179 Bleecker St
Toronto, Ontario
A 212-unit condominium registered in 2009 (TSCC 2003, TSCC 2085).
- Living score
- 69/100
- Units
- 212
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City building permits
8 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
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Construction 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Nov 2023
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
PROPOSED: CONCRETE STAIR REPAIRS
Permit 23 221400 BLD · est. $40,000
- Sep 2019
Alterations · Other(BA) · Permit Issued
Proposal to install a ladder and door access to the roof/attic to allow for repairs and maintenance at the roof.
Permit 19 224570 BLD · est. $40,000
- Feb 2018
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposed supply and installation of 6" Backflow Prevention Device (Water only)
Permit 18 114328 PSA
- Oct 2007
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposed 3 storey - 60 unit rowplex with detached one storey accessory building. Parcel 'B' comprised of three buildings.
Permit 07 271521 PLB
- Oct 2007
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Proposed 3 storey - 60 unit rowplex with detached one storey accessory building. Parcel 'B' comprised of three buildings.
Permit 07 271521 HVA
- Oct 2007
Construction · Closed
Proposed 3 storey - 60 unit rowplex with detached one storey accessory building. Parcel 'B' comprised of three buildings.
Permit 07 271521 BLD · est. $5,800,000
Show 2 older permits
- Jun 2007
Construction · Closed
Revision to permit 06-148525 to add two typical floors to the recently approved 10-storey (152 suite) building for a 12-storey aparment building with 184 suites
Permit 06 148525 BLD
- May 2006
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Cancelled
Repairs to garage floor slabs of the underground existing two-level private parking garage
Permit 06 140635 BLD
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Cleared permits and active permits. Contractors are named only on permits filed since 2017.
From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
69/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit73
29.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sherbourne (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 610 m.
- Parks & trees58
15 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 90 m. 484 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling89
Within 1 km: 5.75 km of protected lanes, 4.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.5 km of shared routes. 11 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Elementary School, 160 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
7 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Safety
Cabbagetown-South St.James Town
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.2 km away
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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 460 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 2
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 (d1.0) (x7)- 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
405 Sherbourne St · 270 m away
Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-03-09
Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and 388 square metres of non-residential gross floor area and a landscaped mid-block
City record240 Wellesley St E · 180 m away
Subdivision · Under Review · submitted 2024-09-30
Draft Plan of Subdivision to establish two development blocks with pedestrian and vehicular connections into and through the subject site. A new public park and publicly-accessible open spaces, framed by the addition of new buildings to be
City record240 Wellesley St E · 180 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-27
Site Plan Approval application to permit three new buildings on the lands, comprising a 47-storey mixed-use building with 5,770 square metres of non-residential uses in the lower floors and 620 dwelling units, a 21-storey building with 300
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 | Cabbagetown-South St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,349 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,903 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,331 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,829 | $2,163 | $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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 212
- Unit mix
- 91 one-bed · 106 two-bed · 15 three-bed+
- Condo plan
- TSCC 2003, TSCC 2085
- Registered
- March 2009
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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