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
- 382009585 nearest 19 m
- Blue Night
- 395385
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m — Lawson Rd at Brumwell St; Lawson Rd at Brumwell St East Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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 (10)
- Centennial Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 247 m
- St Brendan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 645 m
- Charlottetown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 803 m
- Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 860 m
- Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- and 4 more
- Community centres
- Port Union Community Recreation Centre1.1 km
- Tall Pines Community Centre1.2 km
- Parks (12)
- Centennial Park - Scarborough291 m
- Adams Park462 m
- Laura Ellis Park506 m
- Fanfare Park755 m
- Charlottetown Park931 m
- Kirkdene Park1.1 km
- and 6 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Port Union branch1.1 km
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; 6 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Malt N Salt, 390 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Malt N Salt · 285 Lawson Rd | 390 m | Passed, Nov 2025 |
| Pizzaiolo · 305 Port Union Rd Unit-1 | 602 m | Passed, Jan 2026 |
| Shawarma Queenz · 305 Port Union Rd Unit-2 | 602 m | Passed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Rouge Kitchen · 297 Port Union Rd Unit-13 | 630 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Town Wings · 285 Port Union Rd, Unit-8 | 630 m | Passed, Mar 2025 |
| Port Union Bakery · 287 Port Union Rdgrocery | 631 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Thai Square · 277 Port Union Rd | 633 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Metro · 261 Port Union Rdgrocery | 645 m | Passed, Jan 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 Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom, 445 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 456 m away at Adams Park.
- Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom · 2 Rozell Rd
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.445 m
- Drinking water
- Adams Park bottle filling station · 456 m; Adams Park drinking fountain · 554 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 175 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Creative Minds Montessori Academy (404 m, 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).
- Creative Minds Montessori Academy · 285 Lawson Rd
79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day404 m - St. Brendan Kindergarten Before & After School Program · 186 Centennial Rd
39 spaces · kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day645 m - Charlottetown Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 85 Charlottetown Blvd
26 spaces · kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day803 m - Absorbent Minds Montessori East · 6534 Kingston Rd
31 spaces · toddler, preschool849 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 215 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.9 km 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: 194 m away, ≈29 spaces; 202 m away, ≈304 spaces; 344 m away, ≈47 spaces; 482 m away, ≈177 spaces; 573 m away, ≈26 spaces; 593 m away, ≈72 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, Mar 8, 2022
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,529 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 298 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 510 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 548 from 2:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.2% 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 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.
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 Brumwell St between Lawson Rd and Yulewood Gt, 128 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2013 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 57 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. Lawson Rd between Adams Park Trl and Wichey Rd measured slower: 48 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 54 km/h (Mar 2024). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Centennial Rd (324 m away, 40 km/h limit), 13% of the 22,724 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brumwell St · Lawson Rd – Yulewood Gt · 128 m | Aug 2013 · 24 h | 950 | 46 km/h | 57 km/h | 64 km/h |
| Lawson Rd · Adams Park Trl – Wichey Rd · 245 m | Mar 2024 · 3 days | 6,655 | 48 km/h | 54 km/h | 59 km/h |
School-zone speed sign 324 m
Centennial Rd (northbound), East Side of Centennial Rd, Opposite No.248 · 22,724 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 1 collision. 2 collisions (40%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Mar 1, 2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | #5035 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 2 | #3807 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 3 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| All since 2014 | 9 | latest Mar 1, 2025 |
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
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
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 4, 2020. 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 Centennial Scarborough.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawson & Brumwell a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Lawson & Brumwell?
A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2022, 35% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Lawson & Brumwell?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brumwell St between Lawson Rd and Yulewood Gt (August 2013), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 324 m away (40 km/h), 13% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Lawson & Brumwell?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 114 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,250 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawson & Brumwell by transit?
Bus routes 38, 200, 95, 85 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawson Rd at Brumwell St, 19 m).
What restaurants are near Lawson & Brumwell?
None within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Malt N Salt (390 m), Pizzaiolo (602 m), Shawarma Queenz (602 m), Rouge Kitchen (630 m) and Town Wings (630 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 Lawson & Brumwell?
The nearest is Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom, 2 Rozell Rd, 445 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Lawson & Brumwell?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 175 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Creative Minds Montessori Academy (404 m, 79 spaces), St. Brendan Kindergarten Before & After School Program (645 m, 39 spaces) and Charlottetown Kindergarten Extended Care Program (803 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Lawson & Brumwell?
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 Centennial Scarborough page.
What neighbourhood is Lawson & Brumwell in?
Lawson & Brumwell is in Centennial Scarborough (City of Toronto neighbourhood 133). 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 Mar 8, 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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 Jun 4, 2020.
- 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: 43.78821, -79.14748 · centreline node 13444584.