849 Broadview Ave
Toronto, Ontario M4K
A 4-storey, 32-unit private rental building built in 1940.
- Property manager
- 849 Broadview Birch Properties Inc.
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Issues & maintenance
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City bylaw and health cases
4 bylaw investigations at this address since Jun 2026; 1 notice or order 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 3
- Not enough heat 1
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylawOrder to comply · Sep 2026· Order Issued
- Building Interior: Stairwells: Required guard does not prevent the passage of a spherical object having a diameter of 100 millimetres (open)
- Building Interior: Stairwell Landing Guards: Guard is less than 1,070 millimetres high. Namely: Stairwell landing guard does not meet standard height requirement. (open)
- Building Interior: Stairwell Guards: The stair guard when measured vertically from the stair nosing is less than 900 millimetres high. (open)
- Building Interior: Stairwell Handrail(s): Height of handrail on stairs or ramp is more than the maximum 965mm (open)
Case 26 230839 PRS 00 IV
- Aug 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Order Issued
Case 26 227089 PRS 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Not enough heatBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170900 000 00 IR
- Jun 2026
Repairs and upkeepBylaw· Closed
Case 26 170899 000 00 IR
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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.
- Alterations 5
- Plumbing and drains 1
- Jul 2018
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
Proposed interior alterations to construct a new vestibule in basement between service rooms and exit stairs in an existing apartment building.
Permit 18 198052 BLD · est. $8,000
- Sep 2002
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
make interior alterations to portion of apt 2
Permit 02 171101 BLD
- Aug 2002
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
alter plans approved under bp 02-149799 by altering canopy at front changes bubbled
Permit 02 149799 BLD
- Jul 2002
Alterations · Interior Alterations · Closed
make interior alterations to apt 1
Permit 02 156511 BLD
- Jun 2002
Plumbing and drains · Building Permit Related(PS) · Closed
Plumbing - install on ground floor: 1 v.f.d., 2 wash machines, 1 wash tub, on 3rd floor: 3 k.s., (relocation only), on 4th floor: 2 k.s., (relocation only). cost included in building permit.
Permit 02 149799 PLB
- Jun 2002
Alterations · Multiple Projects · Closed
rebuild canopy at front smaller. also make interior alterations to 1st floor: units 5 and 7; 3rd floor: units 19, 20, and 21 and 4th floor: units 28 and 30.
Permit 02 149799 BLD · est. $10,000
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From City of Toronto open data
Neighbourhood
Living score
77/ 100
Each category is ranked against every other Toronto building on this site: 70 means better than 70% of them.
- Transit98
116.7 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 8 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Broadview (2 Bloor-Danforth Line), 280 m.
- Parks & trees89
39.8 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 310 m. 512 street trees within 300 m.
- Cycling86
Within 1 km: 2.15 km of protected lanes, 8.35 km of bike lanes and trails, 3.8 km of shared routes. 4 Bike Share stations within 500 m.
- Schools nearby68
6 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Jackman Avenue Jr Public School, 340 m), plus 1 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.
- Daily amenities22
Within 1 km: 0 libraries, 1 community centre, 8 licensed child care centres.
- Road safety80
1 collision 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
Playter Estates-Danforth
- AssaultAmong the highest
Higher than 92 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.1× the city median).
- Break and enterHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.8× the city median).
- RobberyHigher than most
Higher than 88 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.9× the city median).
- Auto theftAbout typical
Higher than 57 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).
- Theft from vehiclesAmong the highest
Higher than 97 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (2.3× the city median).
- Theft over $5,000Lower than most
Lower than 78 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (68% of the city median).
- Bicycle theftHigher than most
Higher than 85 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (3.7× the city median).
- ShootingsAbout typical
Higher than 74 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.6× 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
Don Valley Parkway, 340 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, 2.0 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
Commercial Residential
- Category
- Mixed use
- Zone label
CR 2.5 (c0.5; r2.5) SS2 (x1578)- 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
- 13
- Registered short-term rentals at this address
- 0
72 Chester Hill Rd · 230 m away
Rezoning · Council Approved · submitted 2025-09-03
Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendment for a 26-storey mixed-use building. The proposal will include 309 residential units, retail at grade and restore the historical Chester Public School. The site includes eight affordable ownership unit
City record882 Broadview Ave · 70 m away
Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2023-05-05
The Application proposes the redevelopment of the site by demolishing the existing rental apartment building on the subject site, which contains six rental dwelling units, and constructing a six storey, mixed use building containing of 20 r
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 | Playter Estates-Danforth | Toronto (East) zone | Toronto region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,267 | $1,213 | $1,491 |
| 1 bed | $1,599 | $1,692 | $1,761 |
| 2 beds | $1,926 | $1,869 | $2,045 |
| 3+ beds | - | $1,876* | $2,294 |
| All units | $1,633 | $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
- 4
- Units
- 32
- Built
- 1940
- Elevators
- 0
- Managed by
- 849 Broadview Birch Properties Inc.
- Heating
- Hot water
- Air conditioning
- None
- Laundry
- Ground floor, 8AM -9PM
- Pets
- Allowed
- Visitor parking
- Unavailable
- Bike parking
- 20 outdoor
- Balconies
- No
- 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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