159 Russell Hill Rd
Toronto, Ontario M4V
A 4-storey, 18-unit private rental building built in 1957.
- Property manager
- Pinedale Properties Ltd
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
2 bylaw investigations at this address since Jul 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 2
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2025· Closed
- Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. Namely, currently installed guards at the landing are 838mm (approx) in height. (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. Namely, currently installed guards at the landing are 838mm… (open)
- Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. Namely, The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are designed with members or attachments between 140 mm and 900 mm abov… (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. Namely, The location and size of openings present a hazard as they are des… (open)
Case 25 216920 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 195827 PRS 00 IR
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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 2
- Sep 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install one new Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only)
Permit 18 224226 PSA
- Aug 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Cancelled
Proposal to install backflow prevention device
Permit 18 212565 PSA · est. $3,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
51/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit13
12.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: St Clair West (1 Yonge-University Line), 840 m.
- Parks & trees64
17 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 515 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling73
Within 1 km: 0.4 km of protected lanes, 5.8 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.55 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Brown Jr Public School, 500 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 10 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision 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
Casa Loma
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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
232 kg a year from 2 facilities, mostly Avenue Collision 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 2.6 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 Detached
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RD (f15.0; d0.35) (x1247)- Height limit
- 11 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 | Casa Loma | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,560 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,001 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,677* | $2,057 | $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.
97 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 18
- Built
- 1957
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Pinedale Properties Ltd
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
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