1140 Kingston Rd
Toronto, Ontario M1N
A 5-storey, 34-unit private rental building built in 1971.
- Property manager
- Merkur Properties C/o Greenwin Corp.
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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
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Apr 2025; 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 5
- Garbage 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 242787 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2025· Closed
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level protected by the guard which facilitate climbing. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: Height of the guard for exit landings is less than 1,070 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard fromthe ramp surface where the difference in elevation between the adjacentground or floor level is more than 600 millimetres. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
Case 25 218186 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 216999 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 200519 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 170823 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 148217 WST 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
2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Mar 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install 1 backflow preventer - DCVA c/w expansion tank
Permit 10 127324 PSA · est. $5,000
- Jul 2003
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Inspection
REPAIR OF BALCONIES
Permit 03 157381 BLD · est. $70,000
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
35/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit35
26.9 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Victoria Park (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.5 km.
- Parks & trees6
4.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 347 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling15
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.35 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Neil Mcneil Catholic High School, 300 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities44
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 2 community centres, 9 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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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Birchcliffe-Cliffside
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (65% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (35% 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
No expressway within 2 km
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, 7.6 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
Open Space Recreation
- Category
- Open space
- Zone label
OR- 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
1117 Kingston Rd · 60 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2023-12-01
Feeley Group is proposing to redevelop the subject site with an 8-storey mixed-use building. The subject site is currently comprised of four semi-detached residential dwellings fronting the south side of Kingston Road and the west side of B
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.
| Bedrooms | Scarborough (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,520 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,610 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,843 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,932 | $2,294 |
| All units | $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.
- 2017
- 1.11% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.74% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.71% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.70% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
93 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 34
- Built
- 1971
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Merkur Properties C/o Greenwin Corp.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Lower level, 8AM-10PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 20
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