1245 King St W
Toronto, Ontario M6K
A 3-storey, 39-unit social housing building built in 1987.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
5 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 1 still open.
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 3
- Not enough heat 2
- Oct 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 247511 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 105482 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 237986 HEA 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 180222 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 233036 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
4 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 2
- Alterations 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Oct 2023
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal to remove and reinstall of existing exterior wooden deck in ground, second and third floors complete with new weather treated timber and reuse existing concrete footings and reuse existing steel anchorage embedded into concrete sy…
Permit 23 217584 BLD · est. $30,000
- Jan 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one back flow prevention device
Permit 10 111274 PSA · est. $2,000
- Feb 2002
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
install fix. 1st fl: 4 w.c., 3w.b, 2nd fl: 2 w.c., 2 w.b., 3rd fl: 2 w.c., 2 w.b.--in connection with bp#00-360733
Permit 02 107665 PLB
- Jul 2001
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
Alter HVAC system and related duct work. cost included in 00360733
Permit 01 154144 HVA
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
55/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit51
41.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dufferin (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.5 km.
- Parks & trees33
8.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 150 m. 568 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling78
Within 1 km: 0.4 km of protected lanes, 6.05 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.55 km of shared routes. 10 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Holy Family Catholic Elementary School, 480 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
South Parkdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (56% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 550 m away
134 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Moveable Inc
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 2.9 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
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x811)- Height limit
- 23 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1179 King St W · 300 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-12
The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on Site, and 100 Liberty Street will be rebuilt with new retail, office, and commercial
City record1304 King St W · 210 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2023-10-12
This proposal was appealed to the OLT and subsequently settled with Council adoption in April 2025. The proposal is for an 18-storey (57m excluding mechanical penthouse) building comprised of a total of 14,850 m2 (14,517m2 of residential, 3
City record340 Dufferin St · 260 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-31
Proposal for a mixed-use development consisting of three buildings at 9, 26 and 29 storeys and incorporating portions of the existing buildings. The development consists of a total of 768 residential units with 46,713.05 sqm residential sp
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 | South Parkdale/King West | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,436 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,826 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,436 | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,747 | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,931 | $1,945 | $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.
89 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 39
- Built
- 1987
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Neighbours Community Homes
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On each floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 9 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 4
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