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Building Review

235 Gosford Blvd

Toronto, Ontario M3N

A 15-storey, 131-unit private rental building built in 1974.

Living score
54/100
Built
1974
Units
131
Storeys
15
City inspection
98/100
Property manager
Ronkay Management Inc.

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City bylaw and health cases

10 bylaw investigations and 1 public health case at this address since Apr 2025; 1 notice or order to comply; 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 7
  • Garbage 2
  • Indoor air quality 1
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jul 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled

    Case 26 198188 PRS 00 IR

  • May 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 161413 PRS 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Indoor air qualityPublic health· Under Investigation

    Case 10871748

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Apr 2026· Closed

    • 12th Floor: Floor and/or floor covering not kept free from holes, stains, rubbish and debris. (closed)

    Case 26 145198 PRS 00 IV

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 138771 PRS 00 IR

  • Mar 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 131552 PRS 00 IR

Show 5 older cases
  • Dec 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 265276 PRS 00 IR

  • Nov 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 248096 WST 00 IR

  • Sep 2025

    GarbageBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 229680 WST 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 137678 HEA 00 IR

  • Apr 2025

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 25 137667 PRS 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

7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.

  • Balcony repair 2
  • Alterations 2
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Feb 2025

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Repair of balconies and exterior walls

    Permit 25 118436 BLD · est. $500,000

  • May 2022

    Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed

    Proposal for replacement of partial sprinkler piping in garage for slab replacement.

    Permit 22 147349 FSU · est. $50,000

  • Nov 2020

    Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed

    Proposal for interior restorations and repair fire damages suites and other suites.

    Permit 20 216539 BLD

  • Sep 2020

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Permit Issued

    Proposal for repairs to the existing garage structure of a residential apartment building.

    Permit 20 199264 BLD · est. $780,000

  • Dec 2019

    Alterations · Fire Damage · Closed

    Fire damage at Multi-unit dwelling to localized repair of the Balconies, Exterior walls and localized replacement of exterior suite windows and doors.

    Permit 19 260361 BLD

  • Jun 2015

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Installation of retrofit base plates assemblies to existing balcony railings

    Permit 15 172768 BLD · est. $350,000

Show 1 older permit
  • Nov 2014

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    Install one 3'' watts DCVA Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only)

    Permit 14 256283 PSA · est. $8,000

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

54/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit26

    20.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Pioneer Village (1 Yonge-University Line), 1.3 km.

  • Parks & trees91

    42.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 534 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling47

    Within 1 km: 1.4 km of protected lanes, 2.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    7 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Augustine Catholic Elementary School, 310 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities62

    Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 4 community centres, 7 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety64

    2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Black Creek

  • AssaultHigher than most

    Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (54% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 64 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the highest

    Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.6× the city median).

  • HomicideAmong the highest

    Higher than 90 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Highway 400, 930 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

5.8 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Colour Innovations Print Inc

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, 15.9 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) (x125)
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
1
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 4650 Jane St · 150 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-10-09

    The proposal seeks to demolish all existing above grade structures on the subject property and construct six new channel gasoline retail pump islands with canopy, a new combination convenience store and quick serve restaurant with a drive-t

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsBlack CreekNorth York (Northwest) zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,167$1,491
1 bed$1,501$1,517$1,761
2 beds$1,781$1,751$2,045
3+ beds$2,034$1,966$2,294
All units$1,772$1,700$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.

98 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
15
Units
131
Built
1974
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement level, 8:00AM TO 10:00PM
Pets
Allowed - animals must be well behaved, controlled and not a nuisance nor harmful to other residents
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
No
Ward
7

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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