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Building Review

30 Esterbrooke Ave

Toronto, Ontario M2J

A 15-storey, 163-unit private rental building built in 1966.

Living score
60/100
Built
1966
Units
163
Storeys
15
City inspection
95/100
Property manager
Signet Group Inc.

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Issues & maintenance

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

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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.

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

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection

    Proposal for addition of new fire alarm field devices & control relays for CSA B44elevator modernization.

    Permit 25 214814 FSU · est. $46,206

  • Apr 2024

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    Localized balcony concrete to 168 balconies to be repaired.

    Permit 24 135218 BLD

  • Jun 2021

    Fire and life safety · Other(FS) · Closed

    Fire pump replacement, jockey pump and controller replacement to existing residential building

    Permit 21 176287 FSU · est. $30,000

  • Mar 2018

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Installation of concrete block partition walls for new storage areas. P1 level underground garage.

    Permit 18 125850 BLD · est. $37,000

  • Feb 2018

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed

    2018 GARAGE ROOF REINFORCED CONCRETE REPAIRS (WEST SIDE)

    Permit 18 117324 BLD

  • Mar 2013

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed

    Localized repairs and water proof east west and south sides of garage roof slab.

    Permit 13 127143 BLD

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  • Aug 2009

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

    Install one back flow preventer

    Permit 09 162602 PSA · est. $1,700

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

60/ 100

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

  • Transit90

    65.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Don Mills (4 Sheppard Line), 490 m.

  • Parks & trees27

    11.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 130 m. 151 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling25

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.1 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.85 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Woodbine Jr High & N/E Secondary Alternative, 350 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities91

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 3 community centres, 12 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety40

    3 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Don Valley Village

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (88% of the city median).

  • Break and enterLower than most

    Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).

  • Bicycle theftLower than most

    Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 50 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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 404, 730 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 12.5 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)
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
2
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 5 Fairview Mall Dr · 180 m away

    Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2022-09-13

    Proposed two residential towers with heights of 36 and 31storeys, connected by a 5-storey non-residential podium. The proposed development will retain the existing 4-storey medical office building on the site, with approximately 8,000 squar

    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
BedroomsDon Valley Village/Pleasant ViewNorth York (Northeast) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,467$1,498$1,491
1 bed$1,758$1,815$1,761
2 beds$2,017$2,156$2,045
3+ beds$2,152$2,342$2,294
All units$1,976$2,081$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.

95 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
15
Units
163
Built
1966
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Ground floor, 8AM - 10PM
Pets
Allowed - must be leashed outside of individual units and must be kept quiet at all times
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking, parking deck
Visitor parking
Free
Amenities
Indoor exercise room
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
17

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

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