261 King St E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 King Subway13 min walk
• 🚇 Queen Subway15 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 13 grocery stores, 198 cafés and restaurants, 25 parks, 16 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Rabba (100 m). Nearest park: Time and Space Courtyard (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 50%4 min walk
• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%6 min walk
• Downtown Alternative School7 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%11 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%12 min walk
• Collège français French1.5 km

EQAO: share of students meeting the provincial standard (2024–25). Ontario average: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 51%; Gr 9 math 55%; literacy test 83%.

Closest schools, not school zones. Check which school serves this address with the school board before relying on it.

Who lives here postal area M5A

Owners / renters

35% / 65%

Median household income

$71,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

9%

Homes

0% detached, 78% high-rise

Commute by transit

28%

Population

48,978

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 1.8%, Mandarin 1.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.5%, Spanish 1.3%.

Flood and conservation No mapped hazard

Not inside a mapped flood plain or regulated area.

Screening maps only. Ask the conservation authority for a property inquiry before relying on this.

Safety

Major crime per resident in Moss Park (2025): 119% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault190% above average
• Break and enter85% above average
• Auto theft64% below average
• Robbery112% above average
• Theft from vehicles30% above average
• Shootings58% below average

Crime Severity Index for Toronto police: 60 vs 57 for Ontario (2025).

Police-reported figures for the whole neighbourhood, not this street. Rates use the area’s resident population.

Development nearby 25 active

• 231 RICHMOND ST E · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 39-storey mixed-use development with four levels of underground parking, and containing 516 residential dwelling units.
  Application details
• 281 FRONT ST E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Application to permit two residential towers (54 and 50 storeys) with 1,065 dwelling units and 643 square metres of retail space on the ground floor.
  Application details
• 298 KING ST E · 250 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for a 42-storey (139.90 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 1,188 square metres of commercial uses at grade…
  Application details
• 529 RICHMOND ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for a 46 storey (156.3 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 419 dwelling units and 328 square metres of…
  Application details
• 69 ONTARIO ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for a 43-storey mixed-use building that includes 278 square metres of retail space on the ground floor and 380 dwelling units above.
  Application details
• 102 BERKELEY ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2023
  Proposed 35-storey (119.45 metres including the mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building containing 120 square metres of ground level retail uses and 257…
  Application details

32 more within 500 m.

Rezoning, site plan, subdivision and condominium applications filed with the city.