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Building Review

1 Brimley Rd

Toronto, Ontario M1M

A 6-storey, 58-unit private rental building built in 1961.

Living score
30/100
Built
1961
Units
58
Storeys
6
City inspection
91/100
Property manager
1 Brimley Apts. Inc.

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City bylaw and health cases

9 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2024; 1 notice or order to comply.

A case starts with a complaint or an officer’s visit, so it is not a finding against the building. In a condo, a complaint about one unit is filed under the building’s address.

  • Repairs and upkeep 6
  • Not enough heat 2
  • Snow and ice 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 221589 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 216729 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed

    • Bathroom: Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials.Namely : The Ceiling of the bathrom above the ceiling (closed)

    Case 25 203395 PRS 00 IV

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 200424 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Snow and iceBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 116918 SNI 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 104553 PRS 00 IR

Show 3 older cases
  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 101197 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 101067 HEA 00 IR

  • Nov 2024

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 24 244966 HEA 00 IR

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Bylaw investigation activity (open cases, and those closed in the last two years) and residential health hazards.

City building permits

3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Balcony repair 2
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • May 2026

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection

    Proposed localized concrete repairs and window replacement

    Permit 26 166335 BLD · est. $180,000

  • Feb 2017

    Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed

    Proposed fire pump in boiler room.

    Permit 17 118456 FSU · est. $35,000

  • May 2011

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Permit Issued

    concrete repair 50 balconies

    Permit 11 198748 BLD · est. $74,800

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Cleared permits and active permits. Contractors are named only on permits filed since 2017.

From City of Toronto open data

Neighbourhood

Living score

30/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit36

    27.2 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Kennedy (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.4 km.

  • Parks & trees15

    8.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 530 m. 173 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling15

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 3 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St John Henry Newman Catholic High School (Future Site), 290 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities12

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 5 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety51

    2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Cliffcrest

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (82% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (85% of the city median).

How often police recorded each crime for every resident of the whole neighbourhood, averaged over 2023–2025. Places many people visit but few live in, like downtown, rank high for that reason alone, so this is not part of the living score.

Air

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

None reported

Bands: traffic is high within 150 m of an expressway and moderate within 500 m; industrial is moderate under a tonne a year and high above. The industrial bands are ours, for orientation only: ChemTRAC totals mix substances of very different toxicity. Releases are self-reported to the City’s ChemTRAC program. For today’s readings see Air Quality Ontario.

Supervised consumption services

Nearest site
Street Health, 12.4 km
Sites within 1 km
0

Sites currently offering services, from Health Canada, updated 2026-09-15. Sites open and close; check the list for current status.

Zoning

Residential Apartment

Category
Apartment
Zone label
RA (au80.0) (x620)
Height limit
Set by the zone

Zoning By-law 569-2013, from City of Toronto open data. Exceptions (“x” numbers) and site-specific amendments can change what is allowed; check the City’s zoning map before relying on it.

Nearby change

Open planning applications within 300 m
5
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 2746 Kingston Rd · 40 m away

    Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2023-05-31

    Rezoning application to lift the holding provision.

    City record
  • 2740 Kingston Rd · 50 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-05-05

    Site Plan for a new 2 storey multi-purpose hall.

    City record
  • 2746 Kingston Rd · 40 m away

    Site plan · Appeal Received · submitted 2022-04-29

    Site Plan Approval for a 558-unit residential development contained in two buildings consisting of 14 storeys and 24 storeys.

    City record

Rezonings, site plans and subdivisions submitted in the last five years and still open.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Data as of 2026-10-03. Transit from TTC weekday schedules; parks, trees, cycling, schools, libraries, community centres, child care, collisions, crime, expressways, ChemTRAC releases, planning applications and short-term rental registrations from open.toronto.ca; Bike Share stations from Bike Share Toronto; supervised consumption sites from Health Canada.

From CMHC and the City of Toronto

Rent

Average rents nearby

Monthly rent in purpose-built rental apartments, October 2025.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsCliffcrestScarborough (Central) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,520$1,491
1 bed$1,657$1,610$1,761
2 beds$1,866$1,843$2,045
3+ beds$2,132$1,932$2,294
All units$1,813$1,754$1,917

Averages over every unit, including long tenancies under rent control, so they run below what a new lease costs today. Condominium units rented out by their owners are not included. “-” means too few units were surveyed to publish. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

Rent reductions after property-tax cuts

When a rental property’s tax falls by more than 2.49%, Ontario law cuts its rents by a matching share, and the City writes to the tenants.

The City’s lists for 2014–2025 have no rent-reduction notices for this address.

Source: City of Toronto, Tenant Notification for Rent Reduction, 2014–2025.

Building facts

From the City of Toronto’s RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.

91 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
58
Built
1961
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Main floor, 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Pets
Allowed - no large / dangerous pets
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
20

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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