Lawrence Park North, Toronto

Lawrence Park North is a low-rise residential area in Toronto, made up mostly of detached and semi-detached houses on tree-lined streets, with a smaller number of condo apartments. Its streets are largely residential and quiet, with a mix of curving and gridded blocks. Most buildings are houses of one to three storeys, and denser apartment buildings are limited to a few spots near the main roads. Much of the housing dates from the postwar decades onward, so older brick houses sit beside newer rebuilds and infill. Among homes sold in the last 24 months, detached houses made up 58%, semi-detached houses 22% and condo apartments 18%. Most were built between 1951 and 2015, and the typical home had 3 bedrooms. There were 291 sales over that period, with a median sale price of $1,700,000. The median time on the market was 11 days, and 19 homes are for sale right now. Lawrence station is inside the area, on the Yonge subway line. Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue are the main roads nearby, and Bayview Avenue lies to the east. Surface bus routes run along these corridors and connect with the subway. Highway 401 is a short distance to the north and gives access to the wider road network. Shops and services are mostly clustered along Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue. They include cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies, along with other everyday services. Residential blocks away from these corridors have few businesses. The parks inside the area are George Milbrandt Parkette, Glengarry Park, Ranleigh Park, Wanless Park, Woburn Park and Yonge Boulevard Parkette. Bedford Park Community Centre is also inside the area. No libraries are on record within its boundaries. Three schools are located inside the area: Bedford Park Public School and John Wanless Junior Public School, both of the Toronto District School Board, and Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.