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Lawrence & Kingston

Lawrence Ave E & Kingston Rd · Toronto, Ontario · West Hill · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Lawrence & Kingston is a top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It sits in West Hill. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2022 that issued 1,486 tickets in 2025, a live City traffic camera and a park. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
46,778
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 22, 2024
5,265 pedestrians · 378 cyclists · #50 busiest
Collisions
464
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
86 with an injury · 330 property damage · #147 of 5,508 · +27 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1 +1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1074 of 1,505 · 1 since Jan 2026 (May 29, 2026)
Red-light camera
1,486
tickets in 2025
since 2022 · 621 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 3,340 vehicles an hour, 2.9× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 46 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 9.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.0× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 25%, from 206 in 2016–2020 to 258 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 464 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured. Since January 2026, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here.

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Lawrence & Kingston

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Kingston Rd & Lawrence Ave E — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8156 · Kingston Rd & Lawrence Ave E · 44 m from the node
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Lawrence & Kingston, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8156 · Kingston Rd & Lawrence Ave E
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
128654116 nearest 32 m
Express
905986954
Blue Night
386354334
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Lawrence Ave East; Lawrence Ave East at Kingston Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Kitchener Rd / Kingston Rd 100 m · 11 docks · 7 stations, 95 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 (9)
  • St Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 277 m
  • St Margaret's Public SchoolEnglish Public · 500 m
  • West Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 600 m
  • Galloway Road Public SchoolEnglish Public · 635 m
  • West Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 895 m
  • Eastview Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
  • Heron Park Community Recreation Centre1 km
Parks (9)
  • St. Margarets Parkette241 m
  • West Hill Park561 m
  • Deekshill Park644 m
  • Eastview Park820 m
  • Peter Secor Park1 km
  • Heron Park1 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Morningside branch934 m
Signal
0144, activated 1960 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

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 25 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 74. The nearest is Krispy Kreme, 57 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés25 within 300 m · 74 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Krispy Kreme · 4411 Kingston Rd57 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Halibut House Fish & Chips · 4410 Kingston Rdgrocery87 mPassed, Jun 2025
Eggsmart · 4410 Kingston Rd87 mPassed, Jan 2026
Harvey's · 4410 Kingston Rd87 mPassed, Aug 2026
Halibut House Mobile Truck · 4410 Kingston Rd87 mPassed, Mar 2026
Shelby's Legendary Shawarma · 4410 Kingston Rd Unit-287 mPassed, Jun 2026
Swiss Chalet · 4410 Kingston Rd87 mPassed, Dec 2024
Halibut House Fish & Chips · 4410 Kingston Rdgrocery87 mPassed, Jun 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

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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 746 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club (277 m, 125 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 746 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 10
  • East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club · 230 Morningside Ave
    125 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    277 m
  • Growing Tykes Child Care · 4105 Lawrence Ave E
    142 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    480 m
  • Morningside Children's Centre · 292 Morningside Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    518 m
  • Galloway Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 4299 Kingston Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    674 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (748 m), the nearest police station 43 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 234 · 748 m40 Coronation Dr
Police43 Division · 1.3 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 1.3 km4331 Lawrence Ave E

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 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,688 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4175 Lawrence Ave E (80 m, 375 units, 13 storeys, built 1974), which scored 85 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 80 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 2,688 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202680 across the 16
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4175 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment37513197485 · Oct 202511 · 3 fire80 m
4205 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment34514197477 · Nov 202516344 m
4110 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment18511197288 · Oct 20253348 m
280 Morningside Ave · Q Residential16514197297 · Oct 20252371 m
225 Morningside AveToronto Community Housing · Del Managment9910197292 · Nov 20252375 m
217 Morningside Ave · Amaz Property Management1109196587 · Aug 20262414 m
207 Morningside Ave · Signet Group Inc.1075196181 · Oct 20259417 m
290 Morningside Ave · 1001175316 Ontario Limited1076196072 · Sep 20242 · 9 fire474 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 lots219 lots · ≈22,670 spaces · 68 ha
Within 500 m43 lots · ≈5,590 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 31 m away, ≈34 spaces; 86 m away, ≈119 spaces; 87 m away, ≈21 spaces; 88 m away, ≈462 spaces; 135 m away, ≈11 spaces; 146 m away, ≈66 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, Oct 22, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 15,536 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 8,662 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 4,046 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 4,071 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north15,536southbound · 64 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west8,706eastbound · 71 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles46,7785,265 pedestrians · 378 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east8,662westbound · 104 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the south13,874northbound · 139 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour4,046 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour4,071 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 22, 2024

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 Lawrence Ave E between Andover Cres and 4140 Lawrence Ave E, 309 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2024 put the average speed at 54 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 62 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 67 km/h or more. That segment carries about 27,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kingston Rd · Kitchener Rd – Lawrence Ave E · 32 mSep 2013 · 3 days20,312
Lawrence Ave E · Andover Cres – 4140 Lawrence Ave E · 309 mNov 2024 · 3 days27,25954 km/h62 km/h67 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 62 collisions. 86 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 58 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 19 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 27 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 9.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions464#147 of 5,508
With an injury86#79 of 4,660
Property damage only330
Fail to remain58
Involving a pedestrian18#53 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2008 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality1
Severity not classified47
Since January 2026 (outside the window)27
All since 2014594latest Jun 26, 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 last one inside the window was in 2025. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on May 29, 2026. Going back to 2006, the total is 7. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1074 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11 pedestrian · latest May 29, 2026
All KSI since 20067latest May 29, 2026

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

12 thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 58% 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 vehicle1250street/outdoor (7), other (2)
Bicycle theft200apartment parking (1), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 3, 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 & Kingston a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1074 of 1,505), out of 464 reported collisions of any severity. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 & Kingston?

A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #50 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection, and #391 for pedestrians.

Is there a red-light camera at Lawrence & Kingston?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Lawrence & Kingston since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 1,486 tickets in 2025 (512 in 2024) and 621 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 3,479 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Lawrence & Kingston?

1,486 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 512 in 2024, and 621 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 3,479 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Kingston?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Andover Cres and 4140 Lawrence Ave E (November 2024), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Kingston?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 219 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,670 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Kingston by transit?

Bus routes 12, 86, 54, 116, 905, 986, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Lawrence Ave East, 32 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Kingston?

25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 74 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Krispy Kreme (57 m), Eggsmart (87 m), Harvey's (87 m), Halibut House Mobile Truck (87 m) and Shelby's Legendary Shawarma (87 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 & Kingston?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 746 spaces in total; 8 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 (277 m, 125 spaces), Growing Tykes Child Care (480 m, 142 spaces) and Morningside Children's Centre (518 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Kingston?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,688 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4175 Lawrence Ave E (80 m, 375 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 4205 Lawrence Ave E (344 m, 345 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 4110 Lawrence Ave E (348 m, 185 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 280 Morningside Ave (371 m, 165 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 89 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 & Kingston?

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 West Hill page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Kingston in?

Lawrence & Kingston is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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