53 Thorncliffe Park Dr
Toronto, Ontario M4H
A 20-storey, 279-unit private rental building built in 1968.
- Property manager
- Park Property Management Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
12 bylaw investigations at this address since Oct 2024; 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 12
- Jul 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 202123 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 180698 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Jun 2026· Closed
- Throughout Building: Hot water supply does not have equipment installed to provided every dwelling unit with an adequate supply of service hot water.Namely: Boiler issues causing inadequate supply of hot water inside dwelling units. (open)
Case 26 178893 PRS 00 IV
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 178874 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 178167 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 178140 PRS 00 IR
Show 6 older cases
- May 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 165418 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 181614 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 181603 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 181553 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 181526 PRS 00 IR
- Oct 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 230362 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
7 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 3
- Parking garage repair 2
- Alterations 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Mar 2021
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Proposal for replacement of Garage Sprinkler System and FHC.
Permit 21 127336 FSU · est. $100,000
- Feb 2020
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Proposal for Parking garage and roof deck repair.
Permit 20 116788 BLD · est. $100,000
- Aug 2015
Alterations · Window Replacement · Inspection
Proposal to replace all windows and exterior balcony doors in existing 20 storey apartment building.
Permit 15 214301 BLD
- Oct 2012
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Renovating sprinkler system on upper and lower parking garage levels.
Permit 12 271533 FSU
- May 2012
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Repairs to parking level 1
Permit 12 164503 BLD
- Jan 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Install backflow prevention device
Permit 10 111378 PSA · est. $5,000
Show 1 older permit
- Feb 2004
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed - Dormant
New fire alarm system.
Permit 04 108264 FSU
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
49/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit24
19 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Sunnybrook Park (5 Eglinton Line), 1.7 km.
- Parks & trees100
79.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 70 m. 106 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling80
Within 1 km: 2.45 km of protected lanes, 5.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby52
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Thorncliffe Park Public School, 310 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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Also worth knowing
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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
Don Valley Parkway, 420 m away
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 Commercial
- Category
- Apartment
- Zone label
RAC (f30.0; a930; d2.0)- Height limit
- 55 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.
| Bedrooms | Thorncliffe Park | East York zone | Toronto 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.
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.
91 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 20
- Units
- 279
- Built
- 1968
- Elevators
- 3
- Managed by
- Park Property Management Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Basement, 24 HOURS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Paid
- Amenities
- Child play area
- 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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