239 Broadview Avenue

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Broadview Subway1.7 km
• 🚇 Chester Subway1.7 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO3.1 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 10 grocery stores, 76 cafés and restaurants, 27 parks, 8 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Yong Xing Fruits & Vegatables (250 m). Nearest park: Thorogood Gardens (150 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Dundas Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 3 reading 66%, math 53%4 min walk
• Withrow Avenue Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 62%14 min walk
• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%14 min walk
• Morse Street Junior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 85%, math 71%15 min walk

Secondary

• SEED Alternative School2 min walk
• Queen Alexandra Middle School2 min walk
• Eastdale Collegiate Institute6 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 M4M

Owners / renters

56% / 44%

Median household income

$99,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

14%

Homes

6% detached, 25% high-rise

Commute by transit

25%

Population

25,052

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Yue (Cantonese) 6.3%, Mandarin 3.5%, Vietnamese 1.5%, Spanish 0.6%.

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 Riverdale (2025): about the Toronto average, down 17% from the year before.

• Assaultabout average
• Break and enter40% above average
• Auto theftabout average
• Robberyabout average
• Theft from vehicles65% above average
• Shootings61% 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 10 active

• 761 DUNDAS ST E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2025
  Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application for a mixed-use development comprised of two 48-storey towers containing approximately 1,197 residential…
  Application details
• 415 BROADVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2024
  Site Plan Approval for a proposed residential addition to the existing congregation. The proposal will contain 3,824 square metres of residential gross floor…
  Application details
• 786 QUEEN ST E · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2023
  Site Plan application to permit a 6 storey mixed use building, containing 15 residential units and 69.64 square metres of ground floor commercial GFA.
  Application details
• 653 QUEEN ST E · 500 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2022
  Proposed to retain the existing heritage buildings and construct a nine storey residential building. The building will contain 85 new residential dwelling…
  Application details
• 415 BROADVIEW AVE · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Appeal Received · applied 2021
  A 10 storey building adding to, and modifying, the existing heritage church building onsite. 4,892.98 square metres of residential gross floor area (GFA) are…
  Application details
• 26 B LEWIS ST · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2021
  Draft Plan of Subdivision for 2 blocks.
  Application details

9 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 3 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Leslieville Ontario Line550 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line850 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 Gerrard 850 m

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Don Valley Parkway300 m

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

Building permits

No building permits at this address since 2014.

1 permit 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

36 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. 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.