255 Avenue Rd

01What’s planned near 255 Avenue Rd

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 255 Avenue Rd

7 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: road resurfacing on Pears Ave, Avenue Rd to Bedford Rd, Q1 2025 to Q4 2026.

Utility digs within 250 m

• Toronto Water · Water connection at 157 Roxborough St W · 114 m · Jun 30, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026
• Toronto Water · Sanitary connection at 92 Roxborough St W · 241 m · Jul 6, 2026 to Jan 6, 2027

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 255 Avenue Rd

Police recorded 99 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 39). The table compares the neighbourhood's rates with Toronto's.

Source: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, Major Crime Indicators (Oct 4, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026) and Neighbourhood Crime Rates. Reported incidents only; police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Five-year trends for Annex

Traffic safety

8 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 7 involved pedestrians and 1 involved cyclists. Most were on Avenue Rd and Davenport Rd. Annex has more of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Avenue Rd at Dupont St · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jul 31, 2026 · 38 m
• Bernard Ave at Bedford Rd · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jun 2, 2025 · 488 m
• Macpherson Ave at Avenue Rd · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jan 16, 2025 · 94 m
• Avenue Rd at Davenport Rd · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Oct 2, 2024 · 285 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 255 Avenue Rd

The nearest subway station is Rosedale Station (Line 1), about a 11‑minute walk (0.7 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 10 TTC stops served by the 13, 19 and 26 buses, with about 684 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. 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.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 74 Yorkville Ave
  City-run (Green P): 8 Level 2, 1 fast ports. Next: 19 Spadina Rd, 1.2 km.852 m

City of Toronto: City-operated EV charging stations (private chargers aren’t included); indoor bike stations, shown within 1.5 km.

05Schools and child care near 255 Avenue 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: The Mabin School, De Lasalle College School, Mcdonald International Academy School, Waldorf Academy Elementary School, Career Quest - Toronto and 2 more. 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.

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

06Parks, trees and libraries near 255 Avenue Rd

There are 11 parks and 4 playgrounds within 500 m. The nearest pool is Hillcrest Community Centre, 1.5 km away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Jay Macpherson Green · 255 Avenue Rd · 18 m
• Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette · playground · 250 Avenue Rd · 63 m
• Macpherson Avenue Parkette · 205 Macpherson Ave · 106 m
• Robertson Davies Park · 275 Avenue Rd · 125 m
• Marlborough Place Parkette · 100 Marlborough Ave · 309 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

Park projects nearby

• Lionel Conacher Park Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the playground and sandbox in Lionel Conacher Park as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across Toronto.In progress · 391 m
• Ramsden Park Ice Rink Improvements
  The City is improving the artificial ice rink at Ramsden Park with state-of-good-repair upgrades to the building’s change rooms and washrooms, as well as repairs to the rink’s refrigeration systems and dasher boards.In progress · 408 m
• New Park at Macpherson Avenue
  A new park is coming to Macpherson Avenue. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 488 m
• Ramsden Park Community Recreation Centre
  A new community recreation centre is coming to 1020 Yonge St., immediately west of Rosedale Subway Station in the Rosedale neighbourhood, near Yonge Street and Belmont Avenue.In progress · 614 m
• Pricefield Road Playground Park Improvements
  The City is improving Pricefield Road Playground, located near Yonge Street and Summerhill Avenue, and engaging the community in the park design.In progress · 837 m

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 255 Avenue Rd

No building permits, building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 255 Avenue Rd.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 10 with a green roof and 1 with solar hot water.

City of Toronto Building Permits: Green Roofs, and Solar Hot Water Heaters.

08What can be built at 255 Avenue Rd

OR (Open Space Recreation) zoning allows parks with recreation facilities. The numbers below are the main limits; the full rules depend on the lot.

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 9, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Traffic on your street

City of Toronto Transportation Services: speed, volume and classification counts since 2016.

Parking tickets on this block

67 tickets in 2025 on Avenue Rd between numbers 205 and 305: 31 for unpaid parking, 23 for other parking offences.

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

Main street business area

Dupont by the Castle BIA, about 20 m away. Business Improvement Areas are local business associations that run street events and improvements.

City of Toronto Business Improvement Areas, within 400 m.

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 5,567 service requests came from postal area M5R, which includes 255 Avenue Rd. 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 255 Avenue Rd

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: Annex

Annex had 29,300 residents in 2021. The median household income was $85,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 59% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 46% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 24% of workers commuted by transit and 32% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Mandarin (2.5%), Spanish (2.2%) and Cantonese (1.8%). 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.