502 Eastern Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4M
A 5-storey, 19-unit social housing building built in 1989.
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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
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Sep 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.
- Garbage 2
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Closed
- Boiler room: Hot water supply does not have equipment installed to provided every dwelling unit with an adequate supply of service hot water. (open)
Case 26 239827 PRS 00 IV
- Sep 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 238009 PRS 00 IR
- Jul 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 200132 WST 00 IR
- Sep 2025
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 25 218657 WST 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.
- Fire and life safety 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Alterations 1
- Feb 2019
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposed fire alarm panel replacement and device addition.
Permit 19 111977 FSU
- Jan 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
permit for backflow valve in existing apartment building
Permit 10 107486 PSA · est. $1,500
- Dec 1997
Alterations · Unknown · Closed
CONSTRUCT FRONT AND REAR CANOPY ADDITION. EDC/DM
Permit 97 025585 BLD · est. $15,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
43/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit31
24.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Chester (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 2.4 km.
- Parks & trees39
11.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 350 m. 390 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling83
Within 1 km: 2.85 km of protected lanes, 5.5 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.95 km of shared routes. 8 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Morse Street Jr Public School , 220 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities40
Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety40
4 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
South Riverdale
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 77 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- RobberyAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 86 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.5× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 67 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- HomicideAmong the lowest
Lower than 98 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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
Don Valley Parkway, 800 m away
4.1 tonnes a year from 5 facilities, mostly Lafarge Canada Commissioners St Aggregate Depot
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
- Street Health, 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 (d1.0) (x807)- Height limit
- 13 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
65-87 Heward Ave · 290 m away
Rezoning · OMB Appeal · submitted 2025-10-01
Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to re-designate the subject site from Core Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas to permit future mixed-use development. The OPA would also introduce a new Site and Area Specific Policy that mandates a minimum of
City record929 Queen St E · 270 m away
Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2023-05-03
Application for Site Plan Control to permit a 9-storey mixed use building, containing 78 rental units and 195 square metres of commercial gross floor area.
City record929 Queen St E · 270 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2022-09-27
OPA and Rezoning for a 10-storey mixed-use building (including mezzanine) having a non-residential gross floor area of 213.5 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 5,485.4 square metres. A total of 70 dwelling units are prop
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 | Riverdale | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,656 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,593* | $1,685 | $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.
90 / 100City inspection score, December 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Social housing
- Storeys
- 5
- Units
- 19
- Built
- 1989
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- Neighbours Community Homes
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Main floor, 24/7
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Free
- Bike parking
- 5 outdoor
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 14
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