1233 Queen Street W
South Parkdale, Toronto, M6K 1L5
$249,500
Listed 92 days ago · MLS® W13582764
About this home
Alexander Falafel located on 1233 Queen Street West is one of the oldest Shawarma restaurants in the city. It's been running for the last 20 years and it is home to the very historical and lively Parkdale area close to downtown. People come all around to try this food and explore the area with the amount of events and places nearby like CNE, Grand Liberty and Ontario Place. Alexander Falafel is operated for long hours, 11 AM to 3 AM seven days a week. The restaurant is situated close to many renowned bars such as Rhino Bar, Motel Bar, Cadillac Lounge, Parkdale Drink and Stone Bar. It has also been recently upgraded with new equipment and completely revamped and updated with a new fresh look, ensuring that everything looks new and enticing. Overall a very profitable business with low food costs and generally it is an easy to manage restaurant.
Details
- Type
- Sale Of Business
- Lot
- 45 × 76 ft
- Garage
- Street
- Property tax
- $37,614 (2026)
- Neighbourhood
- South Parkdale
- Municipality
- Toronto W01
Heating, cooling and services
- Heating
- Gas Forced Air Closed
- Air conditioning
- Yes
- Utilities
- Yes
Building and exterior
- Building area
- 1,000 Square Feet
More
- Possession
- Flexible
- Cross street
- Queen st W and Dufferin
- Business type
- Fast Food/Takeout
Location
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The neighbourhood
Getting around Very walkable
- 🚇 Dufferin Subway2.1 km
- 🚇 Lansdowne Subway2.2 km
- 🚆 Exhibition GO18 min walk
Within a 10-minute walk: 16 grocery stores, 141 cafés and restaurants, 22 parks, 11 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Metro (250 m). Nearest park: Gwynne Avenue Parkette (50 m).
Schools nearby
Elementary
- The Grove Community School8 min walk
- Holy Family Catholic School Catholic
EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 42%8 min walk - Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School
EQAO: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 42%8 min walk - Parkdale Junior and Senior Public School9 min walk
Secondary
- Parkdale Collegiate Institute
EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 86%7 min walk - City View Alternative Senior School14 min walk
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 M6K
- Owners / renters
- 31% / 69%
- Median household income
- $72,000
- Average age
- 40
- Children under 15
- 8%
- Homes
- 2% detached, 67% high-rise
- Commute by transit
- 35%
- Population
- 42,110
Languages spoken most at home besides English: Tibetan 3.3%, Portuguese 2.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 1.2%.
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 South Parkdale (2025): about the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.
- Assault48% above average
- Break and enter27% above average
- Auto theft68% below average
- Robberyabout average
- Theft from vehiclesabout average
- Shootingsabout 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 14 active
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1187 KING ST W · 450 mOfficial Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026The proposed development consists of a 37-storey mixed-use building containing hotel and residential uses. Office and commercial uses will be maintained on…Application details
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1325 QUEEN ST W · 300 mSite Plan · Under Review · applied 2026Site Plan Approval for a 16-storey mixed-use building containing 175 rental residential units and approximately 2,482 sq.m of community-serving space.Application details
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450 DUFFERIN ST · 400 mSite Plan · Under Review · applied 2025Proposed 18-storey mixed-use purpose-built rental building with 364 sqm of non-residental GFA, and 176 units including 6 affordable rental units.Refer to Minor…Application details
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1337 KING ST W · 500 mSite Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025Site Plan Control application for a new 10-storey infill residential building with 92 affordable rental units. The existing apartment building ('Phoenix…Application details
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1153 QUEEN ST W · 450 mOfficial Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2024Zoning By-law Amendment for a 27-storey mixed-use building with retail at-grade. There will be 367 dwelling units, including 10 rental replacement units.Application details
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23 NORTHCOTE AVE · 400 mPlan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2024Draft Plan of Condominium for a 3-storey residential building comprised of 2 residential units.Application details
18 more within 500 m.
Rezoning, site plan, subdivision and condominium applications filed with the city.
Distances are approximate. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors. Neighbourhood figures: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census. School results: EQAO via Ontario Data Catalogue (Open Government Licence – Ontario). Neighbourhood crime: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal (Open Government Licence – Toronto Police Service). Crime Severity Index: Statistics Canada. Planning applications: City of Toronto open data.
Living here
Commute
To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 4 km. Transit times · Driving times
Coming transit
- 🚧 Exhibition 1.1 km · opening 2031
Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.
Noise 1 source nearby
- 🚆 Rail line (Galt Subdivision)150 m
Distances from the map, not noise measurements. Visit at rush hour to judge for yourself.
What can be built CR
Commercial Residential (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.
Heritage Protected
This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2022). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.
Building permits
- Other · 2022 · ClosedProposal to repair/reconstruct the damaged areas of exterior wall along the Eastern face of an existing mixed use building. See also 22…
9 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 1 new home.
Permits filed with the City of Toronto. A permit doesn’t mean the work passed final inspection.
Trees
59 City street trees within 100 m. 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.
Zoning, heritage, building permits and street trees: City of Toronto open data (Open Government Licence – Toronto). Roads, rail, airports and planned stations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Internet: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, National Broadband Data.
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