5 Brookbanks Dr
Toronto, Ontario M3A
A 15-storey, 124-unit private rental building built in 1968.
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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
9 bylaw investigations at this address since Dec 2024; 1 still open.
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 5
- Not enough heat 4
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Rescheduled
Case 26 224825 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 182977 PRS 00 IR
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 162297 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 109699 HEA 00 IR
- Nov 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 252974 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 240132 PRS 00 IR
Show 3 older cases
- Feb 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 117531 PRS 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 247679 HEA 00 IR
- Dec 2024
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 24 246719 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
7 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 3
- Plumbing and drains 2
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Jul 2016
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Construction of a new boiler room within an existing parking garage.
Permit 16 198102 HVA
- Jul 2016
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Construction of a new boiler room within an existing parking garage.
Permit 16 198102 BLD · est. $400,000
- Apr 2014
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Garage Repair/Reconstruction on P1
Permit 14 140441 BLD
- Nov 2013
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Permit Issued
3" backflow preventor
Permit 13 269465 PSA
- May 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Installation of backflow prevention device
Permit 09 133426 PSA · est. $4,000
- Sep 1997
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
RETROFIT
Permit 97 251239 BLD
Show 1 older permit
- Dec 1994
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed - Dormant
FIRE SYSTEM RETROFIT
Permit 94 251066 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
32/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit1
3.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 2 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Don Mills (4 Sheppard Line), 2.9 km.
- Parks & trees76
24.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 80 m. 406 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling2
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 0 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Three Valleys Public School , 390 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities5
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 6 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
Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (83% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 60 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Auto theftHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAbout typical
Lower 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 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (53% of the city median).
- ShootingsAbout 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
Don Valley Parkway, 40 m away
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, 9.9 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) (x369)- 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 | Parkwoods-Donalda | North York (Southeast) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,660 | $1,188* | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,680 | $1,638 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,955 | $1,890 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,140 | $2,238 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,920 | $1,842 | $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.
94 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 15
- Units
- 124
- Built
- 1968
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Realstar
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 8A-10P M-F / NOON-4P S-S
- Pets
- Allowed - 25 pounds or less
- Parking
- Underground garage, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Amenities
- Child play area
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 16
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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