156 Brandon Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6H
A 4-storey, 19-unit private rental building.
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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 May 2025; 2 notices or orders to comply; 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.
- Garbage 5
- Repairs and upkeep 3
- Long grass and weeds 2
- Sep 2026
GarbageBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 233179 WST 00 IR
- Jul 2026
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Aug 2026· Closed
Case 26 210731 WST 00 IV
- Jul 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 210722 WST 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 201841 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed
Case 26 180424 LGW 00 IR
- Aug 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 203963 WST 00 IR
Show 4 older cases
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2025· Closed
- Exterior Of Building – Garbage Area: Garbage and refuse on a property not screened by a visual screen or fence to minimize visual impact to persons at grade on adjacent properties or a public highwayNamely: recycling, garbage and green organics bin(s) are visible to the publi… (closed)
- Exterior Of Building – Garbage Area: The number of garbage receptacles supplied is insufficient.Namely: building does not have enough garbage, recycling, and organics receptacles to sustain output of waste produced by tenants of building. (open)
Case 25 169966 PRS 00 IV
- May 2025
Long grass and weedsBylaw· Closed
Case 25 168938 LGW 00 IR
- May 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 168481 WST 00 IR
- May 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 168418 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.
From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
54/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit41
30 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Lansdowne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.1 km.
- Parks & trees68
19.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 437 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling61
Within 1 km: 0.25 km of protected lanes, 5.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.8 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
10 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Mary Of The Angels Catholic Elementary School, 560 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities81
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
4 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Junction-Wallace Emerson
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (61% of the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (86% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.5× the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (50% 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
No expressway within 2 km
9.2 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Nitta Gelatin Canada 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, 3.7 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 (d0.6) (x738)- Height limit
- 12 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
- 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.
| Bedrooms | Dovercourt/Davenport/Junction | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,633* | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,054* | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,410* | $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; * 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 2018). Not resident reviews.
77 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 19
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Electric
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Lower level, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 9
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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