17 Florist Lane

01What’s planned near 17 Florist Lane

No planning proposals in progress or recently decided within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk).

Development Applications and Committee of Adjustment Applications, City of Toronto. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. Inactive: the City’s file is still open but marked inactive. Decided: development files submitted in the last 4 years; Committee of Adjustment decisions in the last 2 years.

02Street work near 17 Florist Lane

1 City road or sidewalk project is planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Danzig St, Kitchener Rd to Morningside Ave, Q2 to Q4 2026.

Source: City of Toronto Road Reconstruction, Road Resurfacing and Sidewalk Construction programs (planned work within 500 m), and Utility Cut Permits. Dates are the City’s plan and can move. “Carried over” means the work was due earlier and is still listed.

03Safety near 17 Florist Lane

Police recorded 207 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at 97% of Toronto addresses. The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.

Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 5, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for West Hill

Traffic safety

10 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 6 involved pedestrians and 1 was fatal. Most were on Kingston Rd and Lawrence Ave E. West Hill has about as many of these collisions per resident as a typical neighbourhood.

• Kingston Rd at Lawrence Ave E · Pedestrian, seriously injured · May 29, 2026 · 142 m
• Kingston Rd at Falaise Rd · Motorcyclist, seriously injured · Nov 8, 2025 · 180 m
• Lawrence Ave E at Kingston Rd · Pedestrian, killed · Sep 25, 2025 · 115 m
• Kingston Rd at Lawrence Ave E · Driver, seriously injured · Jun 22, 2025 · 163 m

Source: Toronto Police Service, collisions in which someone was killed or seriously injured (since 2021, within 500 m); City of Toronto School Safety Zones and Traffic Calming Database.

Other crimes near this address

Toronto Police Service: Shootings and Firearm Discharges, Bicycle Thefts and Theft From Motor Vehicle, June 2025 to June 2026. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection.

04Getting around from 17 Florist Lane

The nearest subway station is Kennedy Station (Line 2), 7.2 km away. Within a 5‑minute walk there are 13 TTC stops served by the 116, 86, 54, 986 and 905 buses, with about 3,673 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Guildwood GO, 1.6 km away, with 88 train stops on a weekday.

TTC and GO Transit schedules for a typical weekday (Nov 18, 2026). Walking times are estimates. Bike Share Toronto station data; City of Toronto Cycling Network and Permit Parking Areas.

How reliable are your routes?

TTC Bus and Streetcar Delay Data, September 2025 to September 2026: incidents the TTC logged as delaying service. Per 1,000 trips uses each route’s weekday schedule, so busy routes aren’t penalized for running more vehicles. A typical route: 4.0.

05Schools and child care near 17 Florist Lane

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).

The red tick on each bar is the Toronto average. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): one licensed child care centre and one EarlyON centre.

Source: City of Toronto Licensed Child Care Centres, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, and ChildCareSafe (Toronto Public Health inspections).

06Parks, trees and libraries near 17 Florist Lane

There are 2 parks within 500 m. The nearest pool is Heron Park Community Recreation Centre, 874 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• St. Margarets Parkette · 4138 Lawrence Ave E · 385 m
• Deekshill Park · 2 Piperbrook Cres · 493 m
• West Hill Park · ball diamond, playground · 170 Weir Cres · 718 m
• Eastview Park · playground · 33 Coronation Dr · 770 m
• Peter Secor Park · playground · 235 Coronation Dr · 829 m

Pools, courts and more

Also nearby

Source: City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Facilities, Registered Programs and Drop-In Programs, Tennis Courts, Outdoor and Indoor Ice Rinks, Washroom Facilities, Off-Leash Areas, Street Tree Data; Toronto Public Health SwimSafe and Beach Water Quality; Toronto Public Library branches.

Park space

City of Toronto: Green Spaces (parks, natural areas and conservation land; hydro corridors, golf courses, cemeteries and road verges aren’t counted); Park and Recreation Facility Projects within 1.5 km.

07The building at 17 Florist Lane

No building permits, building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 17 Florist Lane.

The lot

08What can be built at 17 Florist Lane

This lot isn’t covered by the citywide zoning by-law (569-2013). It is still under a former municipal by-law from before amalgamation, which the City’s map shows in grey.

Special areas

Source: City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 (zone, height and lot coverage overlays), Heritage Conservation Districts, Major Transit Station Areas, Secondary Plans and Archaeological Potential. This is a summary, not a zoning review. Read the by-law and see the City’s map.

09Around the block

Source: Affordable Housing Pipeline, Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications, 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 10, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Parking tickets on this block

20 tickets in 2025 on Florist Lane between numbers 0 and 67: 20 for parking on a boulevard or private property.

City of Toronto Parking Tickets, 2025. Placed by the street address the officer recorded.

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 7,482 service requests came from postal area M1E, which includes 17 Florist Lane. The most common:

City of Toronto 311 Service Requests, October 2025 to October 2026. 311 publishes only the first three characters of the postal code, so this covers the wider postal area. Counts reflect how often people call as well as how often problems happen.

10Risks and environment at 17 Florist Lane

TRCA mapping is for screening, not site-specific decisions. Lead results are voluntary samples from homes in the postal area, not this address.

11The neighbourhood: West Hill

West Hill had 28,140 residents in 2021. The median household income was $76,000, lower than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 41% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 29% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 27% of workers commuted by transit and 3% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Pilipino, Filipino (4.5%), Bengali (4.4%) and Tamil (3.6%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across Scarborough (the former City of Scarborough), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $1,832 a month in October 2025, up 4% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 2.4%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

Source: CMHC, Rental Market Survey (October 2025), purpose-built rental apartments, Scarborough (the former City of Scarborough). CMHC doesn’t publish rents for single neighbourhoods. Adapted by My Address in Toronto.