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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 548611612 nearest 17 m
- Express
- 954986905
- Blue Night
- 354334386
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Homestead Rd; Lawrence Ave East at West Hill Dr
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Ling Rd / Lawrence Ave E 235 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 67 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 (10)
- Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 483 m
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 579 m
- West Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 627 m
- Academie Alexandre DumasFrench Public · 817 m
- West Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- St Malachy Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
- and 4 more
- Community centres
- Parks (12)
- Heron Park239 m
- Deekshill Park391 m
- Asterfield - Plumrose Blvd Parkette701 m
- Megan Park754 m
- Manse Road Park760 m
- Peter Secor Park913 m
- and 6 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Morningside branch145 m
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 59 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Booster Juice, 319 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Booster Juice · 4525 Kingston Rd Unit-H8 | 319 m | Passed, Jan 2026 |
| Cobs Bread · 4525 Kingston Rd | 319 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| Meltwich · 4525 Kingston Rd Unit-H9 | 319 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Real Fruit Bubble Tea · 4525 Kingston Rd Unit-4bgrocery | 319 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Baskin Robbins · 4525 Kingston Rd Unit-4a | 319 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Baskin Robbins · 4525 Kingston Rd, Unit-4a | 319 m | Passed, Jul 2025 |
| M & M Food Market · 4525 Kingston Rd, Unit-H11grocery | 319 m | Passed, May 2025 |
| Score Pizza · 4525 Kingston Rd, Unit-H10/108 | 319 m | Passed, Jul 2025 |
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 Heron Park Community Centre Washroom, 258 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 195 m away at Heron Park.
- Heron Park Community Centre Washroom · 292 Manse Rd
View centre hours258 m
- Drinking water
- Heron Park drinking fountain · 195 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
Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 563 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club (579 m, 125 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club · 230 Morningside Ave
125 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day579 m - Friendly Little Campus Daycare 2 · 63 Orchard Park Dr
98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day606 m - Absorbent Minds (Op-1756925 Ontario Inc.) · 16 Old Kingston Rd
51 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten623 m - Morningside Children's Centre · 292 Morningside Ave
39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day676 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (507 m) and the nearest ambulance station 507 m away.
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 1,415 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 4205 Lawrence Ave E (458 m, 345 units, 14 storeys, built 1974), which scored 77 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 52 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4205 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment | 345 | 14 | 1974 | 77 · Nov 2025 | 16 | 458 m |
| 225 Morningside AveToronto Community Housing · Del Managment | 99 | 10 | 1972 | 92 · Nov 2025 | 2 | 486 m |
| 217 Morningside Ave · Amaz Property Management | 110 | 9 | 1965 | 87 · Aug 2026 | 2 | 495 m |
| 207 Morningside Ave · Signet Group Inc. | 107 | 5 | 1961 | 81 · Oct 2025 | 9 | 551 m |
| 205 Morningside Ave · Signet Group Inc. | 107 | 5 | 1961 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 8 | 603 m |
| 280 Morningside Ave · Q Residential | 165 | 14 | 1972 | 97 · Oct 2025 | 2 | 624 m |
| 290 Morningside Ave · 1001175316 Ontario Limited | 107 | 6 | 1960 | 72 · Sep 2024 | 2 · 9 fire | 656 m |
| 4175 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment | 375 | 13 | 1974 | 85 · Oct 2025 | 11 · 3 fire | 747 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
Nearest lots: 61 m away, ≈79 spaces; 110 m away, ≈3 spaces; 118 m away, ≈2 spaces; 163 m away, ≈97 spaces; 175 m away, ≈2 spaces; 184 m away, ≈6 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, Mar 23, 2016
The east leg carries the load — 5,832 westbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 162. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,779 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,735 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 14.4% 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 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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.
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 Lawrence Ave E between Homestead Rd and West Hill Dr (13 m away) recorded an average of 58 km/h in its 24-hour count in February 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 66 km/h. That segment carries about 8,300 vehicles a day. Homestead Rd between Coronation Dr and Skelding Crt measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Apr 2026). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave E · Homestead Rd – West Hill Dr · 13 m | Feb 2010 · 24 h | 8,349 | 58 km/h | 66 km/h | 71 km/h |
| Homestead Rd · Coronation Dr – Skelding Crt · 299 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 1,787 | 40 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 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
2023 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Aug 23, 2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 30 | #2789 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 5 | #2691 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 23 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #2551 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #1919 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| All since 2014 | 37 | latest Aug 23, 2025 |
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
Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 25, 2009.
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 six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 3 | 0 | house driveway/garage (4), street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 22, 2025. 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 West Hill.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawrence & Homestead a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 30 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 & Homestead?
A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 23, 2016, 1.20× the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Homestead?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Homestead Rd and West Hill Dr (February 2010), found an average of 58 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 66 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Lawrence & Homestead?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 271 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,090 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Homestead by transit?
Bus routes 54, 86, 116, 12, 954, 986, 905 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Homestead Rd, 17 m).
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Homestead?
None within 300 m, and 59 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Booster Juice (319 m), Cobs Bread (319 m), Meltwich (319 m), Baskin Robbins (319 m) and Baskin Robbins (319 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 & Homestead?
The nearest is Heron Park Community Centre Washroom, 292 Manse Rd, 258 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 & Homestead?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 563 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club (579 m, 125 spaces), Friendly Little Campus Daycare 2 (606 m, 98 spaces) and Absorbent Minds (Op-1756925 Ontario Inc.) (623 m, 51 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Homestead?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,415 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4205 Lawrence Ave E (458 m, 345 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 225 Morningside Ave (486 m, 99 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 217 Morningside Ave (495 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 207 Morningside Ave (551 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 86 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 & Homestead?
Toronto Police place six 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 West Hill page.
What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Homestead in?
Lawrence & Homestead is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Mar 23, 2016.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Sep 22, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.76976, -79.18020 · centreline node 13446998.