5740 Yonge St
Toronto, Ontario
A 216-unit condominium registered in 2013 (TSCC 2323).
- Living score
- 52/100
- Units
- 216
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Issues & maintenance
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City building permits
6 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 2
- Fire and life safety 1
- Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
- Demolition 1
- Construction 1
- Jan 2012
Fire and life safety · Sprinklers · Inspection
Sprinklers shop drawings. - Palm Condominium Residence - 23 storey apartment building with 216 units and 3 levels of underground parking
Permit 12 111957 FSU
- Mar 2011
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Inspection
Plumbing - Palm Condominium Residence - 23 storey apartment building with 216 units and 3 levels of underground parking
Permit 10 247039 PLB
- Mar 2011
Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Inspection
HVAC - Palm Condominium Residence - 23 storey apartment building with 216 units and 3 levels of underground parking
Permit 10 247039 HVA
- Nov 2010
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related (DR) · Inspection
Drain - Palm Condominium Residence - 23 storey apartment building with 216 units and 3 levels of underground parking
Permit 10 247039 DRN
- Oct 2010
Demolition · Demolition · Closed
Demolish one storey wood-frame sales pavilion
Permit 10 273455 DEM
- Aug 2010
Construction · Inspection
Palm Condominium Residence - 23 storey apartment building with 216 units and 3 levels of underground parking
Permit 10 247039 BLD
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
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit99
174.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 11 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Finch (1 Yonge-University Line), 270 m.
- Parks & trees11
8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 230 m. 129 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling40
Within 1 km: 0.65 km of protected lanes, 2.85 km of bike lanes and trails, 0.05 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Avondale Secondary Alternative School , 550 m), plus 5 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities9
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 4 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety12
7 collisions with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 2 fatal. Fewer scores higher.
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Also worth knowing
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Safety
Newtonbrook West
- AssaultAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Lower than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Auto theftAmong the highest
Higher than 94 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Higher than most
Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Higher than 73 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.0× the city median).
- ShootingsAmong the lowest
Lower than 99 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (34% 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
No expressway within 2 km
None reported
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, 13.1 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
Not in the city-wide by-law
This site is still governed by a former municipality’s zoning by-law, which the city-wide data does not cover.
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
- 10
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 1
42 Hendon Ave · 300 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2026-06-08
Proposed Development comprises a 14-storey residential/mixed-use building (45.25metres, excluding mechanical elements). A total gross floor area of 13,051 squaremetres is proposed consisting of 12,894 square metres of residential gross floo
City record40 Hendon Ave · 280 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2025-06-10
Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of an 38-storey mixed-use building providing rental residential and retail use at grade. The building will provide a total of 399 residential units, being a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-
City record5799-5915 Yonge St · 210 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-03-25
OPA & Rezoning seeks to remove the restriction from the Section 37 agreement regarding the 10,000 sq. m. dedicated exclusively to office space, by revising the term "office" to "non-residential". The proposal does not introduce any additio
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 | Willowdale West/Newtonbrook West | North York (N.Central) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | - | $1,471 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,794 | $1,771 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,108 | $2,039 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,620 | $2,324 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,994 | $1,989 | $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
- 1.97% lower rent · 20 of 20 units notified
- 2018
- 0.59% lower rent · 19 of 20 units notified
- 2019
- 0.49% lower rent · 61 of 62 units notified
Where several units are listed, the cut shown is the median. 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
- 216
- Unit mix
- 86 one-bed · 130 two-bed
- Condo plan
- TSCC 2323
- Registered
- July 2013
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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