394 Avenue Rd
Toronto, Ontario M4V
A 6-storey, 41-unit private rental building built in 1931.
- Property manager
- Cromwell Management Inc.
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City building permits
11 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Plumbing and drains 5
- Alterations 5
- Roof and cladding 1
- Feb 2021
Roof and cladding · Re-Roofing/Re-Cladding · Inspection
localized brick repair, facade restoration
Permit 21 111514 BLD · est. $150,000
- Apr 2019
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Interior alterations to relocate laundry room
Permit 19 140071 PLB
- Apr 2019
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Inspection
Interior alterations to relocate laundry room. New fixtures and floor drain to laundry room
Permit 19 140071 BLD · est. $15,000
- Mar 2019
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
INSTALLATION OF A BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICE BY THE WATER METER AREA IN THE SOUTH WEST BOILER ROOM.
Permit 19 124583 PSA
- Feb 2019
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled
Proposal to demolish existing laundry room and construct new in basement of existing apartment building.
Permit 19 113163 BLD
- May 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Permit Issued
Plumbing - Interior alterations to remove portion of wall between livingroom and kitchen
Permit 18 158385 PLB
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- May 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Permit Issued
Plumbing - Proposed interior alterations to existing residential unit, 303 to alter kitchen, replace flooring, add plumbing fixtures and upgrade gypsum board within an existing apartment building.
Permit 18 146075 PLB
- May 2018
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Permit Issued
Plumbing - Interior alterations to 2 existing residential units. Units 204 & 304.
Permit 18 149246 PLB
- May 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Interior alterations to remove portion of wall between livingroom and kitchen
Permit 18 158385 BLD
- Apr 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Interior alterations to 2 existing residential units. Units 204 & 304.
Permit 18 149246 BLD
- Apr 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposed interior alterations to existing residential unit, 303 to alter kitchen, replace flooring, add plumbing fixtures and upgrade gypsum board within an existing apartment building.
Permit 18 146075 BLD · est. $12,000
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
50/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit53
2.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Summerhill (1 Yonge-University Line), 710 m.
- Parks & trees53
13.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 506 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling83
Within 1 km: 2.85 km of protected lanes, 5.75 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.75 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby14
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Brown Jr Public School, 350 m), plus 8 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 safety64
2 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Safety
Casa Loma
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (51% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 65 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× 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
212 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Avenue Collision 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
- Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services, 2.3 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) (x814)- Height limit
- 11 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
- 4
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
440 Avenue Rd · 250 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-08-10
Proposed development of the site for a 24-storey residential building
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 | Casa Loma | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,560 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $2,001 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,677* | $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; * 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.
93 / 100City inspection score, August 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 41
- Built
- 1931
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Cromwell Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- First floor, 7:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M.
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, ground level garage
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 25 indoor
- Balconies
- No
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 12
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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