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Lawrence & Overture

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

Lawrence & Overture, in West Hill, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
22,974
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 30, 2026
629 pedestrians · 207 cyclists · #677 busiest
Collisions
104
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
25 with an injury · 59 property damage · #1071 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1121 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,640 vehicles, 1.42× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 37 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 10 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 21%, from 58 in 2016–2020 to 46 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 104 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lawrence & Overture

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
541286 nearest 17 m
Express
954905986
Blue Night
354386
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Overture Rd; Lawrence Ave East at Overture Rd West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave E / Overture Rd 24 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 69 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 (11)
  • Galloway Road Public SchoolEnglish Public · 234 m
  • St Margaret's Public SchoolEnglish Public · 404 m
  • Maplewood High SchoolEnglish Public · 816 m
  • Willow Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 939 m
  • George B Little Public SchoolEnglish Public · 944 m
  • Eastview Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (10)
  • St. Margarets Parkette596 m
  • West Hill Park618 m
  • Eastview Park1 km
  • Greenvale Park1 km
  • Curran Hall Ravine Park1 km
  • Galloway Park1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Places of interest
  • Cedar Ridge Creative CentreGallery · 1.1 km
Signal
1714, activated 1996 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 50 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is East Scarborough Storefront, 73 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
East Scarborough Storefront · 4040 Lawrence Ave E73 mPassed, Aug 2026
West Hill Centre For Early Learning · 4010 Lawrence Ave E151 mPassed, Aug 2026
Scarborough Centre For Healthy Community · 4100 Lawrence Ave E309 mPassed, Aug 2026
Growing Tykes Learning Centre · 4105 Lawrence Ave E364 mPassed, Sep 2026
Gas & Grab Mart · 3930 Lawrence Ave Egrocery482 mPassed, Feb 2025
Tasty Slice Pizza · 3930 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-2482 mPassed, Feb 2025
Benz Circle · 4286 Kingston Rd Unit-10487 mPassed, May 2026
Hakka Rise and Momo Hub · 4286 Kingston Rd, Unit-5487 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction

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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 669 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is West Hill Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) (151 m, 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km9 centres · 669 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 9
  • West Hill Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) · 4010 Lawrence Ave E
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    151 m
  • Growing Tykes Child Care · 4105 Lawrence Ave E
    142 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    351 m
  • Lawrence Orton Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 3947 Lawrence Ave E
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    393 m
  • Sandbox Day Care Centre · 15 Orton Park Rd
    92 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    481 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (803 m), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 234 · 803 m40 Coronation Dr
Police43 Division · 2.1 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 2.1 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 2,805 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 14 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4000 Lawrence Ave E (85 m, 141 units, 12 storeys, built 1967), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 85 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 2,805 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202685 across the 21
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4000 Lawrence Ave E · CAPREIT14112196796 · Sep 2025385 m
4010 Lawrence Ave E · CAPREIT22014196792 · Sep 202417151 m
4070 Lawrence Ave E · West Hill Manor384197086 · Oct 20240243 m
228 Galloway Rdsocial housing · Wigwamen Incorporated605199498 · Oct 20252335 m
3967 Lawrence Ave E · Signet Group Inc.10210197087 · Jul 20248342 m
38 Andover Cressocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes254199292 · Jul 20260365 m
4100 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management18511197290 · Nov 20251365 m
3947 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management23819197094 · Jul 20260394 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 lots227 lots · ≈23,940 spaces · 71.8 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈2,600 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 61 m away, ≈46 spaces; 80 m away, ≈340 spaces; 195 m away, ≈116 spaces; 226 m away, ≈39 spaces; 238 m away, ≈35 spaces; 268 m away, ≈13 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, Jun 30, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 10,599 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,781. Most cyclists arrived from the west (105 of 207). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,235 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 46% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,528). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north0southbound · 10 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west10,594eastbound · 105 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles22,974629 pedestrians · 207 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east10,599westbound · 86 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the south1,781northbound · 6 bikes · 1.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,528 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,235 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 30, 2026

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 Highland Creek Trl and Overture Rd (31 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 12,881 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Galloway Rd (360 m away, 30 km/h limit), 28% of the 11,951 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Highland Creek Trl – Overture Rd · 31 mNov 2011 · 3 days12,881

School-zone speed sign 360 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct32 · 42 km/h
Over the limit52%
40 km/h or more28%

Galloway Rd (southbound), 228 Galloway Rd · 11,951 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

2019 was the peak year (17 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 22 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions104#1071 of 5,508
With an injury25#650 of 4,660
Property damage only59
Fail to remain22
Involving a pedestrian3#1316 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#842 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified20
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014134latest Jun 16, 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. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Aug 3, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1121 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#642 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20063latest Aug 3, 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

Toronto Police place 46 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 6.1 a year before that. 78% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle4660street/outdoor (36), apartment parking (6)
Bicycle theft300apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 26, 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 & Overture a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1121 of 1,505), out of 104 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 & Overture?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #677 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.42× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Overture?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 227 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,940 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Overture by transit?

Bus routes 54, 12, 86, 954, 905, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Overture Rd, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & Overture?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 50 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are East Scarborough Storefront (73 m), West Hill Centre For Early Learning (151 m), Scarborough Centre For Healthy Community (309 m), Growing Tykes Learning Centre (364 m) and Tasty Slice Pizza (482 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 & Overture?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 669 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are West Hill Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) (151 m, 65 spaces), Growing Tykes Child Care (351 m, 142 spaces) and Lawrence Orton Early Learning & Child Care Centre (393 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & Overture?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,805 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4000 Lawrence Ave E (85 m, 141 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 4010 Lawrence Ave E (151 m, 220 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 4070 Lawrence Ave E (243 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 228 Galloway Rd (335 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 86 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 & Overture?

Toronto Police place 46 thefts from vehicles and three 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 & Overture in?

Lawrence & Overture 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

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