189 Queen St E
Toronto, Ontario
A 11-unit condominium registered in 2003 (TSCC 1539).
- Living score
- 70/100
- Units
- 11
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City building permits
11 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 5
- Alterations 4
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Jan 2016
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to unit 4 in existing apartment building.
Permit 16 105807 PLB
- Jan 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to unit 4 in existing apartment building.
Permit 16 105807 HVA
- Jan 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to unit 4 in existing apartment building.
Permit 16 105807 BLD · est. $130,000
- Sep 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - permit for interior alterations to second floor of existing condo unit.
Permit 11 278757 PLB
- Sep 2011
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
permit for interior alterations to second floor of existing condo unit.
Permit 11 278757 BLD · est. $14,000
- Nov 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one backflow prevention device
Permit 09 184653 PSA · est. $3,000
Show 5 older permits
- Oct 2003
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Inspection
Make interior alterations to Unit 2 by relocating bathroom and construct glass walls around it and remove sprinkler head in proposed bathroom.Existing & Proposed: Apartment Building (11 live work units)
Permit 03 189457 BLD · est. $6,000
- Sep 2002
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing -install fixtures- Bsmt: 4 wb, 4 wc, 4 bt. On 1st fl: 4-2comp.kit.sinks, 4 dw, 4 wb, 4bt, 4 urinals, 4 wm. On 2nd fl and 3rd fl inclusive: 4-2comp.kit sinks, 4 dw, 4 wb, 4 bt, 4 urinals, 4 wm. (NO PLANS) Cost included in BP02-1751…
Permit 02 175181 PLB
- Sep 2002
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing -install sanitary drains, sump pit, floor drains (see plans) Cost included in BP02-175150(not yet)
Permit 02 175150 PLB
- Sep 2002
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - install gas fired forced flow heaters. Cost included in BP02-175150(not yet)
Permit 02 175150 HVA
- Sep 2002
Alterations · Conversion · Closed
make interior alterations for 11 live work units ( to include 7 roof decks) See C of A decision final)
Permit 02 175150 000 · est. $1,000,000
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
70/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit89
61.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Queen (1 Yonge-University Line), 700 m.
- Parks & trees29
9.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 365 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling94
Within 1 km: 9.8 km of protected lanes, 0.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.45 km of shared routes. 15 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby85
13 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle Roy, 310 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 5 community centres, 20 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety4
11 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Moss Park
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.4× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 93 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (7.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- HomicideHigher than most
Higher than 81 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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, 870 m away
15.9 tonnes a year from 3 facilities, mostly Toronto Metropolitan University
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, 540 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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 4.5 (c2.0; r4.0) SS2 (x333)- Height limit
- 30 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
- 23
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
134 Jarvis St · 220 m away
Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-09-02
Proposed commercial parking lot
City record207 Jarvis St · 300 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2026-03-31
This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 32-storey mixed-use building, containing 315 dwelling units (including 38 replacement rental units), approximately 377 sq. m. of non-residential gross floor
City record115 Jarvis St · 140 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-11-17
Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a proposed 50-storey (164.5 metre) tall mixed-use building containing 596 residential units, 105 square metres of retail space at grade and 4 levels of underground parking for 142 vehicles. The proposed gro
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 | Moss Park/Regent Park | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,278* | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,987 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,484 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,904 | $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.
- 2017
- 1.98% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.59% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.49% lower rent · tenants notified
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
- 11
- Unit mix
- 5 studio · 6 one-bed
- Condo plan
- TSCC 1539
- Registered
- September 2003
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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