1619 Lawrence Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M6L
A 4-storey, 24-unit private rental building built in 1962.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 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 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 149307 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 243176 HEA 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 170759 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.
- Alterations 2
- Aug 2013
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Work Not Started
Proposal for non-structural recladding, replacement of balcony gaurds and replacement of roofing to existing 4-storey apartment building
Permit 13 224553 BLD · est. $450,000
- Mar 1995
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
FIRE ALARM
Permit 95 251020 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
46/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit28
21.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Mount Dennis (5 Eglinton Line), 1.9 km.
- Parks & trees83
34.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 110 m. 275 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling2
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Amesbury Mdl School, 400 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities35
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
3 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
Brookhaven-Amesbury
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (42% of the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Lower than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% 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
Highway 400, 950 m away
53 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Black Creek Dry Cleaners
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, 8.9 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (f21.0; a835; d1.0)- Height limit
- Set by the zone
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
1571 Lawrence Ave W · 260 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-08-08
The redevelopment includes the demolition of the existing gas station and construct new gas pumps and canopy, a new convenience store/quick serve restaurant with an associated drive through facility. The existing car wash facilities will be
City record1575 Lawrence Ave W · 220 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-04-27
Proposal for an 11 storey mixed-use mid-rise building containing 118 residential units and 132.2 square metres of retail space located at-grade. 75 vehicular parking spaces and 132 bike parking spaces are proposed.
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 | Brookhaven-Amesbury | North York (Southwest) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,322 | $1,379 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,555 | $1,567 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,656 | $1,814 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,181 | $2,243 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,665 | $1,728 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.58% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.57% lower rent · tenants notified
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. Not resident reviews.
82 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 24
- Built
- 1962
- Elevators
- 1
- Ward
- 5
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