45 Forty Second St
Toronto, Ontario M8W
A 4-storey, 53-unit private rental building built in 1963.
- Property manager
- Greenwin Corp.
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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
11 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2025.
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.
- Not enough heat 6
- Repairs and upkeep 4
- Garbage 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 239864 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171985 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171984 000 00 IR
- May 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 166878 WST 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 117589 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 267605 HEA 00 IR
Show 5 older cases
- Dec 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 267063 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 250104 PRS 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 250080 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 243109 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 241051 HEA 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
3 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
- Fire and life safety 1
- Jan 2019
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Proposed terrace slab waterproofing with localized concrete repairs and 41 balcony repairs
Permit 19 109178 BLD · est. $300,000
- Nov 2018
Alterations · Canopy w/o Enclosure · Inspection
Proposal for the construction of a new canopy over the main entrance with replacement handrails and new planter.
Permit 18 260885 BLD · est. $100,000
- Nov 2018
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal to install audible device within each dwelling unit and replace fire alarm control panel to existing four storey apartment building.
Permit 18 254103 FSU · est. $10,000
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
42/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit44
33.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes.
- Parks & trees87
33.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 795 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling57
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.3 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby5
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Micheline Saint Cyr Elementary School, 230 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities1
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
2 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
Long Branch
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× 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
21.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly FCA Etobicoke Casting Plant
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 13.6 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (x477)- 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 | Long Branch | Etobicoke (South) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,502 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,413 | $1,493 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,762 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | - | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,357* | $1,630 | $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.
97 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 53
- Built
- 1963
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Greenwin Corp.
- Heating
- Forced air gas
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 2nd and 3rd floor, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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