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Lawrence & Leith

Lawrence Ave E & Leith Pl · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park South · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Lawrence & Leith is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Lawrence Park South. It has Lawrence Station, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
13,369
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 19, 2003
275 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3797 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Lawrence Station
subway station within 250 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,670 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.45× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 49 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 1.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Lawrence & Leith

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lawrence Station (Line 1)185 m
TTC bus
124162975274103 nearest 82 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352320
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Weybourne Cres East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Yonge St / Lawrence Ave E 94 m · 23 docks · 6 stations, 99 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 (19)
  • Bedford Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 248 m
  • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 384 m
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 917 m
  • Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 13 more
Community centres
  • Bedford Park Community Centre270 m
Parks (23)
  • George Milbrandt Parkette156 m
  • Jaye Robinson Park286 m
  • Ranleigh Park328 m
  • Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens496 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground530 m
  • Duplex Parkette534 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch160 m
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 455 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 73 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Brewing Brokers, 230 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 73 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Brewing Brokers · 3153 Yonge St230 mPassed, Jul 2026
Brewing Brokers · 3153 Yonge St230 mPassed, Oct 2025
Bento Incorporated · 3080 Yonge St236 mPassed, May 2026
Davidson's Loblaws City Market · 3080 Yonge Stgrocery236 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Freshii · 3080 Yonge St236 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Horton's · 3080 Yonge St236 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Metro · 3142 Yonge Stgrocery285 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Metro · 3142 Yonge Stgrocery285 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 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 Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom, 510 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 480 m away at Duplex Parkette.

  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 75 Woburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    510 m
  • Lawrence Park Ravine Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 51 Alexander Muir Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    538 m
  • Wanless Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 250 Wanless Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    747 m
Drinking water
Duplex Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 480 m; Woburn Avenue Playground drinking fountain · 511 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 565 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Weybourne School (73 m, 11 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 565 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 9
  • Weybourne School · 54 Lawrence Ave E
    11 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    73 m
  • Ranleigh Rascals · 81 Ranleigh Ave
    178 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    248 m
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Bedford Campus · 11 Bedford Park Ave
    60 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    329 m
  • Plasp Blessed Sacrament C.s. · 24 Bedford Park Ave
    73 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    385 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (187 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 187 m3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 2.2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.8 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

27 registered apartment buildings with 1,414 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 5 Du Maurier Blvd (111 m, 41 units, 4 storeys, built 1941), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 24 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 21 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings27 · 1,414 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202624 across the 27
Open fire-code violations21
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5 Du Maurier Blvd · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited414194194 · Nov 20250 · 5 fire111 m
3 Du Maurier Blvd · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited374194194 · Aug 20260151 m
2 Du Maurier Blvd · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited284194195 · Aug 20262167 m
3110 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20252249 m
3179 Yonge StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1105199090 · Dec 20250255 m
3000 Yonge St · O'shanter Development Company Ltd27212195591 · Jun 20253257 m
3112 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20250265 m
41 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management263195786 · Aug 20250296 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 lots334 lots · ≈16,940 spaces · 50.8 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈740 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 798 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking51 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface372 m4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface566 m26 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.3 km46 *
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.5 km163 *
2170 Bayview avenue · Surface1.7 km69 *

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈11 spaces; 140 m away, ≈16 spaces; 144 m away, ≈7 spaces; 160 m away, ≈8 spaces; 162 m away, ≈19 spaces; 176 m away, ≈19 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 19, 2003

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 6,631 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 163. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,101 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 8% above the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. (1,944). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, 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 north163southbound · 0 bikes · 5.5% heavy
From the west6,575eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles13,369275 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east6,631westbound · 0 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,944 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,101 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 19, 2003

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 W between Lorindale Ave and Unsworth Ave (339 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 55 km/h. That segment carries about 20,900 vehicles a day. Leith Pl between Lawrence Ave E and Wanless Ave measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Oct 2018). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Ranleigh Ave (275 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 2,696 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leith Pl · Lawrence Ave E – Wanless Ave · 77 mOct 2018 · 3 days61634 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Lawrence Cres · Lympstone Ave – Mount Pleasant Rd (Id: 2364668) · 296 mMar 2024 · 3 days93733 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Lawrence Ave W · Lorindale Ave – Unsworth Ave · 339 mJun 2019 · 7 days20,87345 km/h55 km/h60 km/h

School-zone speed sign 275 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 6 km/h
Over the limit0.6%
40 km/h or more0.1%

Ranleigh Ave (eastbound), 47 Ranleigh Ave · 2,696 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

2023 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 7% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 13, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3797 of 5,508
With an injury1#4360 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201417latest Sep 13, 2024

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

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

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 14, 2021. 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 Lawrence Park South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Leith a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 & Leith?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 19, 2003, 1.45× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Leith?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Lorindale Ave and Unsworth Ave (June 2019), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 275 m away (30 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Leith?

The nearest Green P car park is 23 Bedford Park Ave (372 m away, 42 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 334 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,940 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Leith by transit?

Lawrence Station (Line 1) is 185 m away; bus routes 124, 162, 97, 52, 74, 103, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Weybourne Cres East Side, 82 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Leith?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 73 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Brewing Brokers (230 m), Brewing Brokers (230 m), Bento Incorporated (236 m), Freshii (236 m) and Tim Horton's (236 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 & Leith?

The nearest is Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom, 75 Woburn Ave, 510 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Lawrence Park Ravine Tennis Clubhouse Washroom (538 m); Wanless Park Fieldhouse Washroom (747 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 & Leith?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 565 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Weybourne School (73 m, 11 spaces), Ranleigh Rascals (248 m, 178 spaces) and Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Bedford Campus (329 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Leith?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,414 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Du Maurier Blvd (111 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 3 Du Maurier Blvd (151 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2 Du Maurier Blvd (167 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 3110 Yonge St (249 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 93 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 & Leith?

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 Lawrence Park South page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Leith in?

Lawrence & Leith is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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