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Lawrence & Karl Fraser

Lawrence Ave E & Karl Fraser Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Banbury-Don Mills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

Lawrence & Karl Fraser is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Banbury-Don Mills. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
23,894
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 15, 2025
1,004 pedestrians · 69 cyclists · #620 busiest
Collisions
325
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 189 property damage · #253 of 5,508 · +16 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #571 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 14 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,710 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.48× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 24 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 33 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 13.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.7× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 52%, from 129 in 2016–2020 to 196 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 325 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lawrence & Karl Fraser

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
403255419116251 nearest 93 m
Express
925954
Blue Night
325354
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Don Mills Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Rd 62 m · 14 docks · 2 stations, 33 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 (14)
  • Don Mills Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 428 m
  • Don Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 473 m
  • Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 505 m
  • Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 564 m
  • Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 624 m
  • Greenland Public SchoolEnglish Public · 634 m
  • and 8 more
Community centres
  • Don Mills Civitan Arena424 m
Parks (16)
  • Macklin Hancock Park192 m
  • Paperbirch Walkway447 m
  • Don Mills Local Park506 m
  • Mallow Park529 m
  • Duncairn Park680 m
  • Woodcliff Greenbelt887 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch181 m
Places of interest
  • Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 1.1 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 31 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 46 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is McEwan, 48 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés31 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McEwan · 38 Karl Fraser Rd48 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Chick-Fil-A · 1090 Don Mills Rd Unit-M00178 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Danish Pastry House · 1090 Don Mills Rd78 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Eataly Don Mills · 1090 Don Mills Rd78 mPassed, Jul 2026
Jack Astor's Bar & Grill · 1090 Don Mills Rd78 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Joey Don Mills Grill Lounge · 1090 Don Mills Rd78 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Mantra · 1090 Don Mills Rd Unit-A00578 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Nome Izakaya · 1090 Don Mills Rd Unit-A4c78 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

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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 623 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd (480 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 623 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd · 235 the Donway E
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    480 m
  • Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 50 Duncairn Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    506 m
  • Norman Ingram School Age YMCA · 50 Duncairn Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    506 m
  • St Mark's Day Care Centre - Greenland Road · 1 Greenland Rd
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    584 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 3.1 km away.

FireFire Station 123 · 1 km143 Bond Ave
Police33 Division · 1.6 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 3.1 km2075 Bayview Ave

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

43 registered apartment buildings with 1,729 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 980 Lawrence Ave E (63 m, 64 units, 6 storeys, built 1958), which scored 97 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 30 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings43 · 1,729 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202630 across the 43
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
980 Lawrence Ave E · Niot Investment Holdings Limited646195897 · Jul 2026063 m
1122 Don Mills Rd · Niot Investment Holdings Limited666195899 · Jul 20251137 m
1129 Don Mills Rd · Linwood Management Corporation466195083 · Jul 20252192 m
1071 Don Mills Rd · Three R Property Management Corporation614195995 · Jun 20250197 m
1133 Don Mills Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation496196087 · Sep 20242220 m
1065 Don Mills Rd · Three R Property Management Corporation614195996 · Jun 20251228 m
1002 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.774195493 · Jun 20265241 m
9 Wingreen Crt · Trivest Dev. Corporation113196594 · Sep 20251244 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 lots302 lots · ≈44,970 spaces · 134.9 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈6,210 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 90 m away, ≈293 spaces; 95 m away, ≈120 spaces; 111 m away, ≈11 spaces; 115 m away, ≈106 spaces; 131 m away, ≈12 spaces; 136 m away, ≈9 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 — 14-hour, Jul 15, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 11,287 westbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 464. Most cyclists arrived from the west (38 of 69). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,165 vehicles in the hour from 3:45 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,939). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 14 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north464southbound · 1 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west10,559eastbound · 38 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles23,8941,004 pedestrians · 69 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east11,287westbound · 26 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south1,584northbound · 4 bikes · 0.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,939 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,165 vehicles from 3:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 15, 2025

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 most recent midblock count on Lawrence Ave E between Karl Fraser Rd and Don Mills Rd (67 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 20,067 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on The Donway E (366 m away, 40 km/h limit), 3.7% of the 74,774 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Karl Fraser Rd – Don Mills Rd · 67 mNov 2011 · 3 days20,067

School-zone speed sign 366 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct38 · 44 km/h
Over the limit14%
50 km/h or more3.7%

The Donway E (southbound), 14 the Donway E · 74,774 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

2024 was the peak year (51 collisions), and 2025 closed with 44. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 132 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 41% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 16 more collisions have been reported, 1 of them fatal; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 13.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions325#253 of 5,508
With an injury16#1077 of 4,660
Property damage only189
Fail to remain132
Involving a pedestrian9#261 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#961 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified120
Since January 2026 (outside the window)161 fatal
All since 2014388latest May 12, 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 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jan 29, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#571 of 1,505
Fatal1#204 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#271 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jan 29, 2020

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 12 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 0.7 a year before that. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1280street/outdoor (10), other (1)
Bicycle theft210street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 5, 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 Banbury-Don Mills.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Karl Fraser a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#571 of 1,505), out of 325 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 & Karl Fraser?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #620 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.48× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Karl Fraser?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 302 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,970 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Karl Fraser by transit?

Bus routes 403, 25, 54, 191, 162, 51, 925, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Don Mills Rd, 93 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Karl Fraser?

31 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McEwan (48 m), Chick-Fil-A (78 m), Danish Pastry House (78 m), Eataly Don Mills (78 m) and Jack Astor's Bar & Grill (78 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 & Karl Fraser?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 623 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wee Leprechauns Child Care Centre Ltd (480 m, 31 spaces), Blue Wave Child Care Centre (506 m, 106 spaces) and Norman Ingram School Age YMCA (506 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Karl Fraser?

43 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,729 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 980 Lawrence Ave E (63 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1122 Don Mills Rd (137 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1129 Don Mills Rd (192 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 1071 Don Mills Rd (197 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 43 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 & Karl Fraser?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and two 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 Banbury-Don Mills page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Karl Fraser in?

Lawrence & Karl Fraser is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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