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Building Review

888 Eglinton Ave E

Toronto, Ontario M4G

A 3-storey, 18-unit private rental building built in 1954.

Living score
57/100
Built
1954
Units
18
Storeys
3
City inspection
88/100

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Issues & maintenance

Leaks, outages, repairs: dated reports from residents. None filed yet.

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City building permits

2 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 1
  • Alterations 1
  • May 2019

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

    Proposed Installation of backflow prevention device to existing apartment building.

    Permit 19 154916 PSA · est. $3,200

  • Nov 2017

    Alterations · Other(BA) · Closed

    remedial excavation with structural underpinning to remove fuel oil impacted soil

    Permit 17 263478 BLD · est. $150,000

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

57/ 100

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

  • Transit73

    30.6 departures an hour at the morning peak within 500 m, on 5 routes. Nearest subway or LRT: Laird (5 Eglinton Line), 70 m.

  • Parks & trees66

    19.3 ha of parkland within 800 m; nearest park 400 m. 371 street trees within 300 m.

  • Cycling52

    Within 1 km: 0 km of protected lanes, 4.45 km of bike lanes and trails, 1.4 km of shared routes. 3 Bike Share stations within 500 m.

  • Schools nearby22

    3 public or Catholic schools within 1 km (nearest: Northlea Elementary & Mdl School , 420 m), plus 3 private. Distance only: being near a school does not mean being in its catchment.

  • Daily amenities35

    Within 1 km: 1 library, 1 community centre, 7 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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Safety

Leaside-Bennington

  • AssaultAmong the lowest

    Lower than 100 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (29% of the city median).

  • Break and enterAbout typical

    Higher than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • RobberyAmong the lowest

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

  • Auto theftHigher than most

    Higher than 87 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (1.7× the city median).

  • Theft from vehiclesAbout typical

    Higher than 58 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Theft over $5,000About typical

    Lower than 55 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (about the city median).

  • Bicycle theftAbout typical

    Lower than 62 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (81% of the city median).

  • ShootingsAmong the lowest

    Lower than 91 of every 100 Toronto neighbourhoods (48% 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

Traffic pollutionLow

No expressway within 2 km

Industrial releases within 1 kmHigh

11.2 tonnes a year from 4 facilities, mostly Lincoln Electric Company Of Canada

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, 5.1 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 Multiple Dwelling

Category
Low-rise residential
Zone label
RM (f30.0; a930; d1.25)
Height limit
16 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
  • 849 Eglinton Ave E · 250 m away

    Rezoning · OMB Approved · submitted 2022-09-14

    Official Plan Amendment for a development includes three buildings: a 40-storey residential mixed-use building, a 21storey residential building, and a 6-storey office building, as well as a new private road and privately owned publiy access

    City record
  • 849 Eglinton Ave E · 250 m away

    Subdivision · Appeal Received · submitted 2022-06-14

    Draft Plan of Subdivision for 1lot. (related files 22-160403 NNY 15 OZ, 22-160402 NNY 15 SA)

    City record
  • 849 Eglinton Ave E · 250 m away

    Site plan · Under Review · submitted 2022-06-10

    Proposal for a development includes three buildings: a 40-storey residential mixed-use building, a 21storey residential building, and a 6-storey office building, as well as a new private road and privately owned publiy accessible space (POP

    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
BedroomsLeaside-BenningtonEast York zoneToronto region
Studio-$1,339$1,491
1 bed$1,713$1,578$1,761
2 beds$2,055$1,820$2,045
3+ beds-$2,178$2,294
All units$1,809$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.

88 / 100City inspection score, September 2025. How buildings are scored

Type
Private rental
Storeys
3
Units
18
Built
1954
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot water
Air conditioning
Individual units
Laundry
Basement, 24 HOURS
Pets
Allowed
Parking
Underground garage, garage accessible thru buildg
Visitor parking
Unavailable
Balconies
Yes
Smoke-free building
No
Sprinklers
No
Cooling room
No
Ward
15

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

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