1674 Eglinton Ave W
Toronto, Ontario M6E
A 4-storey, 40-unit social housing building built in 1960.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations at this address since May 2025; 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.
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Not enough heat 1
- Rooming house 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 246836 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173097 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 173096 000 00 IR
- May 2025
Rooming houseBylaw· Closed
Case 25 153045 RMH 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
5 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
- Alterations 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Dec 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Revision to repair the partial damaged existing 6 inch drain - One storey additon plus basement, partial 6th floor penthouse and stair addition, convert existing five storey commercial building to 40 residential bachelor units and amenity…
Permit 11 169791 PLB
- Apr 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - One storey additon plus basement, partial 6th floor penthouse and stair addition, convert existing five storey commercial building to 40 residential bachelor units and amenity space, roof top garden
Permit 11 169791 PLB
- Apr 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - One storey additon plus basement, partial 6th floor penthouse and stair addition, convert existing five storey commercial building to 40 residential bachelor units and amenity space, roof top garden.
Permit 11 169791 HVA
- Apr 2011
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
One storey additon plus basement, partial 6th floor penthouse and stair addition, convert existing five storey commercial building to 40 residential bachelor units and amenity space, roof top garden
Permit 11 169791 BLD
- May 2003
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Interior alterations to change the second floor from office space to drop-in center. HVAC and Plumbing permits required.
Permit 03 130379 BLD · est. $50,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
58/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit85
53 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Oakwood (5 Eglinton Line), 210 m.
- Parks & trees25
8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 280 m. 456 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling47
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 4.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.6 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary School, 130 m), plus 1 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 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
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Safety
Briar Hill-Belgravia
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (74% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× 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
Allen Road, 740 m away
1.2 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Ryding Auto Body
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, 5.6 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR SS2 (x2643)- Height limit
- 24 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
- 38
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
1685 Eglinton Ave W · 120 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-08-07
Combined Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for a 123.0 metre, plus mechanical penthouse (37-storey), 26,500-square metre mixed-use building, with 416 dwelling units (including 75 rental replacement units) and 500 square metres of no
City record1719 Eglinton Ave W · 120 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-08-02
A combined Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for a 39-storey (129.0 metre, plus mechanical penthouse), 26,800-square metre mixed use building, with 423 dwelling units (including 8 rental replacement units) and 500 square metres of n
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 | Briar Hill-Belgravia | York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,381 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,840 | $1,706 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,124 | $2,067 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,344 | $2,547 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,991 | $1,864 | $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.
79 / 100City inspection score, September 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 40
- Built
- 1960
- Elevators
- 1
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Individual units
- Laundry
- Main floor, 9 TO 9
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- Yes
- Ward
- 8
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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