1 Hycrest Avenue 801

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Bayview Subway6 min walk
• 🚇 Bessarion Subway1.3 km
• 🚆 Oriole GO2.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 17 cafés and restaurants, 8 parks, 4 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Loblaws (500 m). Nearest park: Bayview Parkette (300 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Gabriel Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 55%6 min walk
• Hollywood Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 94%, math 100%9 min walk
• Avondale Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 84%, math 58%15 min walk
• Avondale Alternative Elementary School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 88%, math 88%16 min walk

Secondary

• Earl Haig Secondary School
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 84%, literacy test 95%1.2 km
• Bayview Middle School1.3 km
• Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts Catholic · Private
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 87%, literacy test 97%1.4 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 M2N

Owners / renters

59% / 41%

Median household income

$82,000

Average age

41

Children under 15

12%

Homes

17% detached, 70% high-rise

Commute by transit

29%

Population

75,100

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Mandarin 11.7%, Iranian Persian 7.2%, Korean 6.7%, Yue (Cantonese) 5.1%.

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 East Willowdale (2025): 41% below the Toronto average, down 40% from the year before.

• Assault62% below average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robbery28% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings30% 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 11 active

• 2901 BAYVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  The City of Toronto¿s Development Review Division has received an application to permit additional heights to a 52 and 44-storey mixed-use building from a…
  Application details
• 2816 BAYVIEW AVE · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes the development of a 42-storey residential building. The building will provide a total of 477 rental residential units,…
  Application details
• 567 SHEPPARD AVE E · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application proposes to develop three buildings that will be three-, 46- and 56-storeys, providing residential and commercial use at grade.…
  Application details
• 461 SHEPPARD AVE E · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Proposed development for a 44 storey mixed-use building with a density of 13.07 times the lot area, generally consistent with the OPA-ZBA approved proposal. It…
  Application details
• 2816 BAYVIEW AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Proposed 42-storey residential building with 30,601 square metres of GFA and 540 dwelling units. The proposed building would contain 134 parking spaces and 406…
  Application details
• 567 SHEPPARD AVE E · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024
  Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning Amendment application to permit a proposal consisting of 3 buildings, including two residential towers at 48 and…
  Application details

9 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 13 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Highway 401350 m

Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.

What can be built RA

Residential Apartment (with a site-specific exception).

From Toronto’s Zoning By-law 569-2013 map. Lot size, setbacks and trees decide what actually fits; check with a planner before you buy.

Full lot check · Run the numbers

Building permits

• Sprinklers · 2023 · Closed
  Install sprinklers on ground floor lobby to existing building
• Fire Alarm · 2021 · Closed
  Add Generator Running, Generator Trouble and Generator damper failed to open supervisory signals to fire alarm system
• Interior Alterations · 2020 · Closed
  PROPOSED NTERIOR ALTERATION- ADD A NEW WALL TO ENCLOSE EXISTING DEN/OFFICE
• Fire Alarm · 2019 · Closed
  Fire Alarm Panel Replacement in basement

Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.

Trees

57 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. That’s more than the Toronto average of 42.

Trees on City boulevards only, not private yards or parks.

Internet High-speed

50/10 Mbps or faster available here by cable, fibre or DSL (the federal high-speed target).

From the federal broadband map. Check exact speeds and providers for the address.

Short-term rentals

Only in your principal residence (where you live). The entire home can be rented up to 180 nights a year; renting up to 3 bedrooms while you live there has no limit. Hosts register with the City and collect the 6% accommodation tax.

City rules