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Lawrence & Marcos

Lawrence Ave E & Marcos Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale-Glen Andrew · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Lawrence & Marcos, in Bendale-Glen Andrew, is a high-volume crossing. Nearby is 14 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
24,055
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 15, 2006
1,658 pedestrians · 17 cyclists
Collisions
108
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
28 with an injury · 66 property damage · #1027 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #572 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 3,010 vehicles an hour, 2.6× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 15 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 11 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged down 7%, from 56 in 2016–2020 to 52 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 108 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lawrence & Marcos

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
54154215738129131133 nearest 20 m
Express
954903904938939
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Marcos Blvd; Lawrence Ave East at Danielle Moore Cir West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brimley Rd / Lawrence Ave E 289 m · 19 docks · 5 stations, 74 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)
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 500 m
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Main BldgEnglish Public · 551 m
  • Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 558 m
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Highbrook CampusEnglish Public · 563 m
  • Charles Gordon Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 749 m
  • Hunter's Glen Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 806 m
  • and 3 more
Parks (12)
  • Hunters Glen Park609 m
  • Donwood Park653 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park668 m
  • Arsandco Park915 m
  • Birkdale Ravine1 km
  • Amberdale Ravine Park1 km
  • and 6 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 605 m

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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 51. The nearest is McDonald's, 177 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Top Food Supermarket · 2715 Lawrence Ave Egrocery174 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
McDonald's · 2701 Lawrence Ave E177 mPassed, Jan 2026
Afghan Dry Fruits · 2683 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-1271 mPassed, Nov 2024
Al-Madina Halal Pizza & Bakery · 2683 Lawrence Ave Egrocery271 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
Silver Pot Restaurant Veg& Non Veg · 2683 Lawrence Ave E, Bldg-3b271 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Al-Madina Halal Pizza & Bakery · 2683 Lawrence Ave Egrocery271 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Al Khair Supermarket · 2683 Lawrence Ave E 1grocery271 mPassed, Jul 2026
Chulla Express · 2683 Lawrence Ave E 3b271 mPassed, Jul 2026

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 Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 588 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 457 m away at Thomson Memorial Park.

  • Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    588 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    744 m
Drinking water
Thomson Memorial Park bottle filling station · 457 m; Thomson Memorial Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 572 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 470 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cedarbrae Day Nursery (494 m, 97 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 470 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 7
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery · 1385 Midland Ave
    97 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    494 m
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) · 1375 Midland Ave
    71 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    519 m
  • N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc · 61 Dorcot Ave
    82 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    551 m
  • Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre · 2920 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    559 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (708 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 438 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 708 m1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 2.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 438 m2900 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 ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,398 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2702 Lawrence Ave E (172 m, 96 units, 7 storeys, built 1957), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 60 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,398 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202660 across the 10
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc967195791 · Sep 20254172 m
2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc1117195792 · Sep 20254242 m
5 Brockley Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited25421196999 · Aug 20252336 m
4 Treewood St · Northview Apartment REIT827196179 · Sep 20247470 m
1385 Midland Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14413195078 · Jul 202629494 m
1375 Midland Ave14413197274 · Sep 20241 · 6 fire519 m
2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.827195694 · Nov 20252548 m
2950 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2006196091 · Sep 20243689 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 lots277 lots · ≈47,180 spaces · 141.5 ha
Within 500 m20 lots · ≈3,580 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 90 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1 km90 *

Nearest lots: 104 m away, ≈25 spaces; 132 m away, ≈348 spaces; 179 m away, ≈5 spaces; 261 m away, ≈246 spaces; 265 m away, ≈525 spaces; 292 m away, ≈47 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 15, 2006

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 11,785 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 358 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,152 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,294 from 2:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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 north406southbound · 0 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west11,785eastbound · 3 bikes · 4.2% heavy
Total vehicles24,0551,658 pedestrians · 17 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east11,506westbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south358northbound · 14 bikes · 1.1% heavy
AM peak hour3,152 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,294 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 15, 2006

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 Rushley Dr and Brimley Rd, 211 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2019 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 65 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 73 km/h or more. That segment carries about 35,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Rushley Dr – Brimley Rd · 211 mApr 2019 · 2 days35,19951 km/h65 km/h73 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 worst year was 2024, with 18 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 28 collisions (26%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 8 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions108#1027 of 5,508
With an injury28#545 of 4,660
Property damage only66
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian6#512 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#962 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014142latest May 23, 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 Oct 19, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#572 of 1,505
Fatal1#205 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#272 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20063latest Oct 19, 2024

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

Two thefts from vehicles 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 vehicle210apartment parking (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 5, 2024. 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Marcos a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#572 of 1,505), out of 108 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 & Marcos?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 15, 2006, 2.6× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Marcos?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Rushley Dr and Brimley Rd (April 2019), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 65 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Marcos?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (1.0 km away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 277 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 47,180 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Marcos by transit?

Bus routes 54, 154, 21, 57, 38, 129, 131, 133 and 5 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Marcos Blvd, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Marcos?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (177 m), Afghan Dry Fruits (271 m), Silver Pot Restaurant Veg& Non Veg (271 m) and Chulla Express (271 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 & Marcos?

The nearest is Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 1005 Brimley Rd, 588 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom (744 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 & Marcos?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 470 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cedarbrae Day Nursery (494 m, 97 spaces), Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) (519 m, 71 spaces) and N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (551 m, 82 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Marcos?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,398 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2702 Lawrence Ave E (172 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2700 Lawrence Ave E (242 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 5 Brockley Dr (336 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 4 Treewood St (470 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 79). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 88 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 & Marcos?

Toronto Police place two 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Marcos in?

Lawrence & Marcos is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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