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Yonge & Lawton

Yonge St & Lawton Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Rosedale-Moore Park · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Yonge & Lawton, in Rosedale-Moore Park, is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has a protected bikeway, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: St Clair Station (Line 1) 266 m away.

Traffic volume
9,863
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 3, 2022
613 pedestrians · 88 cyclists
Collisions
33
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 30 property damage · #2679 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair Station 266 m · 1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,230 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 16 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 3.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 17%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 15 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Yonge & Lawton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair Station (Line 1)266 m; Davisville Station (Line 1)714 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)881 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 308 m
TTC bus
97748813111428 nearest 57 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Heath St West; Yonge St at Heath St East
Cycling
Cycle Track on Yonge St installed 2021
Bike Share
Lawton Blvd / Yonge St 42 m · 15 docks · 21 stations, 362 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 (25)
  • The York School - Jr CampusPrivate · 109 m
  • Deer Park Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 306 m
  • The Linden SchoolPrivate · 508 m
  • Upper Canada College SchoolPrivate · 616 m
  • The York School - Mdl and Sr CampusPrivate · 704 m
  • Upper Canada Prep SchoolPrivate · 752 m
  • and 19 more
Community centres
Parks (29)
  • Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park35 m
  • Lawton Parkette112 m
  • Inglewood Parkette626 m
  • Amsterdam Square640 m
  • Glenn Gould Park722 m
  • Oriole Park - Toronto833 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch317 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 83 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Yorkminster Park Meals On Wheels, 70 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 83 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Yorkminster Park Meals On Wheels · 1585 Yonge St70 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Swiss Chalet · 1560 Yonge St120 mPassed, Sep 2025
Ambiyan On Yonge · 1560 Yonge St121 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 1560 Yonge St Unit-119121 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Sushi Gen Japanese Restaurant · 1560 Yonge St Unit-118121 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Pizza Pizza · 1521 Yonge St136 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1521 Yonge St136 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Mothercraft:robertson House (32 Heath Street West) · 32 Heath St W140 mPassed, Sep 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 David A. Balfour Park Washroom, 736 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 37 m away at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park (currently off).

  • David A. Balfour Park Washroom · 75 Rosehill Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    736 m
  • Oriole Park Toronto Washroom · 201 Oriole Pkwy
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    796 m
Drinking water
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park drinking fountain · 37 m · off; Lawton Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 78 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,168 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centennial Infant and Child Centre (42 m, 32 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 1,168 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 9
  • Centennial Infant and Child Centre · 1580 Yonge St
    32 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    42 m
  • Oriole Nursery School · 1570 Yonge St
    32 spaces · preschool
    84 m
  • Mothercraft Robertson House (32 Heath Street West) · 32 Heath St W
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    137 m
  • Montessori For Children (St. Clair) Inc · 25 Alvin Ave
    48 spaces · preschool
    250 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (542 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 542 m20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 1.8 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.8 km135 Davenport Rd

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

88 registered apartment buildings with 9,363 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 5 Mallory Gdns (69 m, 60 units, 11 storeys, built 1982), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 88 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 187 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 28 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings88 · 9,363 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026187 across the 88
Open fire-code violations28
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5 Mallory Gdns · Goldview Property Management Ltd.6011198295 · Sep 2026169 m
1 Mallory Gdns · Firm Capital Properties Inc354192098 · Aug 2026081 m
2 Glen Elm Ave · Glen Elm Investments496193494 · Aug 2025084 m
7 Heath St E · Living Properties Inc303194693 · Jul 20260132 m
8 Mallory Gdns · Firm Capital Properties Inc364192094 · Aug 20264134 m
48 Lawton Blvd · Jdm Apartments Inc193192777 · Sep 20253137 m
57 Lawton Blvd124192973 · Oct 20250143 m
50 Lawton Blvd · Jdm Apartments Inc203191570 · Sep 20250149 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 lots593 lots · ≈28,690 spaces · 86.1 ha
Within 500 m58 lots · ≈1,740 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 2,045 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 176 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking55 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1501 Yonge Street · Surface179 m37 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage202 m24029% (Q1 2026)
30 Alvin Avenue · Surface257 m188 *
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage309 m173 *
21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage445 m557 *

Nearest lots: 37 m away, ≈53 spaces; 68 m away, ≈26 spaces; 82 m away, ≈80 spaces; 92 m away, ≈11 spaces; 94 m away, ≈40 spaces; 96 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (176 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (571 m, 2 ports); 75 Holly St. (1.7 km, 29 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, Mar 3, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 4,744 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 921. Most cyclists arrived from the north (45 of 88). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,519 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 1,371 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 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 north4,744southbound · 45 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the west921eastbound · 15 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles9,863613 pedestrians · 88 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south4,198northbound · 28 bikes · 3.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,519 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,371 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 3, 2022

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 Yonge St between Glen Elm Ave and Lawton Parkette Trl (74 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 19,600 vehicles a day. Lawton Blvd between Walmsley Blvd and Duggan Ave measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Nov 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Yonge St (136 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.8% of the 71,266 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Lawton Boulevard between Yonge St and Brentdale Dr.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Yonge St · Glen Elm Ave – Lawton Parkette Trl · 74 mMay 2026 · 3 days19,59336 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Lawton Blvd · Walmsley Blvd – Duggan Ave · 328 mNov 2022 · 3 days1,59525 km/h33 km/h37 km/h

School-zone speed sign 136 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 46 km/h
Over the limit16%
50 km/h or more4.8%

Yonge St (southbound), West Side of Yonge St, North of No.1650 · 71,266 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Lawton Boulevard · Yonge St – Brentdale Dr
    6 speed humps

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

2023 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions33#2679 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only30
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201440latest Jun 8, 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

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 Yonge & Lawton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 33 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 Yonge & Lawton?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Mar 3, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Lawton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between Glen Elm Ave and Lawton Parkette Trl (May 2026), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 136 m away (40 km/h), 4.8% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Yonge & Lawton?

The nearest Green P car park is 1501 Yonge Street (179 m away, 37 spaces). The City's mapping shows 593 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,690 spaces — 58 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (176 m).

How do I get to Yonge & Lawton by transit?

St Clair Station (Line 1) is 266 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 308 m away; bus routes 97, 74, 88, 13, 11, 14, 28 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Heath St West, 57 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Lawton?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 83 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Yorkminster Park Meals On Wheels (70 m), Swiss Chalet (120 m), Ambiyan On Yonge (121 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (121 m) and Sushi Gen Japanese Restaurant (121 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 Yonge & Lawton?

The nearest is David A. Balfour Park Washroom, 75 Rosehill Ave, 736 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Oriole Park Toronto Washroom (796 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 Yonge & Lawton?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,168 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centennial Infant and Child Centre (42 m, 32 spaces), Oriole Nursery School (84 m, 32 spaces) and Mothercraft Robertson House (32 Heath Street West) (137 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Lawton?

88 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,363 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Mallory Gdns (69 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1 Mallory Gdns (81 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2 Glen Elm Ave (84 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 7 Heath St E (132 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 88 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Lawton in?

Yonge & Lawton is in Rosedale-Moore Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 098). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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