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Royal York & Lawrence

Royal York Rd & Lawrence Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Humber Heights-Westmount · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

Royal York & Lawrence is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Humber Heights-Westmount. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,738
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 10, 2022
299 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
168
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
23 with an injury · 134 property damage · #623 of 5,508 · +10 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
6
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,590 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.38× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 43 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 17 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.4× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged up 13%, from 79 in 2016–2020 to 89 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Royal York & Lawrence

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5273405798915859 nearest 23 m
Express
952989
Blue Night
352373
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — The Westway at Royal York Rd; Lawrence Ave West at Royal York Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cruickshank Park 882 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (15)
  • Valleyfield Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 504 m
  • St Eugene Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 535 m
  • Hilltop Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 745 m
  • Acacia International High SchoolPrivate · 900 m
  • Father Serra Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • H J Alexander Community SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Valleyfield Park171 m
  • Douglas B. Ford Park452 m
  • St. Phillips Road Parkette462 m
  • Dixington Parkette666 m
  • Alex Marchetti Park673 m
  • Riverlea Park829 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Weston branch1.1 km
Signal
0780, activated 1964 · SA1

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; within a kilometre the count is 23 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Hut, 65 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Hut · 1564 Royal York Rd65 mPassed, Jun 2026
Starbucks Coffee · 1564 Royal York Rd66 mPassed, Apr 2025
Three R's Schoolhouse Inc. · 1577 Royal York Rd313 mPassed, Sep 2026
Baskin Robbins · 1500 Royal York Rd Unit-5509 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Mayflower Chinese Food · 1500 Royal York Rdgrocery509 mPassed, Dec 2025
Metro · 1500 Royal York Rdgrocery509 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Nova · 1500 Royal York Rd Unit-36509 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Robot Boil House Seafood Boil Restaurant · 1500 Royal York Rd Unit-20 - 21grocery509 mPassed, 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 Valleyfield Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 213 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours.

  • Valleyfield Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 35 The Westway
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    213 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 309 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Three R's Schoolhouse Inc. (312 m, 63 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 309 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 4
  • Three R's Schoolhouse Inc. · 1577 Royal York Rd
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    312 m
  • Macaulay - Valleyfield Child Care Centre · 35 Saskatoon Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    504 m
  • Jolly Juniors · 1500 Royal York Rd
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    510 m
  • Plasp St Eugene Catholic School · 30 Westroyal Rd
    116 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    535 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 442 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 442 · 1.7 km2015 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 3.7 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.7 km2015 Lawrence Ave W

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 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,123 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 40 Dixington Cres (607 m, 55 units, 6 storeys, built 1964), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 89 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 1,123 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202689 across the 14
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
40 Dixington Cres · H&r Property Management556196492 · Aug 20262607 m
38 Dixington Cres · Drake Property Management11110196379 · Aug 202615642 m
17 Riverview Hts144195393 · Dec 20250737 m
34 Dixington Cres · Equity Builders605197088 · Nov 20256740 m
1025 Scarlett RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation12811199495 · Aug 20261 · 3 fire780 m
24 Dixington Cres636196294 · Sep 20260820 m
2202 Weston Rd · Biddington Property Management Corp.976195995 · Dec 20257915 m
2190 Weston Rd · Dms Property Management Ltd.768196284 · Aug 20248920 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 lots297 lots · ≈32,630 spaces · 97.9 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈2,860 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 34 spaces
EV charging (City)2000 Weston Rd · 1.2 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.6 km34 *

Nearest lots: 46 m away, ≈35 spaces; 58 m away, ≈17 spaces; 156 m away, ≈11 spaces; 159 m away, ≈921 spaces; 239 m away, ≈30 spaces; 243 m away, ≈1,563 spaces. More EV charging: 1812 Weston Rd (1.6 km, 1 ports).

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, Dec 10, 2022 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 3,573 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 28% of the total, against 2,697 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,959 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,254 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. 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.

From the north3,573southbound · 3 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the west3,008eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,738299 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 1.8% heavy
From the east2,697westbound · 5 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south3,460northbound · 6 bikes · 1.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,254 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,959 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 10, 2022 · weekend

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 W between Roxaline St and The Westway, 128 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 53 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 62 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 12,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Saskatoon Dr (329 m away, 30 km/h limit), 12% of the 20,933 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Royal York Rd · Braecrest Ave – The Westway · 50 mMay 2016 · 7 days9,835
The Westway · Royal York Rd – Braecrest Ave · 56 mNov 2011 · 3 days5,839
Lawrence Ave W · Roxaline St – The Westway · 128 mNov 2021 · 3 days12,04853 km/h62 km/h68 km/h

School-zone speed sign 329 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct28 · 38 km/h
Over the limit30%
40 km/h or more12%

Saskatoon Dr (westbound), 20 Saskatoon Drive · 20,933 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 worst year was 2023, with 21 collisions; 2025 recorded 19. 23 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions168#623 of 5,508
With an injury23#729 of 4,660
Property damage only134
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian2#1975 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)10
All since 2014211latest Jun 24, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Aug 19, 2013.

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 26, 2022. 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 Humber Heights-Westmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Royal York & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 168 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 Royal York & Lawrence?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 10, 2022, 1.38× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Royal York & Lawrence?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave W between Roxaline St and The Westway (November 2021), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 329 m away (30 km/h), 12% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Royal York & Lawrence?

The nearest Green P car park is 4 Rosemount Avenue (1.6 km away, 34 spaces). The City's mapping shows 297 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,630 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2000 Weston Rd (1.2 km).

How do I get to Royal York & Lawrence by transit?

Bus routes 52, 73, 405, 79, 89, 158, 59, 952 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: The Westway at Royal York Rd, 23 m).

What restaurants are near Royal York & Lawrence?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 23 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Hut (65 m), Starbucks Coffee (66 m), Three R's Schoolhouse Inc. (313 m), Baskin Robbins (509 m) and Pizza Nova (509 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 Royal York & Lawrence?

The nearest is Valleyfield Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 35 The Westway, 213 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. 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 Royal York & Lawrence?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 309 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Three R's Schoolhouse Inc. (312 m, 63 spaces), Macaulay - Valleyfield Child Care Centre (504 m, 56 spaces) and Jolly Juniors (510 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Lawrence?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,123 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 40 Dixington Cres (607 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 38 Dixington Cres (642 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 17 Riverview Hts (737 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 34 Dixington Cres (740 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 89 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 Royal York & Lawrence?

Toronto Police place two 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 Humber Heights-Westmount page.

What neighbourhood is Royal York & Lawrence in?

Royal York & Lawrence is in Humber Heights-Westmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 008). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

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