4979 Bathurst St
Toronto, Ontario M2R
A 6-storey, 92-unit private rental building built in 1959.
- Property manager
- Sterling Karamar Property Management
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
3 bylaw investigations at this address since Nov 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 1
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Rooming house 1
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171480 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 171479 000 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Rooming houseBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252808 RMH 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.
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Alterations 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Sep 2017
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Infill of Garage Areas and Disused Office Areas with New Residential Suites and a new Bike Room, associated with relocation of Bell Box Panel. Renovation of existing Laundry roomProposal to convert storage rooms to seven 1 bedro…
Permit 17 197538 PLB
- Sep 2017
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Infill of Garage Areas and Disused Office Areas with New Residential Suites and a new Bike Room, associated with relocation of Bell Box Panel. Renovation of existing Laundry roomProposal to convert storage rooms to seven 1 bedroom a…
Permit 17 197538 HVA
- Jul 2017
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
Infill of Garage Areas and Disused Office Areas with New Residential Suites and a new Bike Room, associated with relocation of Bell Box Panel. Renovation of existing Laundry roomProposal to convert storage rooms to seven 1 bedroom apartmen…
Permit 17 197538 BLD · est. $578,560
- Dec 2014
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Backflow Prevention Device (Water only) installation.
Permit 14 267584 PSA · est. $2,500
- Dec 2013
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Canopy and door replacement
Permit 13 274349 BLD · est. $75,000
- May 2013
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Guard replacement and concrete repairs to existing (20) balconies.
Permit 13 173998 BLD
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
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit34
26 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 2.3 km.
- Parks & trees65
20.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 190 m. 230 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling38
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 3.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.45 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby29
3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Northview Heights Secondary School, 300 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities83
Within 1 km: 1 library, 4 community centres, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision 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
Newtonbrook West
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% 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
38 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly Finch Cleaners
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, 12.9 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 Apartment
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RA (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
4949 Bathurst St · 110 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2024-09-04
Zoning By-law Amendment for a 39-storey mixed-use building, containing 491 Dwelling units and commercial uses on the first and second floors.Appealed to the OLT in 2025, settled in 2026.
City record4926 Bathurst St · 220 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2021-12-17
Site Plan Control application to allow a 29-storey building with 349 dwelling units and grade-related retail.
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 | Willowdale West/Newtonbrook West | North York (N.Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,471 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,794 | $1,771 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,108 | $2,039 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,620 | $2,324 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,994 | $1,989 | $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.
92 / 100City inspection score, September 2026. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 6
- Units
- 92
- Built
- 1959
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Sterling Karamar Property Management
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 6AM-11PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Outdoor rec facilities
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 18
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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