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Toronto · Beaches-East York

156 Barrington Ave

City score 93/100 — green category
93 / 100
City of Toronto RentSafeTO rating: Green — satisfactory.

Last evaluated 2025-08-21. Buildings scoring 85–100 are green, 70–84 yellow, 0–69 red — the same thresholds behind the colour-coded signs posted at rental building entrances since June 15, 2026. What the sign colours mean →

Score history: 2025: 93 · 2023: 75

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, RentSafeTO Apartment Building Evaluation.

Building facts

Year built
1960
Units
12
Storeys
3
Elevators
0
Heating
Hot Water
A/C
None
Pets allowed
YES
Laundry room
YES
Visitor parking
UNAVAILABLE
Non-smoking
YES
Managed by
1979017 Ontario Inc.
Ward
Beaches-East York

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, RentSafeTO Apartment Building Registration (owner-reported).

City evaluation by area

Each common area is scored 1–3 by a City evaluator (3 = no issues observed).

Common-area pests
3/3
Building cleanliness
3/3
Laundry room
3/3

Short-term rentals

0 active short-term-rental registrations at this address (120 in postal area M4C). High counts can mean hotel-style turnover in hallways and elevators.

Source: City of Toronto Open Data, Short Term Rentals Registration (refreshed daily).

Resident reviews

No published resident reviews yet. If you've lived at 156 Barrington Ave, you know things no dataset does — two minutes of your experience saves the next renter months of regret.

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Elevators (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Pests (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Noise (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Heat & hot water (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Management responsiveness (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Deposit / key money returned (1 = terrible · 5 = great)
Were the elevators out of service in the past month?

Known issues worth flagging if you have first-hand knowledge: Kitec plumbing, special assessments, chronic elevator outages, pest treatments, heat/water interruptions, short-term-rental churn.

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