179 Oakcrest Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Main Street Subway9 min walk
• 🚇 Woodbine Subway9 min walk
• 🚆 Danforth GO7 min walk

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 48 cafés and restaurants, 14 parks, 9 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Vincenzo Supermarket (300 m). Nearest park: Kildonan Park (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Gledhill Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 83%, math 67%7 min walk
• Kimberley Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 67%9 min walk
• Beaches Alternative Junior School9 min walk
• William J McCordic School13 min walk

Secondary

• Malvern Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 78%, literacy test 96%16 min walk
• Notre Dame Catholic High School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 67%, literacy test 97%17 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 M4C

Owners / renters

53% / 47%

Median household income

$83,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 38% high-rise

Commute by transit

37%

Population

46,440

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 4.3%, Yue (Cantonese) 2.1%, Urdu 1.4%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0.9%.

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 End-Danforth (2025): about the Toronto average, down 11% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft35% below average
• Robbery34% below average
• Theft from vehiclesabout average
• Shootings51% 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 1 active

• 276 MAIN ST · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Standard Condominium for 5 retail condominium units.
  Application details
• 276 MAIN ST · 400 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2026
  for ground floor office space units
  Application details
• 143-147 MAIN ST · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2025
  Application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 10-storey mixed use building at 143, 145 and 147 Main Street. The proposed development…
  Application details
• 2451 DANFORTH AVE · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Closed · applied 2024
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a 13 and 29-storey mixed-use building connected by a 2- and 8-storey podium, containing 620 dwelling units,…
  Application details
• 2359 DANFORTH AVE · 200 m
  Plan of Condominium · Closed · applied 2023
  Draft Plan of Condominium for a 10-storey mix-use building, consisting of 140 units, 171 bicycle parking spots and 85 parking spots.
  Application details
• 144 STEPHENSON AVE · 350 m
  Part Lot Control · Closed · applied 2023
  Part Lot Control exemption is requested to allow for the division of the property and transfer of ownership into stratified parcels. An extension of Part Lot…
  Application details

2 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 7 km. Transit times · Driving times

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🚆 Rail line (Kingston Subdivision)50 m

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

What can be built R

Residential (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 6 homes on the lot (multiplex): a sixplex ward
• ✅ Garden suite in the backyard
• ✅ Laneway suite, if the lot backs onto a lane

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

• Multiple Projects · 2026 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for underpinning and finishing of basement.

7 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

48 City street trees within 100 m, mostly oaks. That’s about 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