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Building Review

1500 Eglinton Ave W

Toronto, Ontario M6E

A 4-storey, 34-unit private rental building built in 1954.

Living score
68/100
Built
1954
Units
34
Storeys
4
City inspection
94/100

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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 Jan 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 8
  • Garbage 1
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 222156 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 220404 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 220362 WST 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 212575 PRS 00 IR

  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 197738 PRS 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173061 000 00 IR

Show 4 older cases
  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 173060 000 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 143348 PRS 00 IR

  • Feb 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 112371 PRS 00 IR

  • Jan 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 111360 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.

  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Jun 2012

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

    Installation of a 2" DCVA premise isolation backflow preventor

    Permit 12 189211 PSA

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

68/ 100

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

  • Transit95

    79.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Oakwood (5 Eglinton Line), 190 m.

  • Parks & trees30

    7.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 390 m. 570 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling61

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.1 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby93

    6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary School, 470 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities74

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 11 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety24

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

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Safety

Briar Hill-Belgravia

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesHigher than most

    Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).

  • HomicideHigher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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

Allen Road, 340 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

886 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Ryding Auto Body

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, 5.5 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 SS2 (x2641)
Height limit
24 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
2
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 1410 Eglinton Ave W · 130 m away

    Rezoning · Appeal Received · submitted 2024-10-04

    Rezoning Application to redevelop the site with a 43-storey mixed-use building with a total net FSI of 24.77 and a lot coverage of approximately 71%. The Proposal includes a 6-storey podium building, which would include retail and resident

    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
BedroomsBriar Hill-BelgraviaYork zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,381$1,491
1 bed$1,840$1,706$1,761
2 beds$2,124$2,067$2,045
3+ beds$2,344$2,547$2,294
All units$1,991$1,864$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.

94 / 100City inspection score, July 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
34
Built
1954
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Lower level, 8 A.M. - 10 P.M.
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Bike parking
8 indoor
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
Yes
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
8

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

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