165 Barrington Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4C
A 19-storey, 265-unit private rental building built in 1965.
- Property manager
- Ranee Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
10 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2025; 4 notices or orders to comply; 2 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 5
- Garbage 2
- Graffiti 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Order Issued
- Building – Throughout: Fixed window within dwelling units that extend to less than 1,000 millimetres from the floor is not protected by a guard to at least 1,000 millimetres above the floor, or designed to withstand the lateral design loads for balcony guards in… (open)
Case 26 219401 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 219164 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171372 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171371 000 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawNotice to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
Case 25 202772 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 202714 PRS 00 IR
Show 4 older cases
- Jun 2025
GraffitiBylawNotice to comply · Jun 2025· Closed
Case 25 183834 GRA 00 IV
- Jun 2025
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 25 183660 GRA 00 IR
- Jun 2025
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Jun 2025· Closed
Case 25 183829 WST 00 IV
- Jun 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 182593 WST 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
- May 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed - Dormant
Proposal to install 1 backflow prevention device to the existing water line.(Convienience address 165 Barrington Ave.)
Permit 09 135958 PSA · est. $4,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
74/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit65
17.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Main Street (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 540 m.
- Parks & trees81
31.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 200 m. 267 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling80
Within 1 km: 2.55 km of protected lanes, 4.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.75 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Secord Elementary School , 170 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 6 community centres, 11 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety64
1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Taylor-Massey
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 69 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (66% of the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the lowest
Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- ShootingsLower than most
Lower than 83 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (55% 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
None reported
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
- Street Health, 6.7 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (u503) (x383)- 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
90 Eastdale Ave · 140 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2024-07-10
Site Plan Approval for a 41-storey (129.6 metres in height excluding the 6 storey mechnical penthouse) residential development with a six-storey podium including 547 dwelling units of which 35 are rental replacement and 11 are affordable re
City record2 Secord Ave · 170 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2024-03-08
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 40-storey (126 metres plus 6 metre MPH) high-rise residential development, with a 6-storey podium. The proposal will contain 535 dwelling unit and comprise of 38,806 m2 residential gross floor area, two levels
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 | Crescent Town | East York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,208 | $1,339 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,457 | $1,578 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,674 | $1,820 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $1,855 | $2,178 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,526 | $1,715 | $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, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 19
- Units
- 265
- Built
- 1965
- Elevators
- 3
- Managed by
- Ranee Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8-10
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Bike parking
- 30 outdoor
- Amenities
- Child play area
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 19
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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