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Building Review

1387 Queen St W

Toronto, Ontario M6K

A 4-storey, 23-unit social housing building built in 1910.

Living score
52/100
Built
1910
Units
23
Storeys
4
City inspection
91/100
Property manager
Ecuhome Corporation

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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

10 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2025; 3 notices or orders to comply; 3 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 10
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 237547 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2026· Closed

    • Throughout Dwelling Unit: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris. (open)
    • Throughout Dwelling Unit: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)

    Case 26 200721 PRS 00 IV

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 160928 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 114953 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 211805 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed

    • Living Room: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Throughout Dwelling Unit: The electrical fixtures are not maintained in good working order. (open)
    • Kitchen: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris. (open)
    • Kitchen: The kitchen fixture(s) and/or fitting is not maintained in good repair and good working order. (open)
    • Bathroom: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris. (open)
    • Bathroom: Wall(s) not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. (open)
    • Bathroom: The supplied facility in or on the property is not constructed, installed and/or maintained so that it will function safely and effectively. (open)
    • Bathroom: Interior door(s), frames(s), glass pane(s), and/or hardware not maintained in good repair. (open)
    • Bedroom: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris. (open)
    • Bedroom: Exterior window missing. (open)

    Case 25 211106 PRS 00 IV

Show 4 older cases
  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 203112 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 194999 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Order Issued

    • Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Stairway: 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. (open)
    • Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (open)
    • Stairway: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (open)
    • Stairway: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (open)

    Case 25 188327 PRS 00 IV

  • Jun 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 25 182612 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

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

  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Roof and cladding 1
  • Mar 2026

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Permit Issued

    Proposal to upgrade the fire alarm panel in an existing apartment building.

    Permit 26 130251 FSU

  • Mar 2010

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

    Proposal to install one back flow prevention device. Building comprised of Condo units.

    Permit 10 124663 PSA · est. $5,000

  • Sep 2002

    Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Closed

    repair and reclad front elevation, west elevation and courtyard area elevations. also build 4 fire escape stairs in courtyard area . also build sky walkways in courtyard area at 2nd and 3rd floor levels. This permit issued mainly to facili…

    Permit 02 173303 BLD · est. $400,000

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

52/ 100

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

  • Transit49

    39.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.1 km.

  • Parks & trees28

    6.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 647 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling72

    Within 1 km: 0.7 km of protected lanes, 4.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.9 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Parkdale Collegiate Institute, 90 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities91

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 5 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety10

    9 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

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

Traffic pollutionLow

Gardiner Expressway, 630 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

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, 3.2 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 2.5 (c1.0; r2.0) SS2 (x2609)
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
7
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1337 Queen St W · 190 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-11

    Site Plan Approval for a 16-storey mixed-use building containing 175 rental residential units and approximately 2,482 sq.m of community-serving space.

    City record
  • 1437 Queen St W · 110 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-05-17

    The application proposes to demolish the existing buildings and construct a new 12-storey mixed use building containing 249 dwelling units. The proposed redevelopment consists of 17,576 sq. m total gross floor area (GFA), which results in a

    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
BedroomsSouth Parkdale/King WestToronto (West) zoneToronto 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.

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

Type
Social housing
Storeys
4
Units
23
Built
1910
Elevators
0
Heating
Electric
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement of south building, 9 AM TO 11 PM
Pets
Allowed
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
5 outdoor
Balconies
No
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
4

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

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