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Building Review

1230 York Mills Rd

Toronto, Ontario M3A

A 4-storey, 38-unit private rental building built in 1963.

Living score
53/100
Built
1963
Units
38
Storeys
4
City inspection
91/100
Property manager
Valley York Manor

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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 May 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 4
  • Long grass and weeds 1
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Closed

    • Throughout Building: Dwelling unit window that is capable of being opened has screen that is not maintained in good repair and free from defects or missing components. (open)
    • Throughout Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (open)

    Case 26 195121 PRS 00 IV

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 195100 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170700 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170699 000 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 157503 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2025

    Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 161268 LGW 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
  • Alterations 1
  • May 2018

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    Installation of backflow preventer.

    Permit 18 156620 PSA · est. $5,000

  • May 1998

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant

    RETROFIT

    Permit 98 251150 BLD

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

53/ 100

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

  • Transit45

    34.2 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Don Mills (4 Sheppard Line), 2.1 km.

  • Parks & trees76

    26 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 277 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling2

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

  • Schools nearby68

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Donview Middle Health And Wellness Academy , 430 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities64

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety40

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

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Safety

Fenside-Parkwoods

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAmong the lowest

    Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (43% of the city median).

  • RobberyLower than most

    Lower than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

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

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Among the lowest

    Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).

  • ShootingsLower than most

    Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).

  • HomicideLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% 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 pollutionModerate

Don Valley Parkway, 380 m away

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
Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 10.8 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 (f21.0; a925; d0.85)
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
0
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0

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
BedroomsParkwoods-DonaldaNorth York (Southeast) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,660$1,188*$1,491
1 bed$1,680$1,638$1,761
2 beds$1,955$1,890$2,045
3+ beds$2,140$2,238$2,294
All units$1,920$1,842$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.

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, July 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
38
Built
1963
Elevators
1
Heating
Forced air gas
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Each floor, 24/7
Pets
Allowed - dogs
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
16

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

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