Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
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 28 m
- Express
- 954986
- Blue Night
- 354386
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Valia Rd; Lawrence Ave East at Fern Meadow Rd
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Heron Park Community Centre 408 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 41 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 · 477 m
- Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 563 m
- William G Miller Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 671 m
- Academie Alexandre DumasFrench Public · 1.2 km
- West Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
- and 2 more
- Community centres
- Parks (13)
- Megan Park324 m
- Asterfield - Plumrose Blvd Parkette407 m
- Heron Park476 m
- Manse Road Park594 m
- Woodgrove Ravine Park630 m
- Colonel Danforth Park814 m
- and 7 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Morningside branch526 m
- Signal
- 2776, activated 2026 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 18 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Papa John's, 430 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Papa John's · 166 Bennett Rd Unit-A | 430 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Domino's Pizza · 4679 Kingston Rd | 477 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Snapback Coffee · 4679 Kingston Rd Unit-10 | 477 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Chef's Kitchen · 4679 Kingston Rd 3 A | 477 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Coppa's · 148 Bennett Rd | 521 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Joseph Brant PS - Snp · 270 Manse Rd | 579 m | Passed, Nov 2025 |
| William G. Miller YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd | 643 m | Passed, Oct 2025 |
| Maat Centre Kitchen · 62 Orchard Park Dr | 660 m | Passed, 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, 501 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 522 m away at Heron Park.
- Heron Park Community Centre Washroom · 292 Manse Rd
View centre hours501 m - Colonel Danforth Park Washroom · 73 Colonel Danforth Trl
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible858 m
- Drinking water
- Heron Park drinking fountain · 522 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
Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 369 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Malachy Before & After School Program (477 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).
- St. Malachy Before & After School Program · 80 Bennett Rd
28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day477 m - Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care · 4679 Kingston Rd
121 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day477 m - William G. Miller School Age YMCA · 60 Bennett Rd
71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day671 m - Friendly Little Campus Daycare 2 · 63 Orchard Park Dr
98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day791 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (164 m) and the nearest ambulance station 164 m away.
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
Nearest lots: 47 m away, ≈172 spaces; 93 m away, ≈21 spaces; 187 m away, ≈299 spaces; 366 m away, ≈20 spaces; 416 m away, ≈2 spaces; 417 m away, ≈134 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 29, 2022
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 3,744 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 274 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,123 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,099 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% 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 4 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.
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 Megan Ave and Morning Dew Rd, 213 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2023 put the average speed at 52 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 59 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 17,000 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Ave E · Megan Ave – Morning Dew Rd · 213 m | Oct 2023 · 3 days | 16,998 | 52 km/h | 59 km/h | 64 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 2021, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 3 collisions (27%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 25, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 11 | #4232 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 3 | #3505 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 8 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #2440 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| All since 2014 | 16 | latest May 25, 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
Five 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. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 5 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 17, 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 West Hill.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawrence & Valia a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 & Valia?
A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 29, 2022, 79% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Lawrence & Valia?
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 & Valia?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 238 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,410 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawrence & Valia by transit?
Bus routes 54, 86, 954, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Valia Rd, 28 m).
What restaurants are near Lawrence & Valia?
None within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Papa John's (430 m), Domino's Pizza (477 m), Snapback Coffee (477 m), Chef's Kitchen (477 m) and Coppa's (521 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 & Valia?
The nearest is Heron Park Community Centre Washroom, 292 Manse Rd, 501 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Colonel Danforth Park Washroom (858 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 & Valia?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 369 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Malachy Before & After School Program (477 m, 28 spaces), Beechgrove Sunshine Child Care (477 m, 121 spaces) and William G. Miller School Age YMCA (671 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Lawrence & Valia?
Toronto Police place five 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 & Valia in?
Lawrence & Valia 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
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 29, 2022.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Oct 17, 2024.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.77154, -79.17226 · centreline node 13446727.