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Building Review

52 Thorncliffe Park Dr

Toronto, Ontario M4H

A 6-storey, 57-unit private rental building built in 1960.

Living score
59/100
Built
1960
Units
57
Storeys
6
City inspection
97/100

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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 Apr 2026; 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 3
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170798 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 170797 000 00 IR

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · May 2026· Closed

    • Rear – Lawn: Immediate action has not been taken to eliminate an unsafe condition. (open)

    Case 26 167889 PRS 00 IV

  • Apr 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 146101 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

3 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 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Balcony repair 1
  • Aug 2009

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed - Dormant

    Install two back flow preventer

    Permit 09 160612 PSA

  • Feb 2003

    Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Inspection

    Fire Alarm Retrofit

    Permit 03 111715 FSU · est. $20,000

  • Apr 2001

    Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed

    CONCRETE BALCONY REPAIRS

    Permit 01 130505 CMB

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

59/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit58

    48.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 7 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sunnybrook Park (5 Eglinton Line), 1.6 km.

  • Parks & trees99

    77.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 112 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling81

    Within 1 km: 2.45 km of protected lanes, 5.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 0 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby52

    5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Thorncliffe Park Public School, 220 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities26

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 5 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety24

    5 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Thorncliffe Park

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Lower than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (73% of the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (87% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAbout typical

    Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× 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

Traffic pollutionLow

Don Valley Parkway, 500 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

27.2 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly Crystal Claire Cosmetics Inc

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, 4.8 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; a930; d1.25)
Height limit
28 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
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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsThorncliffe ParkEast York zoneToronto region
Studio$1,221$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,557$1,578$1,761
2 beds$1,760$1,820$2,045
3+ beds$2,228$2,178$2,294
All units$1,705$1,715$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.

2017
0.79% lower rent · tenants notified
2018
0.54% lower rent · tenants notified
2019
0.52% lower rent · tenants notified
2020
0.50% 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.

97 / 100City inspection score, August 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
6
Units
57
Built
1960
Elevators
1
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
First floor, 8 AM TO 10 PM
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Parking deck
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
15

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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