2218 Queen St E
Toronto, Ontario M4E
A 3-storey, 16-unit private rental building built in 1905.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
6 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 2025; 1 notice or order to comply.
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 1
- Mar 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 123132 WST 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 270096 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 270075 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 269978 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Dec 2025· Closed
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (closed)
- Interior of Building – Exit Stairways: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (closed)
Case 25 260256 PRS 00 IV
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 259064 PRS 00 IR
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City building permits
4 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
- Mar 2015
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Proposal for interior alterations to existing ground floor retail unit and basement for new Wine Bar; restaurant, less than 30 seats. Convenience address is 2220A Queen St E.
Permit 15 126665 PLB
- Mar 2015
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposal for interior alterations to existing ground floor retail unit and basement for new Wine Bar; restaurant, less than 30 seats. Convenience address is 2220A Queen St E.
Permit 15 126665 BLD
- Mar 2006
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Fire damage repair to main floor of mixed use building - Fire Damage
Permit 05 202018 PLB
- Nov 2005
Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed
Fire damage repair to main floor of mixed use building
Permit 05 202018 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
41/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit3
6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Main Street (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.1 km.
- Parks & trees63
15.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 290 m. 652 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling29
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.7 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Denis Catholic Elementary School, 130 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 11 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety24
5 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
The Beaches
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (83% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (84% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% 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, 6.8 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d0.6)- Height limit
- 11 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
- 0
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
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 | The Beaches | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,469 | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,683 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,141 | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,183 | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,826 | $1,685 | $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 RentSafeTO registry, as reported by the landlord (registered 2017). Not resident reviews.
92 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 16
- Built
- 1905
- Elevators
- 0
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, UNLIMITED
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- No
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 19
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