56 Lippincott St
Toronto, Ontario
A 8-unit condominium registered in 2010 (TSCC 2122).
- Living score
- 48/100
- Units
- 8
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
2 bylaw investigations at this address since Mar 2026.
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
- May 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 156421 WST 00 IR
- Mar 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 131701 WST 00 IR
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City building permits
10 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Construction 3
- Plumbing and drains 3
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Demolition 1
- Jul 2010
Construction · Closed
SECOND REVISION TO ADD ADDITIONAL EXIST FROM BELOW GRADE PARKING GARAGE TO GRADE - SOUTH EAST CORNER OF GARAGE Permit to construct new 8 unit, 3 storey townhouse unit. with 8 covered parking spaces. Please see 08 175819 STE 20 SA for site…
Permit 09 165344 BLD
- Mar 2010
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Closed
Proposal for sprinklers in conjuntion with 09 165344 BLD.
Permit 10 141658 FSU
- Mar 2010
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - Permit to construct new 8 unit, 3 storey townhouse unit. with 8 covered parking spaces. Please see 08 175819 STE 20 SA for site plan approval
Permit 09 165344 PLB
- Feb 2010
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Revisions as per drawings.
Permit 09 165383 DRN
- Feb 2010
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
Revisions as per drawings.
Permit 09 165344 HVA
- Feb 2010
Construction · Closed
Revision to change the elevation of units 1 and 2. Also some structural changes due to site conditions.
Permit 09 165344 BLD
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- Sep 2009
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed
HVAC - Permit to construct new 8 unit, 3 storey townhouse unit. with 8 covered parking spaces. Please see 08 175819 STE 20 SA for site plan approval
Permit 09 165344 HVA
- Sep 2009
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Closed
Proposal for drain and site servicing in relation to new 3 storey townhouse containing 8 units (with 8 covered parking spaces). Please see related building permit 09-165344 BLD and site plan approval 08-175819 STE 20 SA.
Permit 09 165383 DRN
- Sep 2009
Construction · Closed
Permit to construct new 8 unit, 3 storey townhouse unit. with 8 covered parking spaces. Please see 08 175819 STE 20 SA for site plan approval
Permit 09 165344 BLD · est. $3,000,000
- Aug 2005
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
Demolish a 2 storey brick buiding & 1 storey concrete block building. (Chicago 58 meat processing plant).
Permit 05 168658 DEM
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
48/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit35
26.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Bathurst (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.2 km.
- Parks & trees11
3.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 420 m. 562 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling84
Within 1 km: 3.25 km of protected lanes, 5.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.75 km of shared routes. 7 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
12 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Kensington Community School, 90 m), plus 4 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 1 community centre, 13 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety15
8 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
Kensington-Chinatown
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.3× the city median).
- Break and enterAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.1× the city median).
- RobberyAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.8× the city median).
- Auto theftLower than most
Lower than 80 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (62% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.2× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Among the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (4.8× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (14× the city median).
- ShootingsHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- HomicideLower than most
Lower than 76 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% 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
Gardiner Expressway, 2.0 km away
60.1 tonnes a year from 5 facilities, mostly University Of Toronto Central Steam 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, 280 m
- Sites within 1 km
- 1
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 (f4.5; d1.0) (x847)- 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
- 1
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
452 Bathurst St · 120 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2021-10-15
Site Plan Approval application to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for a 6-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 365.70 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 5,543.5 square metres. A
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 | Kensington-Chinatown | Toronto (Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,606 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | - | $2,042 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | - | $2,776 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $3,580* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,497* | $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 inventory of condominiums registered 2002–2018. Not resident reviews.
- Type
- Condominium
- Units
- 8
- Unit mix
- 8 three-bed+
- Condo plan
- TSCC 2122
- Registered
- December 2010
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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