400R Unwin Ave

01What’s planned near 400R Unwin Ave

1 planning proposal within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): one decided recently. Some cover several addresses; each proposal is listed once. That's about typical for Toronto (the typical address has 1).

Decided recently

1. 1
   Site plan

   29 Basin St and 1 more address · 199 m away

   Site plan: City review of the design and layout of a new building

   43,504 m² of floor space

   City planners approved the site plan, with conditions to meet before a building permit.

   Site Plan Approval for a film and television studio campus with 44,504 square metres of development with twelve sound stages, production offices, mill and support spaces, vehicular and bicycle parking in an above grade garage, and…

   All 2 addresses

   29 Basin St · 35 Basin St

   File 23 123486 STE 14 SA · submitted Mar 15, 2023 · City record and how to comment

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 400R Unwin Ave

Police recorded 8 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's fewer 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 South Riverdale

Traffic safety

No collisions that killed or seriously injured someone have been reported within 500 m since 2021.

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 400R Unwin Ave

The nearest subway station is King Station (Line 1), 3.2 km away. There are no TTC stops within a 5‑minute walk. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 3.4 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.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 500 Commissioners St
  City-run (On-Street): 2 Level 2 ports. Next: 220 Carlaw Ave, 1.8 km.1.0 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 400R Unwin Ave

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): no 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 400R Unwin Ave

There are no parks within 500 m. The nearest pool is Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre, 1.7 km away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Cherry Beach Clarke Beach Park · beach, dog off-leash area, picnic site, washroom · 1 Cherry St · 596 m
• Cherry Beach Sports Fields · playground, sports field, washroom · 275 Unwin Ave · 638 m
• McCleary Park · ball diamond, washroom · 755 Lake Shore Blvd E · 804 m
• Old Fire Hall 30 · wi-fi · 31 Commissioners St · 969 m
• Morse Street Playground · outdoor ping pong/table tennis, playground, washroom · 76 Morse St · 1233 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.

06The building at 400R Unwin Ave

No building permits, building orders, by-law investigations, heritage listing or short-term rental registrations on record for 400R Unwin Ave.

The lot

07What can be built at 400R Unwin Ave

E (Employment Industrial) zoning allows workplaces: offices, light industry and warehouses. 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.

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.

Parking tickets on this block

84 tickets in 2025 on Unwin Ave between numbers 350 and 450: 55 for parking on a boulevard or private property, 27 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, 7,360 service requests came from postal area M5A, which includes 400R Unwin Ave. 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 400R Unwin Ave

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: South Riverdale

South Riverdale had 27,815 residents in 2021. The median household income was $100,000, higher than the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 43% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 34% 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 Cantonese (7.9%), Mandarin (3.8%) and Vietnamese (2.0%). 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.