55 Forty Second St
Toronto, Ontario M8W
A 4-storey, 26-unit private rental building built in 1950.
- Property manager
- Greenwin Corp.
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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 Oct 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.
- Not enough heat 3
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Jan 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 108683 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 246156 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 25 244964 HEA 00 IR
- Oct 2025
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 25 242580 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
5 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Alterations 2
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Balcony repair 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Mar 2021
Plumbing and drains · Other(PS) · Closed
Emergency replacement of domestic hot water boiler and storage tank
Permit 21 132605 PSA · est. $45,000
- Jun 2020
Alterations · Canopy w/o Enclosure · Closed
Proposal to replace the exterior steel canopy at entrance.
Permit 20 159374 BLD
- Sep 2019
Balcony repair · Balcony/Guard Repairs · Closed
Proposed balcony guard replacement
Permit 19 223913 BLD · est. $300,000
- Sep 2013
Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed
Repairs to an existing reataining wall attached to open garage area of an Appartment Building.
Permit 13 240911 BLD · est. $8,000
- Jun 2010
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed
Repair concrete block walls and roof slab repairs for existing above ground concrete parking garage at existing apartment building.
Permit 10 186146 BLD · est. $18,000
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
42/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit44
33.4 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes.
- Parks & trees86
32.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 60 m. 770 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling57
Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 5.3 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.3 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby5
2 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Micheline Saint Cyr Elementary School, 180 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities1
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 0 community centres, 3 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety51
2 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
Long Branch
- AssaultAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (58% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (89% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (71% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (64% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 61 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.1× 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
No expressway within 2 km
21.1 tonnes a year from 2 facilities, mostly FCA Etobicoke Casting Plant
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
- Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service, 13.6 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 Multiple Dwelling
- Category
- Low-rise residential
- Zone label
RM (x477)- 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 | Long Branch | Etobicoke (South) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,502 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,413 | $1,493 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $1,762 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | - | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,357* | $1,630 | $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.
- 2014
- 0.58% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2016
- 0.56% 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.
98 / 100City inspection score, July 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 4
- Units
- 26
- Built
- 1950
- Elevators
- 1
- Managed by
- Greenwin Corp.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- 1st floor, UNRESTRICTED
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Ground level garage, carport, surface parking
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- No
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 3
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