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Building Review

600 Kingston Rd

Toronto, Ontario M4E

A 8-storey, 68-unit private rental building built in 1957.

Living score
55/100
Built
1957
Units
68
Storeys
8
City inspection
90/100

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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

8 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 2 notices or orders to comply; 2 still open.

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 7
  • Not enough heat 1
  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued

    • Stairway: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a sphere having a diameter more than 100 millimetres. (open)
    • Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 1,070 millimetres around landings. (open)
    • Stairway: Height of the guard for the exit stairs are less than 920 millimetres measured vertically to the top of the guard from a line drawn through the outside edges of the stair nosings. (open)
    • Stairway: The guard is designed that a member, attachment or opening located between 140 millimetres and 900 millimetres above the level being protected facilitates climbing. (open)
    • Stairway: Required handrails on stairs or ramps are less than 865mm or more than 965mm high (open)

    Case 26 235860 PRS 00 IV

  • Sep 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued

    Case 26 234222 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 223567 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Aug 2026· Closed

    • Building: In a dwelling unit, a window located more than 2,000 millimetres above grade opens within 1,500 millimetres of the floor not leading to a balcony does not employ a controlled sash operation to restrict, when engaged, the opening of the ope… (closed)

    Case 26 223360 PRS 00 IV

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 223342 PRS 00 IR

  • Aug 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 223050 PRS 00 IR

Show 2 older cases
  • Jun 2026

    Not enough heatBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171304 000 00 IR

  • Jun 2026

    Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed

    Case 26 171303 000 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

6 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
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Parking garage repair 1
  • Plumbing and drains 1
  • Fire and life safety 1
  • Jul 2020

    Heating, cooling and ventilation · Building Permit Related(MS) · Closed

    HVAC - Proposal for interior alterations to create a new gym in the basement of existing residential apartment

    Permit 20 163080 HVA

  • Jul 2020

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal for interior alterations to create a new gym in the basement of existing residential apartment

    Permit 20 163080 BLD · est. $50,000

  • Apr 2013

    Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Closed

    Proposal for concrete repairs in underground parking garage.

    Permit 13 152129 BLD · est. $200,000

  • Nov 2012

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Inspection

    Proposal to repair the underside of existing ramp.

    Permit 12 281751 BLD · est. $10,000

  • Aug 2012

    Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Closed

    Proposal to install one backflow prevention device in existing apartment building.

    Permit 12 225816 PSA · est. $8,000

  • Aug 1996

    Fire and life safety · Unknown · Closed

    CARRY OUT REMEDIAL WORK TO COMPLY WITH THE RETROFIT PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE CODE. LG

    Permit 96 019172 FSU · est. $20,000

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

55/ 100

Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.

  • Transit19

    16 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Main Street (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.1 km.

  • Parks & trees56

    15.5 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 320 m. 376 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling34

    Within 1 km: 1.15 km of protected lanes, 0.7 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.1 km of shared routes. 1 Bike Share station within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby68

    8 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Beaches Alternative Jr & Kimberley Jr, 430 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities98

    Within 1 km: 2 libraries, 3 community centres, 19 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety95

    0 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

East End-Danforth

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAbout typical

    Lower than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Auto theftAbout typical

    Lower than 75 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (69% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 53 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 63 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (80% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftHigher than most

    Higher than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.4× the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 95 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (36% of the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 66 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmModerate

2 kg a year from 1 facility, mostly St John's Norway Cemetery Crematorium

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, 6.1 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

Residential

Category
General residential
Zone label
R (d1.0) (x683)
Height limit
14 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
3
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 507 Kingston Rd · 260 m away

    Site plan · NOAC Issued · submitted 2022-03-15

    Site Plan Amendment application. Amends the previously approved site plan application under 19 160180 STE 19 SA. Key changes include: revisions to side facade materials, removal of rear canopies, revised rear-facing planter designs, and int

    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.

Average monthly rent by bedroom type
BedroomsEast End-DanforthToronto (East) zoneToronto region
Studio$1,124$1,213$1,491
1 bed$1,885$1,692$1,761
2 beds$1,770$1,869$2,045
3+ beds-$1,876*$2,294
All units$1,698$1,685$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.

90 / 100City inspection score, August 2026. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
8
Units
68
Built
1957
Elevators
2
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement level, 24HRS
Pets
Allowed - leashed
Parking
Underground garage, ground level garage, garage accessible thru buildg, surface parking
Visitor parking
Free
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
Yes
Cooling room
Yes
Ward
19

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.

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