70 Distillery Lane 411

Getting around Very walkable

• 🚇 King Subway1.6 km
• 🚇 Queen Subway1.8 km
• 🚆 Toronto Union Station GO1.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 6 grocery stores, 59 cafés and restaurants, 17 parks, 6 pharmacies. Nearest grocery: Marché Leo’s (350 m). Nearest park: Parliament Square Park (400 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 94%, math 50%9 min walk
• St. Paul Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 87%, math 50%11 min walk
• Nelson Mandela Park Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 17%15 min walk
• St. Michael Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 83%, math 36%16 min walk

Secondary

• Inglenook Community School
  EQAO: literacy test 50%7 min walk
• Queen Alexandra Middle School1.5 km
• SEED Alternative School1.5 km

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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (2025): about the Toronto average, down 13% from the year before.

• Assault38% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft89% below average
• Robbery23% above average
• Theft from vehicles23% below average
• Shootings45% 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

• 31 PARLIAMENT ST · 300 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Stamdard Condominium for 427 units.
  Application details
• 281 FRONT ST E · 400 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Under Review · applied 2026
  Application to permit two residential towers (54 and 50 storeys) with 1,065 dwelling units and 643 square metres of retail space on the ground floor.
  Application details
• 312 CHERRY ST · 450 m
  Plan of Subdivision · Under Review · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Subdivision to create fourteen (14) development blocks of varying sizes and configurations, and nine (9) additional blocks to facilitate new…
  Application details
• 4 GILEAD PL · 450 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 · 450 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
• 90 EASTERN AVE · 450 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

16 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 500 m
• 🚧 East Harbour Ontario Line1.0 km · opening early 2030s
• 🚧 Moss Park 1.1 km

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

Noise 2 sources nearby

• 🛣️ Gardiner Expressway100 m
• 🚆 Rail line (Union Station Rail Corridor)50 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

Building permits

• Interior Alterations · 2023 · Closed
  New tenant fit out in existing heritage building space. Immersive Projected experience exhibit. Bathrooms renovation. New IT room at upper…
• Other · 2023 · Inspection
  Proposal to repair fire damaged curtain wall glazing system, window glazing, aluminum guards, handrails, spandrell panel, drywall, steel…

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

Trees

16 City street trees within 100 m, mostly elms. 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.

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