238A Berkeley Street

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 TMU Subway18 min walk
• 🚇 Queen Subway18 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 17 grocery stores, 143 cafés and restaurants, 25 parks, 18 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kabul Farms Supermarket (200 m). Nearest park: Ontario Street Parkette (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%4 min walk
• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%7 min walk
• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%8 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%8 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%12 min walk
• Collège français French15 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 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 27 active

• 308 GERRARD ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for an 11-storey mixed-use building containing 228 market and affordable residential units, plus office and community program space.
  Application details
• 500 DUNDAS ST E · 300 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2026
  Proposed 35-storey mixed use building (122.2 metres, including mechanical penthouse), containing 413 dwelling units and a minimum of 200 square metres of…
  Application details
• 219 GERRARD ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Approval for a 10-storey mixed use building with 60 purpose-built rental units and commercial uses at grade.
  Application details
• 325 GERRARD ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2025
  Building 4A Proposal to construct a 26-storey tower, 10 storey mid-rise podium TCHC social housing building with 271 units, retail at grade along Gerrard…
  Application details
• 191 SHERBOURNE ST · 300 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan application to permit two tall buildings (39- and 40-storeys), containing 693 new residential dwelling units, 525 square metres of non-residential…
  Application details
• 150 SHERBOURNE ST · 400 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Control application for a 7,544.3 square metres City of Toronto community centre to replace the existing John Innes Community Centre.
  Application details

36 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 2 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Moss Park 500 m
• 🚧 Distillery District 750 m
• 🚧 Queen 1.2 km

Stations under construction or approved. Opening dates are the latest public estimates and often move.

Noise Nothing major nearby

No highway within 500 m, rail line within 300 m, or airport flight path nearby.

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

No building permits at this address since 2014.

5 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years.

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

Trees

79 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.