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Victoria Park & Lawrence

Victoria Park Ave & Lawrence Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre · Wexford Heights BIA

In Wexford/Maryvale, Victoria Park & Lawrence is one of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It has a live City traffic camera and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. It is among the hundred Toronto intersections with the most reported collisions.

Traffic volume
54,976
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 29, 2025
3,664 pedestrians · 67 cyclists · #15 busiest
Collisions
864
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
126 with an injury · 635 property damage · #22 of 5,508 · +57 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1126 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
5
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 3,930 vehicles, 3.4× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 86 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 15.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 3.2× the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 436 collisions in 2016–2020 and 428 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 864 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Victoria Park & Lawrence

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Victoria Park Ave & Lawrence Ave E — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8083 · Victoria Park Ave & Lawrence Ave E
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Victoria Park & Lawrence, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8083 · Victoria Park Ave & Lawrence Ave E
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
54249167 nearest 24 m
Express
954924
Blue Night
354324
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Lawrence Ave East at Victoria Park Ave; Victoria Park Ave at Lawrence Ave East
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Surrey Ave / Victoria Park Ave 673 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (13)
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 507 m
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 507 m
  • Broadlands Public SchoolEnglish Public · 668 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 682 m
  • Victoria Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 773 m
  • Seerah Mission SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
  • Broadlands Community Recreation Centre1.1 km
Parks (9)
  • Deanvar Parkette586 m
  • Sweeney Park827 m
  • Rowena Park1 km
  • Broadlands Park1 km
  • Wayne Parkette1.1 km
  • Maryvale Park1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Victoria Village branch723 m
Signal
0407, activated 1960 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 69 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Original Shawarma, 52 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 69 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Original Shawarma · 1795 Victoria Park Ave52 mPassed, May 2026
Richard & Ruth's No Frills · 1450 Lawrence Ave Egrocery60 mPassed, Apr 2026
Al Walaa Halal Meat & Grocery · 1728 Lawrence Ave Egrocery100 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pariwar Restaurant · 1732 Lawrence Ave E109 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 2 infractions
Negril's Jerk Hut · 1730 Lawrence Ave E110 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Gc Burger · 1734 Lawrence Ave E114 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Chawk Bazar · 1738 Lawrence Ave E Unit-B125 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Pastable · 1738 Lawrence Ave E A125 mPassed, Aug 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 481 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (507 m, 30 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 481 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program · 1050 Pharmacy Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Curlew Montessori School · 81 Curlew Dr
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    530 m
  • Broadlands School Age Program YMCA · 106 Broadlands Blvd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    668 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    682 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (418 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 418 m59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 2.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.7 km887 Pharmacy 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

27 registered apartment buildings with 2,284 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1725 Lawrence Ave E (101 m, 43 units, 6 storeys, built 1960), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 59 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings27 · 2,284 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202659 across the 27
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1725 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.436196094 · Oct 20251101 m
1817 Victoria Park Ave · 2780964 Ontario Limited364195991 · Sep 20252131 m
1850 Victoria Park Ave · Falconwin Property Management24015196479 · Sep 20244 · 8 fire178 m
1840 Victoria Park Ave · Falconwin Property Management20412196475 · Jun 20250187 m
1827 Victoria Park Ave · 2858866 Ontario Limited364195993 · Jun 20246219 m
1765 Victoria Park Ave · Midland Place Inc677196190 · Oct 20252232 m
1441 Lawrence Ave E · Sterling Karamar Property Management25114196188 · Sep 202519 · 1 fire246 m
1780 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.395196194 · Oct 20250248 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 lots364 lots · ≈41,330 spaces · 124 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈6,080 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface891 m25 *

Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈34 spaces; 51 m away, ≈61 spaces; 97 m away, ≈95 spaces; 126 m away, ≈30 spaces; 143 m away, ≈202 spaces; 145 m away, ≈94 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, Nov 29, 2025 (a weekend day)

The east leg carries the load — 17,306 westbound vehicles, or 31% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 11,774. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 5,129 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 37% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (3,751). Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north11,774southbound · 18 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west14,018eastbound · 11 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles54,9763,664 pedestrians · 67 cyclists · 1.9% heavy
From the east17,306westbound · 20 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south11,878northbound · 18 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour3,751 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour5,129 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 29, 2025 · 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

The City's counter on Lawrence Ave E between Victoria Park Ave and Townley Ave (99 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 64 km/h. That segment carries about 25,300 vehicles a day. Victoria Park Ave between Janet Blvd and Lawrence Ave E measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Sep 2022). The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Victoria Park Ave · Janet Blvd – Lawrence Ave E · 71 mSep 2022 · 3 days20,72637 km/h48 km/h54 km/h
Lawrence Ave E · Victoria Park Ave – Townley Ave · 99 mApr 2017 · 24 h25,31154 km/h64 km/h69 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

2017 was the peak year (112 collisions), and 2025 closed with 103. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 118 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 57 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 15.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions864#22 of 5,508
With an injury126#27 of 4,660
Property damage only635
Fail to remain118
Involving a pedestrian16#76 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist5#459 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist4
With a fatality0
Severity not classified103
Since January 2026 (outside the window)57
All since 20141,110latest Jun 25, 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 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Aug 28, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 5.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1126 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20065latest Aug 28, 2023

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 12 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.3 a year. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1240street/outdoor (10), other (1)
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 16, 2024. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Victoria Park & Lawrence a dangerous intersection?

By collision count, yes: it ranks #22 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, and 1 of those left someone killed or seriously injured. 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 Victoria Park & Lawrence?

One of the hundred busiest counted intersections in Toronto. It ranks #15 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.4× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Lawrence?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lawrence Ave E between Victoria Park Ave and Townley Ave (April 2017), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Lawrence?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (891 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 364 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 41,330 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Bus routes 54, 24, 91, 67, 954, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lawrence Ave East at Victoria Park Ave, 24 m).

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Lawrence?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 69 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Original Shawarma (52 m), Pariwar Restaurant (109 m), Negril's Jerk Hut (110 m), Gc Burger (114 m) and Chawk Bazar (125 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 Victoria Park & Lawrence?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 481 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (507 m, 30 spaces), Curlew Montessori School (530 m, 58 spaces) and Broadlands School Age Program YMCA (668 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Lawrence?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,284 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1725 Lawrence Ave E (101 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1817 Victoria Park Ave (131 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1850 Victoria Park Ave (178 m, 240 units, RentSafeTO score 79) and 1840 Victoria Park Ave (187 m, 204 units, RentSafeTO score 75). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 91 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 Victoria Park & Lawrence?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Lawrence in?

Victoria Park & Lawrence is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson. The corner falls inside the Wexford Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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