73 Chestnut Crescent

Getting around Somewhat walkable

• 🚇 Warden Subway8 min walk
• 🚇 Birchmount LRT1.6 km
• 🚆 Scarborough GO1.8 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 1 grocery store, 2 cafés and restaurants, 6 parks. Nearest grocery: Hung-Wang Foods Inc (700 m). Nearest park: St. Clair Ravine (200 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• St. Joachim Catholic School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 71%, math 25%5 min walk
• General Brock Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 76%, math 27%6 min walk
• Danforth Gardens Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 69%, math 40%15 min walk
• J G Workman Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 44%, math 19%1.2 km

Secondary

• W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute
  EQAO: Gr 9 math 61%, literacy test 89%14 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 M1L

Owners / renters

51% / 49%

Median household income

$78,000

Average age

40

Children under 15

17%

Homes

27% detached, 34% high-rise

Commute by transit

35%

Population

35,833

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Bengali 8%, Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2.6%, Urdu 2.1%, Yue (Cantonese) 2%.

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 Clairlea-Birchmount (2025): 45% above the Toronto average, about the same from the year before.

• Assault70% above average
• Break and enterabout average
• Auto theft28% above average
• Robbery38% below average
• Theft from vehicles37% above average
• Shootings20% above 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 14 active

• 743 WARDEN AVE · 450 m
  Plan of Condominium · Draft Plan Approved · applied 2026
  Draft Plan of Condominium for 211 units
  Application details
• 743 WARDEN AVE · 450 m
  Site Plan · NOAC Issued · applied 2022
  Site Plan Approval for a six storey Dymon Centre with a total gross floor area ("GFA") of 17,876 sq. m., including 749 sq. m. of retail space (4%), 3,145 sq.…
  Application details
• 3449 ST CLAIR AVE E · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The application proposes a 16-storey mixed-use building on the subject lands, with residential, retail and amenity uses at grade. The remaining residential…
  Application details
• 3449 ST CLAIR AVE E · 450 m
  Official Plan / Zoning By-law Amendment · Council Approved · applied 2022
  Filed in conjunction with rezoning application 21 165800 ESC 20 OZ and 22 206341 ESC 20 SA for 3431-3449 St. Clair Ave. E. Proposes redsignation of 67 Elfreda…
  Application details
• 570 BIRCHMOUNT RD · 450 m
  Site Plan · Under Review · applied 2022
  The proposed SPA application is for an infill development of a 4-storey purposebuilt rental building, comprised of 28 stacked back-to-back townhouse units, in…
  Application details
• 95 PIDGEON ST · 250 m
  Plan of Condominium · Under Review · applied 2021
  The Draft Plan of Condominium application is intended to facilitate a common elements condominium development consisting of eight (8) 3-storey townhouse units…
  Application details

10 more within 500 m.

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

Commute

To Union Station (downtown Toronto): 11 km. Transit times · Driving times

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 RS

Residential Semi-Detached (with a site-specific exception).

• ✅ Up to 4 homes on the lot (multiplex)
• ✅ 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

Heritage Protected

This address is on Toronto’s Heritage Register: Heritage Conservation District (Part V) (2003). Changes to the outside (and sometimes inside) usually need a heritage permit, and demolition is restricted.

Heritage Register entry

Building permits

• Multiple Projects · 2022 · Closed
  Proposal to construct a new ground floor addition with new detached garage, and new third floor stair addition in the existing detached…
• Multiple Projects · 2022 · Closed
  Basement underpiing to existing dwelling

13 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

43 City street trees within 100 m. 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.

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