Cathedral Court Co-op

Moving In?

Caieiras keyCo-op Address:   

85 Henry Lane Terrace
Toronto, ON M5A 4B8
Telephone:  416-869-1249
Fax: 416-869-1373

E-mail: 85henrylaneoffice@rogers.com

Your new address:

If you are moving into an apartment, your address will be:

85 Henry Lane Terrace
Apt. x (x being the apartment #)
Toronto, ON M5A 4B8

If you are moving into a townhouse, your address will be:

x Henry Lane Terrace (x being the townhouse number)
Toronto, ON M5A 4B7

movingly Telephone and hydro services

You are responsible for setting up these services.

Toronto Hydro’s customer care line is: 416-542-8000

Emergencies

For fire, police or ambulance call 911
Non-emergency police:  416-808-2222

Maintenance emergency outside of staff hours

What constitutes an emergency?

  • complete lack of heat, water or electricity;
  • possible danger to the co-op property or residents;

If you are experiencing an emergency outside of staff hours, call the on-call service company at : 416-990-6001

[N.B. the cost of non–emergency calls will be charged back to the member]

 

Household tips

  • leave a spare key with a neighbour or call a Board member for access to your unit;
  • locate your fuse/breaker box; it is normally in the storage closet. Check there if you have lost power in one of your rooms;
  • locate the shut off valves for your kitchen and bathroom sinks and toilet;
  • make sure that you have a toilet plunger;
  • make sure that you have a fire extinguisher in working condition.

Internal co-op mail (apartment residents)

Every apartment has its own co-op mail slot in the front lobby.  Please check your co-op mail slot frequently. There is also a slot there for mail that is mis-addressed, etc.

Other co-op communications

The Chronicle, the co-op newsletter, is published every month.  The Chronicle is posted in your internal co-op mail slot (apartment residents) or in your mail-box (townhouse residents).
Non-emergency maintenance
If you require non-emergency maintenance work, get a work order form from the mail slot in the lobby. Fill it out and leave it in one of the office mail boxes.

 

Garbage

 

Townhouse Residents

Put garbage out at the curb every Wednesday by 7 a.m. for City pickup.  If you have bulky items for disposal (for example, old furniture) you must call the City at 416-338-2010 to arrange for a pickup from your curbside.

Put your papers, bottles, cans, etc. at the curb on re-cycling Wednesday before 7:00 a.m. for pick-up by the City.  The garbage and recycling collections are on alternate Wednesdays.

Green bins are for compostables.  Green bins are collected every week. Town home garbage, recycling, compostable and yard collection schedule i.e. ‘curbside collection schedule’ can be downloaded from toronto.ca/recycle.

Apartment Residents

Place your garbage in small (supermarket size) plastic bags and put it down the garbage chutes at the east end of the third and fourth floors.  Double bag if necessary to keep from breaking.  Chute room hours are 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.  Never leave garbage (or any other objects) on the exterior walkways or inside the garbage chute.

Large/bulk items should be placed in neat condition in front of in front of the roll-up garbage room door at the ground level east end of the building.

Place your papers, bottles, cans, etc. in the recycling bins  located in front of the garbage room at the ground level east end of the building.  Fold or flatten all cardboard boxes before placing them in the bin. Compostables go in the green bin located next to the recyclables

Toxic materials 

Solid Waste and Household Hazardous Waste can be dropped at the Solid Waste Drop-off Depot at 400 Commissioners St.   Please check www.toronto.ca/recycle to findout hours of operation, what is accepted.

Additional Garbage/Recycling tips for all residents

Bins for batteries and light bulbs are in the committee room.

Place other items in front of the roll-up door at the ground level east end of building.  Staff will arrange for pickup by the City.

 

Information about the Co-op Building

Laundry

The laundry room is located on the second floor and can be entered using your Medeco key; that is, the key with the black plastic handle.  This key also opens the washroom beside the laundry room.

Washing machine: $1.00 per cycle.

Dryer:  $1.00 cents per cycle. Cycle lasts about 55 minutes.

Don’t forget to clean the lint trap on the dryer. Please leave the room in good condition.

Library

Members donate unwanted books and magazines to the library for other members to borrow. The Friends of the Library Committee maintains the library.

Parking

Paid car parking is available in the underground garage. Please contact the co-op office for availability.

The monthly fee for parking is $65 for a co-op member.

Vistor Parking (temporary)

This is on a first come basis.  Complete the temporary permit available in the garage and affix it to your windshield.

 Street parking pass

Call City Hall Permit Parking: 416-392-7876. Generally, parking permits are only available if there is no space available in the garage and you must provide a letter from co-op management stating that there is no garage parking. If there is garage parking available but you need street parking, you may be required to pay a higher monthly fee. Female members may request street parking for personal security reasons by contacting the Senior By-Law Officer for Parking Permits.

Bicycle storage

Bicycles can be stored in the bike stand in the garage at your own risk.  Please register your bike(s) with the office.

Cable

Cable service included in housing charge

Rogers Cable (Ultimate) and a digital box are included in your housing charge. (You must contact Rogers directly at 1-888-764-3771 for installation of the digital box.)

Contact Rogers directly if you wish to receive more services, for example, digital channels. You will be billed directly for such services.

Non-member staying in unit

Any person 16 years or older (including family) staying in your unit who is not a co-op member is a guest. You must get approval from the board of directors to have a guest stay in your unit for more than three months.  This approval must be renewed at regular intervals.

Security

For the safety of all members, please do not let strangers in the front door. If they are visitors, they can contact the members they are visiting by using the intercom. Also, please don’t let strangers into the garage. You can view the front door and parking garage from your unit by tuning your TV to channel 988.

Enterphone front door intercom system (apartment residents)

When your guest dials the code for your unit from the front vestibule, you will hear two short rings on your phone. Answer the phone and let your guest in by pressing #6.

If you are already talking on the phone when your guest dials you, you will hear steady beeps. Press #3 to put your call on hold, identify the guest and press #6 to let them enter. Go back to your call by pressing #3.

Fire Safety

After move-in:  Locate the fire alarm (pull station) closest to you.  Townhouse residents have pull stations at their front door.

In case of a fire:  The building’s alarm station is not monitored.  Residents must phone 911 to report any fire.

If you have or see a fire, go to the nearest fire alarm (pull station) and pull the alarm. Leave the co-op by the nearest exit: apartment residents take a stairway exit to the street; townhouse residents take the safest exit door or window. Go to a safe place and call 911.

Apartment residents:  Do not use the elevator. You should go to the front door and tell the fire fighters the location of the fire.

 Fire System Testing

The fire bells are tested on the last Wednesday of every month.  The bells only ring for a few minutes and are then silenced.

 Hydro & Energy Charges

Energy for electric heating and air conditioning (charged to your hydro bill)

Both heating and air conditioning are controlled by the same Mitsubishi Electric control system.  An information sheet on use and maintenance of the heat pump and air conditioning system is available from the office.

Baseboard heaters should be used as a secondary source of heat.  You turn them off and on by using the round control on the baseboard heaters.

Household Insurance

It is strongly recommended that you obtain household insurance for your possessions.  The Co-operators Insurance Company, in partnership with the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, offers MemberGuard and AutoGuard insurance for co-op members only.  Please see the manager for more information.

Monthly Housing Charges

Payment can be made by cheque or money-order.  Cash is not accepted.

Any payment received after 11:00 a.m. on the first banking day of the month will be considered late and a $10 late fee will be charged.  Post-dated cheques are appreciated.

Cheques can be left in the mail-box in the interior door of the office or in the exterior mail-box to the east of the office exterior door.

Co-op Equipment Available to Members for Temporary Use

For moving large items

  • dollies are available and stored in the committee room. Please return them when you are done.

Other

    • steam carpet cleaners and shampoo are available.  Contact office to book one at a cost of $20.
    • ladders are available from the office.
    • a snow blower, a power washer, and large mops, buckets and brooms are available from either the office or contact a Board member.

Co-op Committees

Communications Committee:

  • Chair: Nicole Aylwin

Community Relations Committee: 

  • Chair:  Judith Alltree

Finance Committee: 

  • Chair:  Peter Allen

Gardening Committee:

  • Chair:  Jacquie Jensen

Membership Committee: 

  • Chair: Hitay Yukseker

Social Committee:

  • Chair: David Bussotti

Also there is a Book Club.  Please see the calendar in the committee room for the dates and time of meetings.

The Neighbourhood

Local TTC routes

Closest subway stop: Union Station or King & Yonge.

Streetcar service: 504 car on King St.

Buses

#6 – Bay  (stop on the north side of Queen’s Quay at Jarvis)

#65 – Parliament (stop on The Esplanade).

#75 – Sherbourne (stop on Lower Jarvis or The Esplanade and Frederick)

#172/172A/172B Pape (stop on The Esplanade)

Schools

Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School
Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8
246 The Esplanade
416-393-1300

St. Michael Catholic School
Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8
25 Linden Street
416-393-5387

Downtown Alternative School
Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6
85 Lower Jarvis St.
416-393-1882

Jarvis Collegiate Institute
Grades 9 to 12
495 Jarvis St.
416-393-0140

Central Technical School
Grades 9 to 12
725 Bathurst St.
416-393-0060

Central Commerce Collegiate
Grades 9 to 12
570 Shaw St.
416-393-0030

Grocery Stores

St. Lawrence Market, Front & Jarvis Streets, south building, Tuesday to Saturday;

St. Lawrence farmer’s market, north building, Front & Jarvis, Saturday 5 am to 3 pm;

Metro Front Street Market, 80 Front St. E. (open 24-hours);

Loblaws Queen’s Quay Market, 10 Lower Jarvis St.(7 days/week, long hours);

Rabba Foods, corner of Front and Sherbourne (open 24 hours);

No Frills, north east corner of Front and Princess;

Bulk Barn, north east corner of Front and George South;

Health Food Store, 49 Lower Jarvis St

Cheers Fine Foods, 140 The Esplanade (limited hours)

Convience Store, south east corner of Front and Jarvis

Hardware Stores

Pro Hardware St. Lawrence Hardware, 130 Sherbourne St. (s. of Front St.)

Home Hardware, Parliament at Carlton

Public library

St. Lawrence, 171 Front St. E., 416-393-7655
Hours:  Mon 10-8.30; Tue/Thus 12.30-8.30; Wed/Fri 10-6; Sat 9-5.

Community Centre

St. Lawrence Community Centre, 230 The Esplanade, 416-392-1347  (indoor pool)

Entertainment

Young People’s Theatre , 65 Front St E, Toronto;

Soul Pepper Theatre, Distillery District;

Sony Centre; Front and Yonge;

Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, East of Yonge on Front;

Berkeley Street Theatre -Canadian Stage Company 26 Berkeley Street;

Canadian Opera Company; West of Berkeley on Front.

Rainbow Market Cinemas, 80 Front St. at Jarvis;

Pharmacies

Main Drug Mart, 140 The Esplanade, 416.368-7900

Guardian St. Lawrence Pharmacy, 126 Lower Sherbourne, 416-362-8888

Front St. Pharmacy, 132 Front St. E., 416-362-1000

Shoppers Drug Mart, at Lower Jarvis. Jarvis & Esplanade intersection, 416-203-3700.

N.B. Metro, Loblaws and No Frills stores contain pharmacies

Emergency ward at nearest hospital

St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street (at Queen between Yonge & Church Streets), 416.360.400

Walk-in Clinics

Appletree Medical Clinic, 140 The Esplanade, 647-722-2370.

Adelaide Health Clinic, 1 First Canadian Place, 416-367-5200.

Carlon&Church at Loblaws, 60 Carlton St., 416-646-1890.

Centra Health, 145 Front Street East, 416-364-4052.

Harbourfront Medical, 8 York St. Suite 4. 416-366-2273.

MCI Medical Clinics Inc., First Canadian Place 100 King St. West, 416-368-6787.

Patient Networks Walk-I, 157 Yonge St. 416-362-8822

Primary Medical Centre, 11 Queen’s Quay (Inside Loblaws), 647-827-9200.

Homevisit

Medvisit, 416-631-3000

Veterinary services

Bay Cat Hospital, and Bay Dog Hospital, 525 King St. E., 416.941.8920;

Toronto Humane Society, 11 River St., 416.392.2273;

Trinity Mews Veterinary Clinic, 465 King St. E., 416.861.1250;

Sherbourne Animal Hospital, 320 Richmond St East.

Walking the dog

The nearest dog-walking park is on the southeast corner of The Esplanade and Sherbourne Street. Note that dogs are allowed off their leashes only between 6am and 8am, and between 5pm and 11pm.

Dogs are also walked in the park at the corner of Frederick and The Esplanade.

Please keep dogs off the co-op gardens!!

ATMs

TD Green Machine, Front St., St. Lawrence North Market, and another across the courtyard from the North Market);

Bank of Montreal, 80 Front St. E. (inside Metro);

CIBC, 1Toronto St. (at King St.); also northwest of Front and Berkeley;

Royal Bank, King St. (King and Jarvis); also King and Ontario;

Scotia Bank at King and Princess;

Cheers Fine Foods, Esplanade and George St.;

Rabba Foods, corner of Front and Sherbourne;

Generic ATMs in South Market.

Closest Mailbox

Southeast corner of Jarvis St. and The Esplanade

Closest post office

Adelaide and Frederick, 260 Adelaide St E, Toronto:  (Toronto’s first post office)

Shoppers Drug Mart (Jarvis & Esplanade)