h), 2.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Grey?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (1.2 km away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 471 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,200 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Grey by transit?

Bus routes 52, 61, 7, 400, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave West at Kimbark Blvd, 10 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Grey?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 47 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rosie's Burgers (238 m), Pizzaiolo (248 m), 12 Tables (254 m), Motovia (255 m) and Moto Via Avenue (256 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 & Grey?

The nearest is Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 140 Cheritan Ave, 724 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (803 m); Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom (943 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 & Grey?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,112 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (204 m, 93 spaces), Toronto Cheder (434 m, 16 spaces) and Yeshivat Yesodei Hatora (719 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Grey?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 774 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (282 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 284 Lawrence Ave W (325 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 515 Rosewell Ave (413 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 3171 Bathurst St (930 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 92 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 & Grey?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Grey in?

Lawrence & Grey is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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