18 Doncrest Rd

01What’s planned near 18 Doncrest Rd

4 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): four in progress. Some cover several addresses; each proposal is listed once. That's more than at most Toronto addresses (the typical address has 1).

In progress

1. 1
   Add a storey

   25 Cambridge Ave · 78 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks

   The hearing was postponed. A new date hasn't been published yet.

   To alter the existing two-and-one-half-storey semi-detached dwelling by constructing a rear third storey addition, a rear three-storey addition with a second storey balcony, and a front third storey deck (above the existing second storey…

   File A0690/26TEY · submitted Sep 22, 2026 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre
2. 2
   9-storey building · 107 homes and shops

   838 Broadview Ave and 3 more addresses · 156 m away

   Site 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 for a 9-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 541.83 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 6429.78 square metres. 107 residential dwelling units are proposed, of which, 18…

   All 4 addresses

   838 Broadview Ave · 840 Broadview Ave · 842 Broadview Ave · 844 Broadview Ave

   File 22 133997 STE 14 SA · submitted Apr 13, 2022 · City record and how to comment
3. 3
   Laneway suite

   9 Ozark Cres · 228 m away

   Committee of Adjustment · Minor variance: permission to bend a zoning rule, such as height, size or setbacks

   The Committee of Adjustment approved it on Jun 2, 2021. It has been appealed to the Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB), which will hold its own hearing and make the final decision.

   To construct a two-storey laneway suite to the rear of the existing two-storey semi-detached house.

   File A1059/20TEY · submitted Nov 13, 2020 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre

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 18 Doncrest Rd

Police recorded 100 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at most Toronto addresses (the typical address has 40). The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.

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 Playter Estates-Danforth

03Getting around from 18 Doncrest Rd

The nearest subway station is Broadview Station (Line 2), about a 3‑minute walk (0.2 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 8 TTC stops served by the 505 and 504 streetcars and the 25, 87 and 8 buses, with about 3,013 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 3.8 km away, with 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 18 Doncrest Rd

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. Private schools within 1 km: Montcrest Elementary School. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): one licensed child care centre and no EarlyON centres.

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

05The building at 18 Doncrest Rd

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registration on record for 18 Doncrest Rd. Here is what the City does have.

06Around the block

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 18 Doncrest Rd

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: Playter Estates-Danforth

Playter Estates-Danforth had 7,680 residents in 2021. The median household income was $87,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 52% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 40% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 25% of workers commuted by transit and 22% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Greek (4.9%), Spanish (1.9%) and Italian (1.3%). 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.

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.