Lawrence East is a station on the Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Lawrence Avenue East between Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue.Lawrence East is the third-busiest station on the Scarborough RT line, after Kennedy and Scarborough Centre.HistoryLawrence East opened in 1985, along with the rest of the Scarborough RT line. All bus routes that operated along Lawrence Avenue East at the time were rerouted to serve the station on 23 March 1985, one day after the opening.The station was renovated around 2011-2012 to include automated sliding doors, allowing the station to be accessible for the southbound platform and the bus platform.On 10 August 2012 just after 1:00 pm, a 19-year-old man was shot many times in the stomach at the east side of the station near the GO train tracks. The victim was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital and made a full recovery, the suspect was never found, and no arrests were made. TTC service was not affected, but the parking lot was closed off for police investigations. The victim was identified as one of the emerging leaders of the Galloway Boys gang.The station will be closed in the upcoming years when either the Scarborough RT line is closed and replaced with a Bloor–Danforth line extension, or other light rail transit plans that the city is considering. With plans from different views, the station may be moved eastward to the McCowan Road area.
