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Building Review

68 Hillside Dr

Toronto, Ontario M4K

A 4-storey, 44-unit private rental building built in 1953.

Living score
52/100
Built
1953
Units
44
Storeys
4
City inspection
95/100
Property manager
Greenwin Corp.

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Issues & maintenance

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City building permits

4 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
  • Heating, cooling and ventilation 1
  • Apr 2021

    Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed

    Plumbing - Proposal second exit from basement and exterior grading to be adjusted to suit.

    Permit 21 137538 PLB

  • Apr 2021

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

    HVAC - Proposal second exit from basement and exterior grading to be adjusted to suit.

    Permit 21 137538 HVA

  • Apr 2021

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed

    Proposal for second exit from basement adjacent to laundry room and exterior grading to be adjusted to suit and relocate existing shed.

    Permit 21 137538 BLD

  • Oct 2019

    Alterations · Interior Alterations · Cancelled

    Proposal for interior alterations to existing laundry room to facilitate a 2nd exit from the basement level in existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 242106 BLD · est. $90,000

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.

  • Transit36

    27 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 4 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Chester (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 1.3 km.

  • Parks & trees94

    52.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 120 m. 276 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling81

    Within 1 km: 0.95 km of protected lanes, 7.55 km of bike lanes and trails, 2.15 km of shared routes. 2 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby14

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Chester Elementary School , 460 m). Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities40

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.

  • Road safety64

    1 collision with serious injury or death within 500 m, 2021–2025, 1 fatal. Fewer scores higher.

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Safety

Broadview North

  • AssaultAbout typical

    Higher than 51 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Lower than 72 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (77% of the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

    Lower than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (27% of the city median).

  • Auto theftLower than most

    Lower than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (57% of the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesLower than most

    Lower than 79 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (78% of the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000Lower than most

    Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Higher than 70 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).

  • ShootingsHigher than most

    Higher than 84 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.2× the city median).

  • HomicideAbout typical

    Higher than 63 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 pollutionModerate

Don Valley Parkway, 250 m away

Industrial releases within 1 kmLow

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, 2.9 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 Detached

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RD (f12.0; a370; d0.6)
Height limit
8.5 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
4
Registered short-term rentals at this address
0
  • 16 Cosburn Ave · 210 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-26

    Applicaton for a 25-storey residential building inclusive of a 6-storey podium having a gross floor area of 19,263 square metres (FSI 8.94). The application includes 299 residential dwelling units, incuding 29 rental replacement units. A

    City record
  • 5 Cosburn Ave · 220 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-04-26

    Application for a 24-storey resdidential building inclusive of a four-storey podium, consisting of 424 residential units. The proposal also consists of 186 vehicle parking spaces and 425 bike parking spaces. The site includes a public pa

    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
BedroomsBroadview NorthEast York zoneToronto region
Studio$1,463$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,597$1,578$1,761
2 beds$1,922$1,820$2,045
3+ beds$2,258$2,178$2,294
All units$1,687$1,715$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.

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.

95 / 100City inspection score, July 2024. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
4
Units
44
Built
1953
Elevators
0
Managed by
Greenwin Corp.
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
None
Laundry
Basement, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Surface parking
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
14

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

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