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Lawrence & Megan

Lawrence Ave E & Megan Ave · Toronto, Ontario · West Hill · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Lawrence & Megan, in West Hill, is an intersection of typical volume. Nearby is 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,286
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 15, 2023
75 pedestrians · 18 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4574 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 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 910 vehicles an hour, 79% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 97 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 0.8 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 & Megan

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5486 nearest 16 m
Express
954986
Blue Night
354386
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Megan Ave; Lawrence Ave East at Fern Meadow Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Heron Park Community Centre 535 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (8)
  • St Malachy Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 351 m
  • William G Miller Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 585 m
  • Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 671 m
  • Academie Alexandre DumasFrench Public · 1.3 km
  • West Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint MichelFrench Separate · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (14)
  • Megan Park347 m
  • Asterfield - Plumrose Blvd Parkette459 m
  • Heron Park614 m
  • Woodgrove Ravine Park632 m
  • Manse Road Park648 m
  • Colonel Danforth Park737 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Morningside branch668 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 10 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John's, 291 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Papa John's · 166 Bennett Rd Unit-A291 mPassed, Jun 2026
Coppa's · 148 Bennett Rd389 mPassed, Jul 2026
Chef's Kitchen · 4679 Kingston Rd 3 A471 mPassed, Jun 2026
Domino's Pizza · 4679 Kingston Rd471 mPassed, Jun 2026
Snapback Coffee · 4679 Kingston Rd Unit-10471 mPassed, May 2026
William G. Miller YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd560 mPassed, Oct 2025
Joseph Brant PS - Snp · 270 Manse Rd688 mPassed, Nov 2025
Maat Centre Kitchen · 62 Orchard Park Dr767 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 Heron Park Community Centre Washroom, 636 m away, View centre hours.

  • Heron Park Community Centre Washroom · 292 Manse Rd
    View centre hours
    636 m
  • Colonel Danforth Park Washroom · 73 Colonel Danforth Trl
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    738 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 318 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Malachy Before & After School Program (351 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 318 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • St. Malachy Before & After School Program · 80 Bennett Rd
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    351 m
  • Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care · 4679 Kingston Rd
    121 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    471 m
  • William G. Miller School Age YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    585 m
  • Friendly Little Campus Daycare 2 · 63 Orchard Park Dr
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    891 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 215 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (304 m) and the nearest ambulance station 304 m away.

FireFire Station 215 · 1.9 km5318 Lawrence Ave E
Police43 Division · 304 m4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 304 m4331 Lawrence Ave E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots226 lots · ≈25,500 spaces · 76.5 ha
Within 500 m6 lots · ≈820 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 166 m away, ≈172 spaces; 191 m away, ≈21 spaces; 303 m away, ≈232 spaces; 319 m away, ≈299 spaces; 373 m away, ≈72 spaces; 482 m away, ≈20 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, Jun 15, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,635 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 569. Morning rush is the busier period: 1,224 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 1,094 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.7% 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 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north569southbound · 1 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the west3,082eastbound · 7 bikes · 6.3% heavy
Total vehicles7,28675 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · 5.7% heavy
From the east3,635westbound · 10 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,224 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,094 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 15, 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 Megan Ave and Morning Dew Rd (72 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 17,000 vehicles a day. Megan Ave between Lawrence Ave E and Fergalea Ave measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Mar 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Megan Ave – Morning Dew Rd · 72 mOct 2023 · 3 days16,99852 km/h59 km/h64 km/h
Megan Ave · Lawrence Ave E – Fergalea Ave · 148 mMar 2024 · 3 days1,48743 km/h50 km/h57 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

2021 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Jan 23, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4574 of 5,508
With an injury2#3804 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2065 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20149latest Jan 23, 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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200other (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 3, 2022. 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 & Megan a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 & Megan?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jun 15, 2023, 79% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Megan?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Megan Ave and Morning Dew Rd (October 2023), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Megan?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 226 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,500 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Megan by transit?

Bus routes 54, 86, 954, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Megan Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Megan?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Papa John's (291 m), Coppa's (389 m), Chef's Kitchen (471 m), Domino's Pizza (471 m) and Snapback Coffee (471 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 & Megan?

The nearest is Heron Park Community Centre Washroom, 292 Manse Rd, 636 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Colonel Danforth Park Washroom (738 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 & Megan?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 318 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Malachy Before & After School Program (351 m, 28 spaces), Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care (471 m, 121 spaces) and William G. Miller School Age YMCA (585 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Megan?

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 West Hill page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Megan in?

Lawrence & Megan 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

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