624 King St W

01What’s planned near 624 King St W

10 planning proposals within 250 m (about a 3‑minute walk): seven in progress, two decided recently and one inactive. A proposal that covers several addresses or City files is listed once. That's more than at almost all Toronto addresses.

In progress

1. 1
   16-storey building · 129 homes

   135 Portland St and 4 more addresses · 19 m away

   Condominium: a request to divide a building into condominium units

   129 homes

   City planners have been reviewing it since 2021. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   *** Draft Plan of Condominium for 129 units in a 16-storey building.

   All 5 addresses

   135 Portland St · 137 Portland St · 139 Portland St · 141 Portland St · 143 Portland St

   File 21 234402 STE 10 CD · submitted Nov 4, 2021 · City record and how to comment
2. 2
   16-storey building with shops

   555 Richmond St W · 123 m away

   3 City files for one project: Rezoning · Site plan · Subdivision

   139 homes11,640 m² of floor space

   City planners have been reviewing it since 2021. Residents can comment before a decision is made.

   Application to Amend the Zoning By-law to permit the redevelopment of the site at 555 Richmond Street West. The existing 12-storey office building fronting Richmond Street will be retained and a new 16-storey residential rental building…

   File 21 172691 STE 10 OZ (rezoning) · submitted Jun 18, 2021 · City record and how to commentFile 22 138136 STE 10 SA (site plan) · submitted Apr 25, 2022 · City record and how to commentFile 21 234930 STE 10 SB (subdivision) · submitted Nov 5, 2021 · City record and how to comment
3. 3
   Minor variance

   578 King St W · 144 m away

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

   A public hearing is set for Nov 25, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. Neighbours can send comments or speak at the hearing.

   To alter the development standards for the 9-storey non-residential (office) building (as approved under Site Specific Zoning By-law 718-2025 (OLT)), by increasing the non-residential gross floor area, and increasing the number of storeys…

   File A0922/25TEY · submitted Nov 18, 2025 · look it up on the City’s Application Information Centre

Decided recently

1. 8
   9-storey building with shops

   578 King St W and 1 more address · 221 m away

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

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

   Proposal for a 9-storey non-residential building (36.4 metres, exclusive of the mechanical penthouse), comprised of approximately 4,665 square metres of office uses with commercial uses on the lower levels. The revised proposal includes a…

   All 2 addresses

   578 King St W · 580 King St W

   File 22 242134 STE 10 SA · submitted Dec 23, 2022 · City record and how to comment
2. 9
   18-storey building · 255 homes and shops

   47 Camden St · 243 m away

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

   255 homes

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

   Site plan control resubmission for a 18-storey (57.85m including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with retail space on the ground floor and 255 residential units above at 35-47 Camden Street.

   File 23 186707 STE 10 SA · submitted Aug 10, 2023 · City record and how to comment

Inactive

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 624 King St W

4 City road or sidewalk projects are planned within 500 m. The closest: road repairs on Maud St, Adelaide St W to Richmond St W, Q3 2025 to Q3 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 624 King St W

Police recorded 354 major crimes within 500 m of this address from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. That's more than at almost all 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 Wellington Place

Traffic safety

13 collisions killed or seriously injured someone within 500 m since 2021; 8 involved pedestrians and 3 involved cyclists. Most were on Bathurst St and Portland St. Wellington Place has more of these collisions per resident than most neighbourhoods.

• Front St W at Portland St · Cyclist, seriously injured · Aug 2, 2026 · 420 m
• 700 King St W at Bathurst St · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jul 20, 2026 · 257 m
• 168 Bathurst St at 168 Bathurst St · Pedestrian, seriously injured · Jun 8, 2026 · 375 m
• King St W at Bathrust St · Cyclist, seriously injured · Jul 31, 2025 · 86 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 624 King St W

The nearest subway station is St Andrew Station (Line 1), about a 21‑minute walk (1.4 km). Within a 5‑minute walk there are 10 TTC stops served by the 504, 503, 511 and 501 streetcars, with about 4,109 departures on a typical weekday. The nearest GO train station is Union Station GO, 1.6 km away, with 354 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.

Charging and bike parking

• EV charging: 10 Portland St
  City-run (Green P): 4 Level 2 ports. Next: 10 Palmerston Ave, 555 m.332 m
• Indoor bike station: Union Station
  Secure parking for 160 bikes.1.5 km

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 624 King St W

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: Discovering Minds Montessori School. Source: Ontario Ministry of Education (2026), EQAO results.

Within 500 m (about a 6‑minute walk): three 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 624 King St W

There are 5 parks and 2 playgrounds within 500 m. The nearest pool is Stanley Park South-Toronto, 697 m away.

Parks and community centres within 500 m

• Adelaide Place Parkette · 20 Adelaide Pl · 80 m
• Victoria Memorial Square Park · playground · 10 Niagara St · 215 m
• Portland Street Parkette · 134 Portland St · 218 m
• St. Andrew's Playground · dog off-leash area, playground · 450 Adelaide St W · 268 m
• Draper Park · 19 Draper St · 358 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

• Victoria Memorial Square Park Improvements
  The City is improving Victoria Memorial Square Park. Learn more about the project and how you can get involved.In progress · 236 m
• New Park at 464-470 Queen Street West
  A new park is coming to 464-470 Queen St. W., at the corner of Queen Street West and Augusta Avenue in the Alexandra Park neighbourhood.In progress · 416 m
• Lower Garrison Creek Park
  A new park is coming to Spadina-Fort York as part of a subdivision development at CityPlace.In progress · 496 m
• New Park at 105 Spadina Avenue
  A new 1,000 m2 park is coming to 105 Spadina Ave., at the southeast corner of Spadina Avenue and Adelaide Street.In progress · 531 m
• Canoe Landing Park Off-Leash Area Improvements
  The City is improving the off-leash area in Canoe Landing Park.In progress · 678 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 624 King St W

There are no building orders or short-term rental registrations on record for 624 King St W. Here is what the City does have.

The lot

Green roof and solar permits

No green roof or solar hot water permits at this address. Within 500 m: 30 with a green roof.

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

08What can be built at 624 King St W

CRE (Commercial Residential Employment) zoning allows a mix of shops, offices, workplaces and homes. 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 10, 2026). Confidential shelter locations are not published.

Traffic on your street

There’s no recent count on this street. The nearest, on a similar street:

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

Parking tickets on this block

1,719 tickets in 2025 on King St W between numbers 574 and 674: 1,008 for stopping where it’s not allowed, 552 for standing where it’s not allowed.

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

Main street business area

Toronto Downtown West BIA, which includes this address. 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, 5,226 service requests came from postal area M5V, which includes 624 King St W. 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 624 King St W

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: Wellington Place

Wellington Place had 25,570 residents in 2021. The median household income was $90,000, about the same as the typical Toronto neighbourhood ($85,000). 62% of households rent (typical neighbourhood: 46%). 48% of renters spend 30% or more of their income on housing. 21% of workers commuted by transit and 43% walked or cycled (typical neighbourhood: 26% and 5%). The most common first languages other than English and French are Mandarin (6.8%), Cantonese (3.3%) and Spanish (2.9%). 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.