490 Eglinton Ave E
Toronto, Ontario M4P
A 8-storey, 51-unit private rental building built in 1964.
- Property manager
- Cromwell Management Inc.
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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
15 bylaw investigations at this address since Apr 2025; 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 14
- Garbage 1
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 231584 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 193351 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 188254 PRS 00 IR
- Mar 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 126116 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 110772 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 268301 PRS 00 IR
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- Nov 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 250505 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 243078 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 238074 PRS 00 IR
- Aug 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 208590 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 195362 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jul 2025· Closed
- Exterior Of Building – Front: Garbage and refuse on a property not screened by a visual screen or fence to minimize visual impact to persons at grade on adjacent properties or a public highway. Namely, the Large Industrial Garbage/Refuse Bin located at the Front Entran… (open)
- Exterior Of Building – Front: Exterior garbage bin(s) has no cover. Namely, the Garbage Bin located at the Front Entrance of the Property. (open)
Case 25 191329 PRS 00 IV
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 191322 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 181658 WST 00 IR
- Apr 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 150661 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
1 permit the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Balcony repair 1
- May 2019
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposal for balcony localized concrete repairs and balcony railing replacement for existing apartment building
Permit 19 160190 BLD · est. $36,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
54/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit53
3.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 1 route. Nearest subway or LRT: Leaside (5 Eglinton Line), 560 m.
- Parks & trees50
12.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 290 m. 489 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling27
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 1.6 km of bike lanes and trails, 2 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
4 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Northern Secondary School, 530 m), plus 7 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities53
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 14 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety95
0 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Mount Pleasant East
- AssaultAmong the lowest
Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (52% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyAmong the lowest
Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (33% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 52 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the lowest
Lower than 96 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (75% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 54 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
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, 4.6 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
- Category
- General residential
- Zone label
R (f9.0; d2.0) (x942)- Height limit
- 18 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
- 5
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
546-548 Eglinton Ave E · 240 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-07-23
OPA & Rezoning Application proposes the development of an 25-storey mixed-use building providing commercial use at grade. The building will provide a total of 256 residential units, with a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom
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 East | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,550 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,964 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,603 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $2,120 | $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.
- 2021
- 1.04% lower rent · tenants notified
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.
89 / 100City inspection score, October 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 51
- Built
- 1964
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Cromwell Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 8AM TO 10PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- 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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