660 Briar Hill Ave
Toronto, Ontario M6B
A 8-storey, 76-unit private rental building built in 1974.
- Property manager
- O'Shanter Development Company Ltd.
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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 Nov 2024; 1 notice or order to comply.
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
- Not enough heat 1
- Repairs and upkeep 1
- Jul 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 195350 HEA 00 IR
- Jan 2026
GarbageBylawNotice to comply · Jan 2026· Closed
Case 26 109710 WST 00 IV
- Jan 2026
GarbageBylaw· Closed
Case 26 108378 WST 00 IR
- Nov 2024
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 24 240673 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
3 permits the City has issued at this address since 2000 - repairs, alterations and system work that needed one. Official records, not resident reports.
- Fire and life safety 1
- Parking garage repair 1
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jul 2011
Fire and life safety · Fire Alarm · Closed
fire alarm panel upgrade
Permit 11 238642 FSU · est. $80,000
- Aug 2010
Parking garage repair · Garage Repair/Reconstruction · Inspection
Proposal to repair slab , walls and columns on upper level parking garage & wall and column repairs on lower level parkng.
Permit 10 244363 BLD
- Apr 2010
Plumbing and drains · Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · Revocation Pending
permit for one backflow valve in existing apartment building
Permit 10 147980 PSA · est. $7,000
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
52/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit13
12.3 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 3 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Forest Hill (5 Eglinton Line), 830 m.
- Parks & trees47
10.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 140 m. 606 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling39
Within 1 km: 0.1 km of protected lanes, 2.15 km of bike lanes and trails, 6.25 km of shared routes. 0 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby93
5 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: North Preparatory Jr Public School, 640 m), plus 6 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities74
Within 1 km: 1 library, 2 community centres, 13 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
Forest Hill North
- AssaultLower than most
Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (63% of the city median).
- Break and enterAbout typical
Higher than 68 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.2× the city median).
- RobberyLower than most
Lower than 89 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (49% of the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Lower than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (76% of the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesLower than most
Lower than 82 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).
- Theft over $5,000About typical
Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (72% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftAbout typical
Lower than 54 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 66 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.3× the city median).
- HomicideAbout typical
Higher than 59 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about 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
Allen Road, 900 m away
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, 5.9 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 (d2.0) (x546)- 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 | Forest Hill North | Toronto (North) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,535 | $1,570 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,773 | $1,892 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $2,048 | $2,476 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | $2,514 | $2,985 | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,953 | $2,057 | $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
- 0.96% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2018
- 0.65% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2019
- 0.62% lower rent · tenants notified
- 2020
- 0.61% 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.
91 / 100City inspection score, November 2025. How buildings are scored
- Type
- Private rental
- Storeys
- 8
- Units
- 76
- Built
- 1974
- Elevators
- 2
- Managed by
- O'Shanter Development Company
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- Central air
- Laundry
- Basement, 24HRS
- Pets
- Allowed
- Parking
- Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 10 indoor
- Balconies
- Yes
- Smoke-free building
- Yes
- Sprinklers
- Yes
- Cooling room
- No
- Ward
- 8
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Source dataset.
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