240 Cosburn Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4J
A 6-storey, 38-unit private rental building built in 1959.
- Property manager
- M&R Property Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
5 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Fire and life safety 3
- Balcony repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Nov 2018
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Replacement of fire alarm control panel
Permit 18 262057 FSU · est. $5,000
- Nov 2017
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Proposed installation of fire sprinklers on ground floor
Permit 17 262003 FSU · est. $25,000
- Apr 2017
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Installation of additional fire alarm detectors on the ground floor
Permit 17 141424 FSU · est. $5,000
- Nov 2012
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal for balcony repairs (10 balconies/slabs) to exisiting apartment building.
Permit 12 280458 BLD · est. $100,000
- Oct 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install one backflow prevention device
Permit 09 183185 PSA · est. $3,000
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
39/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit47
37.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Donlands (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.2 km.
- Parks & trees12
4.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 300 m. 470 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling53
Within 1 km: 1.15 km of protected lanes, 3.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.05 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby37
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School, 230 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities44
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 9 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
3 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Old East York
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the lowest
Lower than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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, 720 m away
467 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Bestway Donlands Cleaners
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, 3.7 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
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (d2.0)- 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
- 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 | East York zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,339 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,578 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,820 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,178 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,715 | $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.
- 2017
- 0.63% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
93 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 38
- Built
- 1959
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- M&R Property Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 8:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M. DAILY
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Parking
- Carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 14
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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