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Leslie & Lawrence

Leslie St & Lawrence Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Banbury-Don Mills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

Leslie & Lawrence, in Banbury-Don Mills, is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It has a red-light camera in place since 2008 that issued 184 tickets in 2025, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner.

Traffic volume
48,572
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 18, 2024
1,047 pedestrians · 232 cyclists · #42 busiest
Collisions
252
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
42 with an injury · 200 property damage · #371 of 5,508 · +11 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1120 of 1,505
Red-light camera
184
tickets in 2025
since 2008 · 97 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
5
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 3,470 vehicles, 3.0× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 46 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 25 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 5.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 31%, from 149 in 2016–2020 to 103 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 252 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Leslie & Lawrence

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
16251403 nearest 22 m
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Leslie St; Leslie St at Lawrence Ave East
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave E / Don Mills Trail 91 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 33 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 (10)
  • St Bonaventure Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 172 m
  • Overland Learning CentreEnglish Public · 675 m
  • Seneca Hill Private SchoolPrivate · 738 m
  • Rippleton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 782 m
  • Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 791 m
  • Park Lane Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
  • Don Mills Civitan Arena1 km
  • Banbury Community Centre1.4 km
Parks (14)
  • Mike Bela Park112 m
  • Edwards Gardens369 m
  • Tottenham Parkette425 m
  • Paperbirch Walkway489 m
  • Duncairn Park567 m
  • Talwood Park615 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch739 m
Places of interest
  • Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 181 m
Signal
0400, activated 1958 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 39 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 63 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 39 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 800 Lawrence Ave E63 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Circle K · 800 Lawrence Ave Egrocery63 mPassed, Nov 2024
Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 1340 Leslie St168 mPassed, Mar 2025
Dandilion Cafe · 755 Lawrence Ave E278 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Sweetway Cafe Eatery · 170 the Donway W Unit-2644 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Chatime Don Mills · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-15694 mPassed, Aug 2026
Congee Queen · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-8694 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Subway · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-17694 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 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 Edwards Gardens Washroom, 276 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 275 m away at Edwards Gardens.

  • Edwards Gardens Washroom · 755 Lawrence Ave E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    276 m
Drinking water
Edwards Gardens drinking fountain · 275 m; Edwards Gardens drinking fountain · 433 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 464 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (172 m, 142 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 464 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 1340 Leslie St
    142 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    172 m
  • Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program · 21 Rippleton Rd
    186 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    782 m
  • Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 50 Duncairn Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    791 m
  • Norman Ingram School Age YMCA · 50 Duncairn Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    791 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 123 · 1.5 km143 Bond Ave
Police33 Division · 1.9 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 2.2 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

Eight registered apartment buildings with 333 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 868 Lawrence Ave E (450 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1954), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings8 · 333 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 8
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
868 Lawrence Ave E · Jelcoro Investments314195487 · Jul 20240450 m
874 Lawrence Ave E123196087 · Oct 20250530 m
876 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management123196092 · Oct 20251561 m
878 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management113196087 · Jul 20260570 m
20 Sanderling PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation905199094 · Jul 20240572 m
4 Overland Dr · Akelius Canada Ltd484196198 · Jun 20250678 m
150 The Donway W · Akelius Canada Ltd656196297 · Jul 20253683 m
980 Lawrence Ave E · Niot Investment Holdings Limited646195897 · Jul 202601 km

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 lots216 lots · ≈31,300 spaces · 93.9 ha
Within 500 m7 lots · ≈840 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 60 m away, ≈53 spaces; 87 m away, ≈23 spaces; 135 m away, ≈484 spaces; 140 m away, ≈17 spaces; 268 m away, ≈203 spaces; 379 m away, ≈42 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 — 14-hour, Jun 18, 2024

The north leg carries the load — 15,675 southbound vehicles, or 32% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 8,250. Morning rush is the busier period: 5,005 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 4,444 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north15,675southbound · 41 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west8,250eastbound · 92 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles48,5721,047 pedestrians · 232 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east12,774westbound · 78 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south11,873northbound · 21 bikes · 4.4% heavy
AM peak hour5,005 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour4,444 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 18, 2024

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 counter on Leslie St between Overland Dr and Edwards Gardens Trl (332 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 55 km/h. That segment carries about 25,200 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lawrence Ave E · Banbury Rd – Leslie St · 50 mNov 2011 · 3 days7,724
Leslie St · Overland Dr – Edwards Gardens Trl · 332 mApr 2025 · 3 days25,21647 km/h55 km/h59 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

2018 was the peak year (42 collisions), and 2025 closed with 19. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 5.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions252#371 of 5,508
With an injury42#320 of 4,660
Property damage only200
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian2#1852 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2064 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11
All since 2014329latest Jun 21, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Oct 27, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1120 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#640 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20064latest Oct 27, 2016

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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 25, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle111street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 25, 2026. 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 Banbury-Don Mills.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Leslie & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1120 of 1,505), out of 252 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 Leslie & Lawrence?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #42 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.0× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Leslie & Lawrence?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Leslie & Lawrence since 2008, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 184 tickets in 2025 (214 in 2024) and 97 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 2,731 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Leslie & Lawrence?

184 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 214 in 2024, and 97 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 2,731 tickets since 2008. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Leslie & Lawrence?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Leslie St between Overland Dr and Edwards Gardens Trl (April 2025), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Leslie & Lawrence?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 216 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,300 spaces — 7 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Leslie & Lawrence by transit?

Bus routes 162, 51, 403 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Leslie St, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Leslie & Lawrence?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 39 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (63 m), Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (168 m), Dandilion Cafe (278 m), Sweetway Cafe Eatery (644 m) and Chatime Don Mills (694 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 Leslie & Lawrence?

The nearest is Edwards Gardens Washroom, 755 Lawrence Ave E, 276 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 Leslie & Lawrence?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 464 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (172 m, 142 spaces), Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program (782 m, 186 spaces) and Blue Wave Child Care Centre (791 m, 106 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Lawrence?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 333 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 868 Lawrence Ave E (450 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 874 Lawrence Ave E (530 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 876 Lawrence Ave E (561 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 878 Lawrence Ave E (570 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 92 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 Leslie & Lawrence?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Banbury-Don Mills page.

What neighbourhood is Leslie & Lawrence in?

Leslie & Lawrence is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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