271 Ridley Blvd

01What’s planned near 271 Ridley Blvd

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.

02Safety near 271 Ridley Blvd

Police recorded 29 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's about typical for Toronto (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 Bedford Park-Nortown

Traffic safety

1 collision killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 1 involved pedestrians and 1 was fatal. Most were on Avenue Rd and Wilson Ave. Bedford Park-Nortown has fewer of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Avenue Rd at Wilson Ave · Pedestrian, killed · Apr 4, 2024 · 270 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.

03Getting around from 271 Ridley Blvd

The nearest subway station is York Mills Station (Line 1), about a 25‑minute walk (1.6 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 7 TTC stops served by the 165, 96, 61 and 996 buses, with about 2,354 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Downsview Park GO, 4.5 km away, with 31 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: 19 Glendora Ave
  City-run (On-Street): 2 Level 2 ports. Next: 19 Glendora Ave, 2.5 km.2.4 km

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

04Schools and child care near 271 Ridley Blvd

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: Glen Briar Academy Elementary School, Magnificent Minds School, Bnos Chaya . Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): four 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).

05Parks, trees and libraries near 271 Ridley Blvd

There are no parks within 500 m. The nearest pool is Ledbury Park, 1.4 km away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Armour Heights Community Centre · wi-fi · 2140 Avenue Rd · 256 m
• 167 Armour Blvd Parkette · playground · 167 Armour Blvd · 575 m
• Bathurst-Wilson Parkette · 3749 Bathurst St · 747 m
• Grey Parkette · 122 Grey Rd · 996 m
• Old Orchard Park · playground · 465 Orchard Grv · 1070 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

• Armour Heights Community Centre Playground Improvements
  The City is improving the outdoor playground at Armour Heights Community Centre as part of an ongoing program to enhance playgrounds and play spaces across the city so that everyone can experience the joys and benefits of play for years to come.In progress · 252 m
• Elie Wiesel Park Improvements
  Improvements are coming to Elie Wiesel Park and will be determined through the community engagement process.Complete · 1.2 km
• Ledbury Park Bridge Improvements
  The City is upgrading the bridge over the artificial ice rink in Ledbury Park as part of state-of-good-repair improvements.In progress · 1.4 km
• Review of City Golf Course Operations
  The City conducted an operational review of our five City-operated golf course locations to better understand how to maximize golf and non-golf experiences.In progress · 1.5 km
• Earl Bales Skatepark
  A new skatepark is coming to Earl Bales Park! Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 1.5 km

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.

06The building at 271 Ridley Blvd

There are no building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 271 Ridley Blvd. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

07What can be built at 271 Ridley Blvd

RA (Residential Apartment) zoning allows apartment buildings. The numbers below are the main limits; the full rules depend on the lot.

Not inside a heritage conservation district, major transit station area, secondary plan or area of archaeological potential.

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.

08Around 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

36 tickets in 2025 on Ridley Blvd between numbers 221 and 321: 17 for parking on a boulevard or private property, 14 for parking at prohibited times.

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

What neighbours report to 311

In the last 12 months, 5,845 service requests came from postal area M5M, which includes 271 Ridley Blvd. 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.

09Risks and environment at 271 Ridley Blvd

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

10The neighbourhood: Bedford Park-Nortown

Bedford Park-Nortown had 22,145 residents in 2021. The median household income was $135,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 32% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 36% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 18% of workers commuted by transit and 8% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Pilipino, Filipino (3.7%), Spanish (2.0%) and Mandarin (1.7%). Source: 2021 Census; the next census was taken in 2026.

Rents aren't published for single neighbourhoods. Across North York (the former City of North York), a two-bedroom in a purpose-built rental building averaged $1,915 a month in October 2025, up 1% from a year earlier. The Toronto average was $2,055. The vacancy rate was 2.6%. These averages include long-term tenants; new listings usually cost more.

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