248 Queen Street E

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Queen Subway14 min walk
• 🚇 King Subway16 min walk
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.5 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 15 grocery stores, 225 cafés and restaurants, 27 parks, 22 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Kabul Farms Supermarket (350 m). Nearest park: Moss Park (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• École élémentaire Gabrielle-Roy French
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 100%, math 88%6 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%9 min walk
• Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 50%9 min walk
• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%10 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%12 min walk
• Collège français French18 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 30 active

• 136 JARVIS ST · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2026
  Proposed 11-space surface commercial parking lot.
  Application details
• 231 RICHMOND ST E · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 39-storey mixed-use development with four levels of underground parking, and containing 516 residential dwelling units.
  Application details
• 207 JARVIS ST · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 32-storey mixed-use building, containing 315 dwelling units (including 38…
  Application details
• 191 SHERBOURNE ST · 250 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 · 200 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
• 529 RICHMOND ST E · 300 m
  Site Plan · OMB Appeal · applied 2023
  Site Plan Application for a 46 storey (156.3 metres including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 419 dwelling units and 328 square metres of…
  Application details

40 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 1 km. Transit times · Driving times

Coming transit

• 🚧 Moss Park 200 m
• 🚧 Distillery District 500 m
• 🚧 Queen 900 m

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 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.

Full lot check · Run the numbers

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2019 · Permit Issued
  Proposal for interior alteration for a Municipal Shelter on the ground floor of the existing multiple use building. Scope of work includes…

8 permits on this block of the street in the last 2 years, including 2 new homes.

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

Trees

9 City street trees within 100 m, mostly honeys. That’s fewer 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.