28 Broadway Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4P
A 3-storey, 75-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1956.
- 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
8 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 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 8
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 105683 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 263464 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 175624 PRS 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2025· Closed
- Unit Interior – Throughout Unit: The property is not being kept free of pests. Namely: Bed bug/Mice infestation. (open)
Case 25 160010 PRS 00 IV
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 144991 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 134842 PRS 00 IR
Show 2 older cases
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 241818 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 227025 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
6 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Mar 2023
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Proposed Balcony and Parking Garage Repairs
Permit 23 121129 BLD
- Jan 2023
Heating, cooling and ventilation · HVAC: Other Group C Buildings · Inspection
Replacement of 2 makeup air units and 4 exhaust fans all located on the roof. New exterior ductworkincluding carbon monoxide detectors. New GFI receptacle per makeup air unit. Replacement of allsupply grilles including balancing dampers. C…
Permit 23 108893 MSA
- Jan 2023
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Cancelled
HVAC - Replacement of 2 makeup air units and 4 exhaust fans all located on the roof. New exterior ductworkincluding carbon monoxide detectors. New GFI receptacle per makeup air unit. Replacement of allsupply grilles including balancing dam…
Permit 23 108354 HVA
- May 2020
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal for the replacement of the fire alarm panel
Permit 20 146445 FSU · est. $10,000
- Nov 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Backflow prevention device
Permit 10 295018 PSA · est. $4,200
- Jul 2004
Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection
Replace stairs and garage slab reconstruction.
Permit 04 157992 BLD
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
61/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit83
49.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 6 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Mount Pleasant (5 Eglinton Line), 590 m.
- Parks & trees21
9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 265 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling49
Within 1 km: 1 km of protected lanes, 1.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 4.65 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: St Monica Catholic Elementary School, 50 m), plus 10 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities67
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 9 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety31
4 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
North Toronto
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 56 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (70% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (45% 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 4.9 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (d2.0) (x912)- Height limit
- 38 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
- 43
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
241 Redpath Ave · 290 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-02-03
Site Plan Amendment Application in response to the additional 5-storeys approved at the North York Committee of Adjustment on June 12, 2025, approving additional height and density among other performance standards.
City record479 R Duplex Ave · 260 m away
Rezoning · Under Review · submitted 2025-12-24
OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of a 40-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 524 residential units, being a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 1-bedroom+den, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units. A paved acc
City record14 Broadway Ave · 50 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-04-04
Site Plan Control contemplates a 5 storey Catholic Elementary School with 88 pupil place childcare and a 45 space underground parking to replace existing Catholic Elementary School.
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 | Mount Pleasant West | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,593 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,973 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,528 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $3,523 | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,075 | $2,057 | $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.
88 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 3
- Units
- 75
- Built
- 1956
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room, outdoor rec facilities, child play area
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 15
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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