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Orton Park & Lawrence

Orton Park Rd & Lawrence Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

In Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn, Orton Park & Lawrence is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
26,300
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 30, 2026
1,500 pedestrians · 190 cyclists · #497 busiest
Collisions
206
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
41 with an injury · 123 property damage · #486 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 3 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #144 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,880 vehicles, 1.63× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 18 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 21 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 7.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.58× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 14%, from 111 in 2016–2020 to 95 in 2021–2025. About one in 69 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Orton Park & Lawrence

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
544061541286 nearest 22 m
Express
954905986
Blue Night
354386
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Orton Park Rd
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Orton Park Rd installed 2007; Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Lawrence Ave E installed 2015
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave E / Orton Park Rd 24 m · 15 docks · 7 stations, 99 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 (12)
  • Willow Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 449 m
  • Galloway Road Public SchoolEnglish Public · 731 m
  • George B Little Public SchoolEnglish Public · 820 m
  • St Margaret's Public SchoolEnglish Public · 899 m
  • Tecumseh Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 900 m
  • Golf Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 904 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (9)
  • Curran Hall Ravine Park574 m
  • Cedar Ridge Park738 m
  • Greenvale Park867 m
  • West Hill Park1.1 km
  • St. Margarets Parkette1.1 km
  • Galloway Park1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Places of interest
  • Cedar Ridge Creative CentreGallery · 744 m
Signal
0858, activated 1969 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 35. The nearest is Tasty Slice Pizza, 57 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2025.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Gas & Grab Mart · 3930 Lawrence Ave Egrocery57 mPassed, Feb 2025
Tasty Slice Pizza · 3930 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-257 mPassed, Feb 2025
Mahakali Farsan · 3879 Lawrence Ave E269 mPassed, Jun 2025
Get N GO Convenience · 3871 Lawrence Ave Egrocery288 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 infractions
Shiva's Coffee & Snacks · 3867 Lawrence Ave E300 mPassed, Jun 2026
Simi African Food Market · 3877 Lawrence Ave Egrocery303 mPassed, Jul 2025
Karnavati Street Food & Tiffin Service · 3863 Lawrence Ave Egrocery347 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Prem Grocerie Fish & Meat · 3857 Lawrence Ave Egrocery347 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 641 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sandbox Day Care Centre (130 m, 92 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 641 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 9
  • Sandbox Day Care Centre · 15 Orton Park Rd
    92 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    130 m
  • Lawrence Orton Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 3947 Lawrence Ave E
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    148 m
  • Future Stars Child Care Centre · 3895 Lawrence Ave E
    52 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    214 m
  • West Hill Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) · 4010 Lawrence Ave E
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    621 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.6 km away.

FireFire Station 234 · 1.2 km40 Coronation Dr
Police43 Division · 2.6 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 2.6 km4331 Lawrence Ave E

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

Within a kilometre there are 23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,533 rental units — 11 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3939 Lawrence Ave E (70 m, 31 units, 3 storeys, built 1970), which scored 82 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 103 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 2,533 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026103 across the 23
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3939 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment313197082 · Oct 2025070 m
3941 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management333197075 · Jul 20260104 m
3943 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management153197087 · Oct 20250122 m
3950 Lawrence Ave E · Uperside Apartments Ltd16415196774 · Oct 202412 · 3 fire126 m
15 Orton Park Rd · Uppresideapartments Ltd14714196776 · Oct 202411129 m
3947 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management23819197094 · Jul 20260148 m
3945 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management203197073 · Sep 20250167 m
3967 Lawrence Ave E · Signet Group Inc.10210197087 · Jul 20248195 m

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 lots242 lots · ≈33,250 spaces · 99.7 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈1,320 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 40 m away, ≈71 spaces; 103 m away, ≈177 spaces; 105 m away, ≈438 spaces; 142 m away, ≈64 spaces; 210 m away, ≈57 spaces; 234 m away, ≈107 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 30, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 11,634 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 4,531 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (97 of 190). Evening rush dominates here: 2,546 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:15 p.m., against 1,694 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north4,531southbound · 22 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west10,135eastbound · 97 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles26,3001,500 pedestrians · 190 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east11,634westbound · 47 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 24 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,694 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,546 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 30, 2026

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 Orton Park Rd between Lawrence Ave E and Northfield Rd (32 m away, May 2010) recorded volume only — about 8,391 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Orton Park Rd · Lawrence Ave E – Northfield Rd · 32 mMay 2010 · 3 days8,391
Lawrence Ave E · Orton Park Rd – 3950 Lawrence Ave E · 32 mNov 2011 · 3 days14,398

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 27 collisions. 41 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 49 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 14 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 7.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions206#486 of 5,508
With an injury41#329 of 4,660
Property damage only123
Fail to remain49
Involving a pedestrian11#184 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#841 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified42
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014261latest May 31, 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

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 3 pedestrians were among those hurt. 2 of the 3 happened in darkness — 67%, above the citywide 39%. The most recent was on Sep 2, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 5.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#144 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian3#36 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness267% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20065latest Sep 2, 2024

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

45 thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 7.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 4.7 a year. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle45141street/outdoor (27), apartment parking (13)
Bicycle theft210street/outdoor (1), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Orton Park & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#144 of 1,505), out of 206 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 Orton Park & Lawrence?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #497 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.63× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Orton Park & Lawrence?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 242 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,250 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Orton Park & Lawrence by transit?

Bus routes 54, 406, 154, 12, 86, 954, 905, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Orton Park Rd, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Orton Park & Lawrence?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tasty Slice Pizza (57 m), Mahakali Farsan (269 m) and Shiva's Coffee & Snacks (300 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Orton Park & Lawrence?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 641 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sandbox Day Care Centre (130 m, 92 spaces), Lawrence Orton Early Learning & Child Care Centre (148 m, 54 spaces) and Future Stars Child Care Centre (214 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Orton Park & Lawrence?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,533 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3939 Lawrence Ave E (70 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 3941 Lawrence Ave E (104 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 3943 Lawrence Ave E (122 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 3950 Lawrence Ave E (126 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 74). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 87 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 Orton Park & Lawrence?

Toronto Police place 45 thefts from vehicles and two 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn page.

What neighbourhood is Orton Park & Lawrence in?

Orton Park & Lawrence is in Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn (City of Toronto neighbourhood 141), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined