1169 Danforth Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4J
A 3-storey, 30-unit private rental building built in 1926.
- Property manager
- New Star Holdings 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
8 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Apr 2025.
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 7
- Indoor air quality 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 221270 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171030 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171029 000 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 154917 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 152919 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Indoor air qualityPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10872170
Show 3 older cases
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 230394 PRS 00 IR
- Sep 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 230353 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 143012 PRS 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
1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 1
- Apr 2021
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Structural repairs to suspended concrete slab at boiler room
Permit 21 147588 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
57/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit84
52.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Greenwood (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 290 m.
- Parks & trees32
10.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 220 m. 362 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling70
Within 1 km: 2.2 km of protected lanes, 2.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.9 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
12 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Michelle-O'Bonsawin Secondary School, 210 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 0 community centres, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
4 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
Blake-Jones
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (36% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (75% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.9× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- HomicideAmong the highest
Higher than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.7× 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.9 km away
2.2 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Toronto Transit Commission Greenwood Complex
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, 3.9 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 3.0 (c2.0; r2.5) SS2 (x2219)- Height limit
- 14 m
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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1117 Danforth Ave · 80 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2024-10-01
Site Plan Amendment for a 14-storey mixed use, purpose-built rental building. The proposed development contemplates the replacement of the existing 27 rental units and addition of 81 new rental units.
City record184 Chatham Ave · 130 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2024-06-25
Site Plan Approval for a 4-storey residential building with a height of 12.3 meters (excluding stair and elevator overruns) and 42 condominium dwelling units, seven vehicular parking spaces and 41 bicycle parking spaces.
City record1111 Danforth Ave · 100 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-03-24
Site Plan Control application to permit a 13-storey mixed-use building with 297 purpose-built residential rental units and 1,646 square metres of non-residential gross floor area.
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 | Riverdale | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,656 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,593* | $1,685 | $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; * marks an estimate CMHC rates poor. 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
- 0.81% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.55% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.52% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.51% 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 2023). Not resident reviews.
86 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 30
- Built
- 1926
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- New Star Holdings Inc
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor (rear), 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed - preferably no dogs
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 14
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