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Lawrence & St Edmund's

Lawrence Ave E & St Edmund's Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park South · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Lawrence & St Edmund's is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Lawrence Park South. At the corner: Lawrence Station and a park. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
12,008
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 24, 2022
125 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3702 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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 1,500 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.30× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 96 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 1.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lawrence & St Edmund's

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)125 m
TTC bus
124162975274103 nearest 95 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352320
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave at Yonge St - Lawrence Station; Lawrence Ave East at Yonge St East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Yonge St / Lawrence Ave E 38 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 · 268 m
  • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 349 m
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 857 m
  • Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 930 m
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 13 more
Community centres
  • Bedford Park Community Centre297 m
Parks (24)
  • George Milbrandt Parkette96 m
  • Jaye Robinson Park259 m
  • Ranleigh Park350 m
  • Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens478 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground485 m
  • Duplex Parkette493 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch102 m
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 429 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 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 73. The nearest is Bento Incorporated, 179 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 73 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bento Incorporated · 3080 Yonge St179 mPassed, May 2026
Davidson's Loblaws City Market · 3080 Yonge Stgrocery179 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Freshii · 3080 Yonge St179 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Horton's · 3080 Yonge St179 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Brewing Brokers · 3153 Yonge St200 mPassed, Jul 2026
Brewing Brokers · 3153 Yonge St200 mPassed, Oct 2025
Metro · 3142 Yonge Stgrocery248 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Metro · 3142 Yonge Stgrocery248 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, 465 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 448 m away at Duplex Parkette.

  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 75 Woburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    465 m
  • Lawrence Park Ravine Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 51 Alexander Muir Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    532 m
  • Wanless Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 250 Wanless Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    806 m
Drinking water
Duplex Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 448 m; Woburn Avenue Playground drinking fountain · 469 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 819 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Weybourne School (132 m, 11 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 819 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 10
  • Weybourne School · 54 Lawrence Ave E
    11 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    132 m
  • Ranleigh Rascals · 81 Ranleigh Ave
    178 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    268 m
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Bedford Campus · 11 Bedford Park Ave
    60 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    293 m
  • Plasp Blessed Sacrament C.s. · 24 Bedford Park Ave
    73 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    350 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (145 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 145 m3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 2.2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.9 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

Within a kilometre there are 27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,414 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 5 Du Maurier Blvd (69 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 fire69 m
3 Du Maurier Blvd · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited374194194 · Aug 2026095 m
2 Du Maurier Blvd · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited284194195 · Aug 20262119 m
3110 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20252201 m
3000 Yonge St · O'shanter Development Company Ltd27212195591 · Jun 20253207 m
3112 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20250220 m
3179 Yonge StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1105199090 · Dec 20250238 m
41 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management263195786 · Aug 20250244 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 lots340 lots · ≈16,940 spaces · 50.8 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈760 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 798 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking59 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface326 m4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface563 m26 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.3 km46 *
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.5 km163 *
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1.7 km3232% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 82 m away, ≈16 spaces; 97 m away, ≈11 spaces; 136 m away, ≈19 spaces; 139 m away, ≈19 spaces; 177 m away, ≈29 spaces; 198 m away, ≈32 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, Feb 24, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,540 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 54% of the total, against 133 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,696 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,539 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,540eastbound · 2 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles12,008125 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east5,335westbound · 1 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south133northbound · 1 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,539 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,696 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 24, 2022

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 W between Lorindale Ave and Unsworth Ave, 278 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2019 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 55 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,900 vehicles a day. Lawrence Cres between Lympstone Ave and Mount Pleasant Rd (Id: 2364668) measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Mar 2024). 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 (276 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
Lawrence Ave W · Lorindale Ave – Unsworth Ave · 278 mJun 2019 · 7 days20,87345 km/h55 km/h60 km/h
Lawrence Cres · Lympstone Ave – Mount Pleasant Rd (Id: 2364668) · 332 mMar 2024 · 3 days93733 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
St Edmund's Dr · Yonge St – Weybourne Cres · 379 mJan 2002 · 7 days2,723

School-zone speed sign 276 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 1 collision (6%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3702 of 5,508
With an injury1#4361 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201419latest Jan 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

One theft from a vehicle 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 vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 13, 2019. 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 & St Edmund's a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 & St Edmund's?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 24, 2022, 1.30× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & St Edmund's?

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 276 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 & St Edmund's?

The nearest Green P car park is 23 Bedford Park Ave (326 m away, 42 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 340 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,940 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & St Edmund's by transit?

Lawrence Station (Line 1) is 125 m away; bus routes 124, 162, 97, 52, 74, 103, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave at Yonge St - Lawrence Station, 95 m).

What restaurants are near Lawrence & St Edmund's?

9 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 Bento Incorporated (179 m), Freshii (179 m), Tim Horton's (179 m), Brewing Brokers (200 m) and Brewing Brokers (200 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 & St Edmund's?

The nearest is Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom, 75 Woburn Ave, 465 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Lawrence Park Ravine Tennis Clubhouse Washroom (532 m); Wanless Park Fieldhouse Washroom (806 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 & St Edmund's?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 819 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Weybourne School (132 m, 11 spaces), Ranleigh Rascals (268 m, 178 spaces) and Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Bedford Campus (293 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lawrence & St Edmund's?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,414 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Du Maurier Blvd (69 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 3 Du Maurier Blvd (95 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2 Du Maurier Blvd (119 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 3110 Yonge St (201 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 & St Edmund's?

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 & St Edmund's in?

Lawrence & St Edmund's 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

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