55 Bleecker St
Toronto, Ontario M4X
A 14-storey, 260-unit Toronto Community Housing building built in 1980.
- Property manager
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations and 3 public health cases at this address since Jul 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.
- Bedbugs 3
- Repairs and upkeep 2
- Graffiti 1
- Not enough heat 1
- Apr 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 144651 HEA 00 IR
- Feb 2026
GraffitiBylaw· Closed
Case 26 119621 GRA 00 IR
- Feb 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 119116 PRS 00 IR
- Jan 2026
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10867879
- Dec 2025
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10866087
- Nov 2025
BedbugsPublic health· Under Investigation
Case 10864694
Show 1 older case
- Jul 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 192852 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.
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Alterations 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Fire and life safety 1
- Aug 2025
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued
HVAC - PROPOSAL FOR BOILER AND MAKE-UP AIR UNIT REPLACEMENT
Permit 25 217068 HVA
- Aug 2025
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
PROPOSAL FOR BOILER AND MAKE-UP AIR UNIT REPLACEMENT
Permit 25 217068 BLD · est. $1,800,000
- Dec 2024
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Permit Issued
HVAC - Installation of a new generator, switchboard, load bank, conductors and associated materials to the existing senior residential housing
Permit 24 248907 HVA
- Dec 2024
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Permit Issued
Installation of a new generator, switchboard, load bank, conductors and associated materials to the existing senior residential housing
Permit 24 248907 BLD
- Dec 2009
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed
Proposal to install 1 back flow preventor in existing apartment building.
Permit 09 197471 PSA · est. $5,000
- Apr 2009
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Permit repair existing balconies - 143 in total for Toronto Community Housing.
Permit 09 127795 BLD · est. $400,000
Show 1 older permit
- Jan 2009
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
Proposal for fire alarm audibility upgrade to 14 floors of existing apartment building.
Permit 09 105019 FSU · est. $100,000
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
56/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit40
29.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Wellesley (1 Yonge-University Line), 900 m.
- Parks & trees26
9 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 100 m. 386 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling88
Within 1 km: 6.25 km of protected lanes, 3.4 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.4 km of shared routes. 9 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
11 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Winchester Jr & Sr Public School , 240 m), plus 8 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities91
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 2 community centres, 18 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety19
7 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
Cabbagetown-South St.James Town
- AssaultHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the lowest
Lower than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (46% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesHigher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.4× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (5.5× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 71 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% 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, 1.3 km away
15.3 tonnes a year from 1 facility, mostly Toronto Metropolitan University
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, 660 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 2
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) (x897)- 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
- 3
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
405 Sherbourne St · 90 m away
Site plan · Application Received · submitted 2026-03-09
Site Plan Control Application for a 35-storey (112.6) metre building (excluding mechanical penthouse) 25,069 square metres of residential gross floor area and 388 square metres of non-residential gross floor area and a landscaped mid-block
City record383 Sherbourne St · 80 m away
Site plan · Appeal Received · submitted 2023-07-06
The proposal will introduce a 39 storey residential building representing an F.S.I. of 13.58 and lot coverage of 69%. The total GFA will be 20,328 sq. m. incorporating 378 units, and 1,384 sq. m. of indoor and outdoor amenity space.
City record410 Sherbourne St · 160 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-11-07
Site Plan Approval Application for a 42-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 240 square metres and a residential gross floor area of 31,273 square metres.
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 | Cabbagetown-South St. James Town | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,349 | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,903 | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,331 | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,829 | $2,163 | $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.
95 / 100City inspection score, June 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Toronto Community Housing
- Storeys
- 14
- Units
- 260
- Built
- 1980
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- On site
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Both
- Amenities
- Indoor recreation room
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 13
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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