257 Sherbourne St
Toronto, Ontario M5A
A 4-storey, 102-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1975.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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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
24 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2024; 1 notice or order to comply; 2 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 15
- Not enough heat 9
- Oct 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 247639 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 206932 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 194396 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 122731 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 108707 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 265762 PRS 00 IR
Show 18 older cases
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 258048 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252259 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252245 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252160 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252127 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 251905 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 242475 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 240136 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 239690 HEA 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 214609 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- Ceiling not maintained free of holes, cracks, damaged and deteriorated materials. Namely: bedroom closet ceiling water damage / black like substance (closed)
Case 25 185731 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 183619 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 147484 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 140090 HEA 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 119090 PRS 00 IR
- Feb 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 119089 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 248465 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 247904 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
2 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Jun 2022
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Proposal to repair parts of the existing apartment building.
Permit 22 168035 BLD
- Dec 2007
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Emergency garage roof concrete repairs to specific areas.
Permit 07 285940 BLD · est. $150,000
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
64/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit55
46 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: TMU (1 Yonge-University Line), 880 m.
- Parks & trees46
13 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 270 m. 368 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling92
Within 1 km: 8.85 km of protected lanes, 1.9 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.55 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
13 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Ecole Elementaire Gabrielle Roy, 320 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities98
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 5 community centres, 21 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety2
13 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 3 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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About 1.2 km around the building. Select anything on the map for details. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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
Don Valley Parkway, 1.3 km away
15.8 tonnes a year from 2 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, 110 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
Residential
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d1.0) (x491)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 26
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
339 George St · 270 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-10-15
Lift the Hold application related to a new 10-storey building, containing 80 emergency shelter beds, 100 transitional shelter beds, 124 long-term care beds, 70 supportive housing units, and a 2,269 square metre community hub. The proposal w
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.
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.
75 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 102
- Built
- 1975
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- TCH
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 7:00 AM- 10:00 PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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