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Lawrence & Starspray

Lawrence Ave E & Starspray Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · West Rouge · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Lawrence & Starspray, in West Rouge, is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
1,270
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 24, 2019
46 pedestrians · 26 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4630 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1373 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 160 vehicles, 14% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 28 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 2.0% of vehicle volume, about 2.6× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 8 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lawrence & Starspray

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5485 nearest 28 m
Express
954
Blue Night
354385
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Starspray Loop at Lawrence Ave East
Cycling
Bike Lane on Lawrence Ave E installed 2007
Bike Share
Starspray Blvd / Lawrence Ave E 17 m · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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 (3)
  • William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • West Rouge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
Community centres
Parks (5)
  • West Rouge Park404 m
  • Maberley Parkette623 m
  • Port Union Waterfront Park1.2 km
  • Fanfare Park1.4 km
  • Kirkdene Park1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Rouge Beach ParkNature/ Park · 644 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Restaurants & cafésnone within 1 km
Grocery & conveniencenone within 1 km

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 West Rouge Community Centre Washroom, 447 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 378 m away at West Rouge Park.

  • West Rouge Community Centre Washroom · 270 Rouge Hills Dr
    View centre hours · accessible
    447 m
Drinking water
West Rouge Park drinking fountain · 378 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 41 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program (1.0 km, 41 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 41 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 128 East Ave
    41 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 215 (2.3 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (4.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 4.5 km away.

FireFire Station 215 · 2.3 km5318 Lawrence Ave E
Police43 Division · 4.5 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 4.5 km4331 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 lots35 lots · ≈5,050 spaces · 15.1 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈440 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈16 spaces; 370 m away, ≈215 spaces; 465 m away, ≈211 spaces; 502 m away, ≈4 spaces; 935 m away, ≈51 spaces; 1 km away, ≈3 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, Sep 24, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 598 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 315 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 218 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 186 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 17.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north357southbound · 5 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the west598eastbound · 12 bikes · 18.1% heavy
Total vehicles1,27046 pedestrians · 26 cyclists · 17.6% heavy
From the east315westbound · 9 bikes · 28.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour186 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour218 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 24, 2019

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 Portwine Dr and Starspray Blvd, 142 m from the corner, a 7-day count in December 2021 put the average speed at 56 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 64 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 70 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Starspray Blvd · Lawrence Ave E – Ridgewood Rd · 28 mJun 2007 · 3 days2,070
Lawrence Ave E · Portwine Dr – Starspray Blvd · 142 mDec 2021 · 7 days2,45356 km/h64 km/h70 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 2022, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (13%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%). The most recent report on file is from Jul 3, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4630 of 5,508
With an injury1#4573 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian1#3043 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20148latest Jul 3, 2022

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 daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 12, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1373 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#792 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest May 12, 2021

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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400house driveway/garage (2), other (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 3, 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 West Rouge.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lawrence & Starspray a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1373 of 1,505), out of 8 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 & Starspray?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 24, 2019, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Starspray?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Portwine Dr and Starspray Blvd (December 2021), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lawrence & Starspray?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 35 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,050 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Lawrence & Starspray by transit?

Bus routes 54, 85, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Starspray Loop at Lawrence Ave East, 28 m).

Is there a public washroom near Lawrence & Starspray?

The nearest is West Rouge Community Centre Washroom, 270 Rouge Hills Dr, 447 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Starspray?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 41 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is William G. Davis Kindergarten Extended Care Program (1.0 km, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Starspray?

Toronto Police place four 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 Rouge page.

What neighbourhood is Lawrence & Starspray in?

Lawrence & Starspray is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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