20 Esterbrooke Ave
Toronto, Ontario M2J
A 15-storey, 134-unit private rental building built in 1966.
- Property manager
- Homestead Land Holdings Limited
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Issues & maintenance
Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.
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City building permits
7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Parking garage repair 2
- Alterations 2
- Balcony repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- May 2026
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued
Proposed expansion joint and vestibule repairs works
Permit 26 168211 BLD · est. $150,000
- Mar 2019
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
New balcony concerte slab repairs and railings 166 balconies
Permit 19 132282 BLD
- Jul 2017
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Structural repairs to underground parking garage
Permit 17 197156 BLD
- Oct 2016
Fire and life safety · Standpipes · Closed
Proposal to replace existing standpipe fire pump with new in existing apartment building.
Permit 16 233377 FSU · est. $9,000
- Aug 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install backflow prevention device
Permit 09 153311 PSA · est. $9,800
- Apr 2005
Alterations · Addition(s) · Closed
To enclose the parking garage ramp.
Permit 05 123044 BLD
Show 1 older permit
- Jan 1995
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
FIRE ALARM/EMERG LIGHT
Permit 95 251001 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
55/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit69
24.1 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Don Mills (4 Sheppard Line), 580 m.
- Parks & trees32
12.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 169 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling25
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.25 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.75 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Woodbine Jr High & N/E Secondary Alternative, 310 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 12 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
3 collisions 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
Don Valley Village
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).
- Break and enterLower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Bicycle theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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
Highway 404, 790 m 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, 12.5 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 Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (f30.0; a1375; d1.5)- 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
- 2
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
5 Fairview Mall Dr · 270 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2022-09-13
Proposed two residential towers with heights of 36 and 31storeys, connected by a 5-storey non-residential podium. The proposed development will retain the existing 4-storey medical office building on the site, with approximately 8,000 squar
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 | Don Valley Village/Pleasant View | North York (Northeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,467 | $1,498 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,758 | $1,815 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,017 | $2,156 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,152 | $2,342 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,976 | $2,081 | $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.
99 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 15
- Units
- 134
- Built
- 1966
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Homestead Land Holdings Limited
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 1 st floor, 24 HR
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 10 indoor
- Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 17
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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