1280 Yonge St
1280 Yonge St is in Yonge-St.Clair. There are 17 planning proposals within 250 m, including a 50‑storey building with 655 homes and shops (under review). Summerhill Station is a 3‑minute walk.
Data as of Nov 9, 2026 · Every item lists its source
- A 50-storey building with 655 homes and shops is under review, 115 m away (1365 Yonge St and 1 more address).
- Break-ins in Yonge-St.Clair were above the Toronto rate in 2025.
- Summerhill Station (Line 1) is about a 3-minute walk.
- The nearest elementary school is Cottingham Junior Public School, 442 m away.
01What’s planned near 1280 Yonge St
17 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): 16 in progress and one decided recently. Some cover several addresses; each proposal is listed once. That's more than at almost all Toronto addresses.
In progress
- 1Subdivision1366 Yonge St · 110 m awaySubdivision: a request to divide land into new lots and streets
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Draft Plan of Subdivision for 1 lot.File 22 199272 STE 12 SB · submitted Sep 2, 2022 · City record and how to comment - 241-storey building · 489 homes1366 Yonge St · 110 m awaySite plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
A 41-storey mixed-use building, containing 489 residential units and 2 parking spaces.File 22 199264 STE 12 SA · submitted Sep 2, 2022 · City record and how to comment - 311-storey building with shops1257 Yonge St and 1 more address · 112 m awaySite plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building
City planners are reviewing it. Residents can comment before a decision is made.
Site plan approval to facilitate the redevelopment of the site for an 11-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 4105.30 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 15,949.90 square metres. 102…File 22 133669 STE 11 SA · submitted Apr 12, 2022 · City record and how to commentAll 2 addresses
1257 Yonge St · 1303 Yonge St
Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications, City of Toronto. A proposal that covers several addresses is listed once. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.
02Safety near 1280 Yonge St
Police recorded 53 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 40). The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.
| Major crime | Near this addressreported within 500 m, last 12 months | Yonge-St.Clairper 100,000 residents, 2025 | Torontoper 100,000 residents, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assaults | 24 | 271 | 768Yonge-St.Clair is lower |
| Break-ins | 15 | 374 | 190Yonge-St.Clair is higher |
| Car thefts | 5 | 65 | 225Yonge-St.Clair is lower |
| Robberies | 2 | 26 | 79Yonge-St.Clair is lower |
| Thefts over $5,000 | 7 | 32 | 61Yonge-St.Clair is lower |
Thick bar: Yonge-St.Clair. Thin grey bar: Toronto. Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 2, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for Yonge-St.Clair
03Getting around from 1280 Yonge St
The nearest subway station is Summerhill Station (Line 1), about a 3‑minute walk (0.2 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 6 TTC stops served by the 97 bus, with about 468 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 4.4 km away, with 354 train stops on a weekday.
Source: TTC · Line 1 · about 3 min walk
Nearest stop: Yonge St at Woodlawn Ave East, plus 3 more stops for this route within 250 m.
Source: GO Transit · 354 train stops on a weekday
TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 11, 2026). Walking times are estimates.
04Schools and child care near 1280 Yonge St
The closest public and Catholic schools. They may not be the ones assigned to this address; check with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) or Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB).
Elementary schools
Share of Grade 6 students meeting the provincial standard. Toronto: 87% reading, 54% math.
Secondary schools
Share of students who passed the Grade 10 literacy test on their first try. Toronto: 84%.
The red tick on each bar is the Toronto average. Private schools within 1 km: The York School - Mdl And Sr Campus, The Linden School, De Lasalle College School, The York School - Jr Campus. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.
Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): two licensed child care centres and no EarlyON centres.
29 Birch Ave · 150 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · in the $10-a-day program
85 Birch Ave · 80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · in the $10-a-day program · fee subsidies
Source: City of Toronto Licensed Child Care Centres and EarlyON Child and Family Centres.
05The building at 1280 Yonge St
Source: Building Construction/Demolition Violations
0 building permits in the last 5 years. Permits show work the City approved; they don't show work done without a permit.
Source: Building Permits · 1 on record
It isn't listed or designated on the City's Heritage Register.
Source: Heritage Register
Permit history: 1 project from 1 permit
- Backflow Prevention Devices (Water only) · completed Jun 9, 2026
Install a 3/4 inch DCVA backflow preventre complete with expansion tank · Permit 18 126878
06Around the block
Stays of less than 28 days, like Airbnb. Most Toronto addresses (73%) have at least one short-term rental nearby.
Houses that rent individual rooms with shared kitchens or bathrooms. The City licenses them to enforce safety standards.
Empresss Nail Lounge (salon or personal services), The Coffee 30 St Clair (restaurant or bar), Jenny Nails (salon or personal services), and 2 more.
YWCA 1st Stop Woodlawn (258 m).
All new business licences in Yonge-St.Clair (5)
- Empresss Nail Lounge · Salon or personal services · 1456 Yonge St · 464 m · licensed Nov 4, 2026
- The Coffee 30 St Clair · Restaurant or bar · 30 St Clair Ave W · 543 m · licensed Oct 22, 2026
- Jenny Nails · Salon or personal services · 80 St Clair Ave W · 644 m · licensed Oct 2, 2026
- Waxon Laser + Waxbar · Salon or personal services · 1242 Yonge St · 84 m · licensed Sep 3, 2026
- Grandma Loves You · Restaurant or bar · 40 St Clair Ave W · 561 m · licensed Aug 12, 2026
Source: Short Term Rentals Registration, Multi-Tenant (Rooming) House Licences, Business Licences and Permits (storefront types; owners’ personal names are never shown), POPS, and Daily Shelter Occupancy (Nov 6, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.
07Risks and environment at 1280 Yonge St
TRCA's maps show this address is outside the areas that could flood from rivers in a major storm (TRCA plans for a storm like Hurricane Hazel in 1954) and outside lake shoreline hazards. Basement flooding from overloaded sewers can still happen anywhere in the city.
Source: TRCA Regulation mapping 2025
In postal area M4T, 2 of 98 home tap-water samples (2.0%) tested above Ontario's limit for lead (10 micrograms per litre). Across Toronto, 2.0% of samples did, so M4T is about the same as the city overall. Health Canada recommends a stricter limit of 5 micrograms per litre: 7 samples here (7.1%) were above it. These are voluntary tests, mostly from older homes, so they don't tell you about this house. Lead comes from old pipes and plumbing, not the City's treatment plants. If your home was built before the mid-1950s, you can get a free test kit by calling 311.
Source: Non Regulated Lead Sample · 98 tests, Apr 22, 2014 to Jun 4, 2026
Air Quality Health Index from Environment and Climate Change Canada's Toronto Downtown station, 941 m away, measured 5:00 AM EST Monday 9 November 2026. Forecast high for the next 24 hours: 2 (low risk). The scale runs from 1 to 10+; 1 to 3 is low risk.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · hourly
TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.
08The neighbourhood: Yonge-St.Clair
Yonge-St. Clair had 12,905 residents in 2021. The median household income was $94,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 60% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 46% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 28% of workers commuted by transit and 19% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Spanish (2.9%), Iranian Persian (1.6%) and Russian (1.4%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.
Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $2,457 a month in October 2025, up 6% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 3.2%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.
| Average rent, October 2025 | Central Toronto | Change in a year | Toronto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,526 | +2% | $1,499 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,914 | +4% | $1,763 |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,457 | +6% | $2,055 |
| 3 bedrooms or more | $3,195 | 0% | $2,361 |
Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments, central Toronto (the old City of Toronto, before the 1998 amalgamation). CMHC doesn’t publish rents for single neighbourhoods. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.
How Yonge-St.Clair compares with Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods →Archive photos from near this address: myaddressintoronto.com/address/1280-yonge-st#sec-history
