489 Queen Street E B100

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 Queen Subway1.7 km
• 🚇 King Subway1.8 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO2.2 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 88 cafés and restaurants, 21 parks, 11 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Rabba (450 m). Nearest park: Bright Street Playground (100 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%4 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%4 min walk
• Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 80%, math 30%12 min walk
• Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 50%14 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%5 min walk
• SEED Alternative School14 min walk
• Queen Alexandra Middle 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 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 18 active

• 77 RIVER ST · 350 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Application Received · applied 2026
  Proposed 46-storey residential building and a 2-storey non-residential building. Overall, the buildings contain a total of 1,170 dwelling units, 72,748.1 sq. m…
  Application details
• 1 SUMACH ST · 250 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Application Received · applied 2026
  Lift the (H)
• 4 GILEAD PL · 400 m
  Site Plan · Application Received · applied 2026
  Site Plan Approval for a 20-storey purpose built rental residential building, containing 297 dwelling units.
• 4 GILEAD PL · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · OMB Appeal · applied 2026
  The application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 20 storey residential building containing 297 residential dwelling units.
  Application details
• 16 SUMACH ST · 250 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2025
  Site Plan Control Application to facilitate the development of the site with two mixed use buildings: 59 and 55 storeys, containing 1,284 dwelling units and…
  Application details
• 2 MARK ST · 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

17 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

• 🚧 Distillery District 700 m
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line900 m · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 Moss Park 1.0 km

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

Noise 1 source nearby

• 🛣️ Don Valley Parkway400 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.

Full lot check · Run the numbers

Heritage Listed

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Listed. The City must get 60 days’ notice before demolition, and it can move to designate the property.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2022 · Closed
  Proposed interior renovations to existing office - suite 101
• Interior Alterations · 2021 · Closed
  Revision #01 - Changes to the area of offices A, B, C and F.Proposed new Interior Alterations to the existing ground floor Suite 100
• Interior Alterations · 2021 · Closed
  Proposal to demolish interior walls of an existing office - unit # 301.
• Interior Alterations · 2019 · Closed
  Rev 1 - Proposed revision to floor plan.Proposed interior alterations to basement of existing office building.
• Interior Alterations · 2017 · Cancelled
  Proposal for interior alterations to Unit #100 of existing office building. Tenant is "Cineplex Digital Media"

3 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

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