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
- 388695 nearest 52 m
- Express
- 986
- Blue Night
- 386395
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — 59 Lawson Rd; 58 Lawson Rd
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale1 km
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Colonel Danforth Park 678 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 (7)
- Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint MichelFrench Separate · 1 km
- Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- Centennial Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- St Brendan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
- Meadowvale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
- Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
- and 1 more
- Parks (13)
- Highland Creek Parkette292 m
- Tanis Cres Woodlot313 m
- Morrish Parkette517 m
- Bramber Woods Park587 m
- Colonel Danforth Park677 m
- Wanita Park1.1 km
- and 7 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch1.1 km
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 19 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tony Stacey Centre For Vetrans Care, 120 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Stacey Centre For Vetrans Care · 59 Lawson Rd | 120 m | Passed, May 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Amigos Bar & Grill · 6089 Kingston Rd | 342 m | Passed, May 2025 · 1 infraction |
| Shamrock Burgers · 6109 Kingston Rd | 342 m | Passed, Aug 2025 |
| Ted's Restaurant · 404 Old Kingston Rd | 363 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Peggy's Caribbean Cuisine · 402 Old Kingston Rd | 372 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Kilt Pub · 371 Old Kingston Rd Unit-9 | 409 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Northern Smokes · 371 Old Kingston Rd Unit-12 | 409 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Marks' Pizza · 371 Old Kingston Rd | 410 m | Passed, Oct 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
The nearest public washroom is Colonel Danforth Park Washroom, 732 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 300 m away at Highland Creek Parkette.
- Colonel Danforth Park Washroom · 73 Colonel Danforth Trl
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible732 m
- Drinking water
- Highland Creek Parkette drinking fountain · 300 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
Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 160 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Land Learning Centre Inc. (504 m, 55 spaces, toddler, preschool).
- Children's Land Learning Centre Inc. · 297 Old Kingston Rd
55 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day504 m - Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Scarborough · 29 Meadowvale Rd
105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 214 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 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: 25 m away, ≈91 spaces; 110 m away, ≈360 spaces; 222 m away, ≈58 spaces; 224 m away, ≈2 spaces; 225 m away, ≈2 spaces; 232 m away, ≈23 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 14, 2017
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 2,059 eastbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 132. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 622 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (558). Trucks and buses were 5.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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
The City's most recent midblock count on Lawson Rd between Old Sweats Lane and Meadowvale Rd (193 m away, Oct 2009) recorded volume only — about 7,124 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawson Rd · Old Sweats Lane – Meadowvale Rd · 193 m | Oct 2009 · 3 days | 7,124 | — | — | — |
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
Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.
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
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Lawson & Old Sweats a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Lawson & Old Sweats?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 14, 2017, 43% of the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Lawson & Old Sweats?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 165 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,320 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Lawson & Old Sweats by transit?
Bus routes 38, 86, 95, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: 59 Lawson Rd, 52 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Meadowvale.
What restaurants are near Lawson & Old Sweats?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tony Stacey Centre For Vetrans Care (120 m), Amigos Bar & Grill (342 m), Shamrock Burgers (342 m), Ted's Restaurant (363 m) and Peggy's Caribbean Cuisine (372 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 & Old Sweats?
The nearest is Colonel Danforth Park Washroom, 73 Colonel Danforth Trl, 732 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), 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 Lawson & Old Sweats?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 160 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Land Learning Centre Inc. (504 m, 55 spaces) and Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Scarborough (1.0 km, 105 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What neighbourhood is Lawson & Old Sweats in?
Lawson & Old Sweats 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 Feb 14, 2017.
- 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.
- 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: 43.78374, -79.16469 · centreline node 20232429.