1639 Bloor St W
Toronto, Ontario M6P
A 6-storey, 46-unit private rental building built in 1960.
- Property manager
- Greenwin Corp.
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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
9 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 2025; 3 notices or orders 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 5
- Graffiti 2
- Not enough heat 2
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171754 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171753 000 00 IR
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2026· Closed
- Throughout Dwelling Unit: The floor and every appurtenance, surface cover and finish is not reasonably smooth and level. (open)
Case 26 142855 PRS 00 IV
- Apr 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 140335 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Mar 2026· Closed
- Living Room: Exterior window not maintained weather-tight. (open)
- Living Room: Window that is capable of being opened, has a defective locking/latching mechanism. (open)
- Living Room: The window that is capable of being opened is not capable of being locked or otherwise secured from inside the building. (open)
- Living Room: The window(s) that is capable of being opened has defective hardware. (open)
Case 26 123394 PRS 00 IV
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 123387 PRS 00 IR
Show 3 older cases
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 109577 HEA 00 IR
- Sep 2025
GraffitiBylawNotice to comply · Sep 2025· Closed
Case 25 228136 GRA 00 IV
- Sep 2025
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 25 226831 GRA 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
- Sep 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Installation of a 1 1/4" DCVA backflow prevention device withinthe ground floor of this apartment building.
Permit 10 260304 PSA · est. $3,600
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
71/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit99
123.8 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 11 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Dundas West (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 240 m.
- Parks & trees80
25.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 400 m. 733 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling67
Within 1 km: 2.3 km of protected lanes, 2.95 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.6 km of shared routes. 5 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, 310 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities31
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety15
6 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
Shown for context. None of this is part of the living score.
Safety
High Park-Swansea
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (59% of the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (60% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 1.8 km away
5.4 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Nestle Foods Group Sterling Road Nestle 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, 4.2 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
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d0.6) (x290)- 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1730 Bloor St W · 290 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-08-27
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 25-storey mixed-use building and a total of 200 residential units with retail and office at grade.
City record1728 Bloor St W · 250 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-03-03
Site Plan Approval for a 19-storey mixed use building with a total of 99 new dwelling units. The building will have a total gross floor area (GFA) of 6860 square metres, including a retail gross floor area of 86.8 square metres, resulting i
City record1728 Bloor St W · 250 m away
Rezoning · OMB Approved · submitted 2023-03-03
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 19-storey mixed use building with a total of 89 new dwelling units. The building will have a total gross floor area (GFA) of 7,015 square metres, including a retail gross floor area of 55 square metres, resulti
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 | High Park-Swansea | Toronto (West) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,342 | $1,410 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,479 | $1,798 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,535* | $2,252 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,498 | $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 2017). Not resident reviews.
92 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 46
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Greenwin Corp.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 5th floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Carport, parking deck
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 4
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