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Barton & Christie

Barton Ave & Christie St · Toronto, Ontario · Annex · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

In the Annex, in central Toronto, Barton & Christie is a moderately travelled crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: Christie Station (Line 2) 274 m away.

Traffic volume
8,958
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 29, 2026
3,288 pedestrians · 71 cyclists · #1785 busiest
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 40 property damage · #2085 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Christie Station 274 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 640 vehicles, 55% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 4.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 5.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 25%, from 28 in 2016–2020 to 21 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Barton & Christie

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Christie Station (Line 2)274 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)597 m; Ossington Station (Line 2)702 m
Streetcar
511 nearest 669 m
TTC bus
1262676316194 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
300307363
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Christie St at Barton Ave; Christie St at Barton Ave South Side
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Barton Ave installed 2001
Bike Share
Essex St / Christie St 233 m · 19 docks · 25 stations, 480 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (34)
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 283 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 289 m
  • Palmerston Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 395 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 397 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 461 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Annex CampusEnglish Separate · 477 m
  • and 28 more
Community centres
Parks (36)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch469 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 775 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.3 km
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 1.5 km
Signal
1073, activated 1974 · FT

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 263 eating places within a kilometre — 3.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Brokn Milk, 23 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 263 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Brokn Milk · 151 Barton Ave23 mPassed, Jul 2026
Morellina's · 146 Christie St102 mPassed, May 2026
Fiesta Farms Supermarket · 200 Christie St Unit-1grocery212 mPassed, Apr 2026
The Tiny General Store · 80 Barton Ave292 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Christie Convenience · 3a Christie Stgrocery316 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 4 infractions
Champions On Bloor · 696 Bloor St W326 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Maki Mart · 706 Bloor St W333 mPassed, Apr 2026
Japas · 692 Bloor St W336 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Christie Pits Park Washroom, 213 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 255 m away at Christie Pits Park.

  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    213 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    263 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    468 m
Drinking water
Christie Pits Park drinking fountain · 255 m; Alex Duff Memorial Pool drinking fountain · 258 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 927 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care (289 m, 179 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 927 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 10
  • Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care · 50 Essex St
    179 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    289 m
  • Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie · 703 Bloor St W
    56 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    378 m
  • Palmerston Community Daycare · 734 Palmerston Ave
    139 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    395 m
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    397 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (947 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 520 m away.

FireFire Station 344 · 947 m240 Howland Ave
Police14 Division · 1.8 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 520 m674 Markham St

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

28 registered apartment buildings with 909 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 161 Christie St (126 m, 15 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 28 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 14 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings28 · 909 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 28
Open fire-code violations14
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
161 Christie St · Canlight Management Inc.154196591 · Jul 20260126 m
711 Bloor St W123192023 · Jul 20260373 m
723 Bloor St W · Cogir Real Estate1641920100 · Jul 20260373 m
496 Montrose Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc243193085 · Jul 20250431 m
805 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes244198986 · Sep 20250 · 1 fire458 m
336 Clinton St173199295 · Oct 20250461 m
42 Barton Ave · Tyndallwood Investments Ltd2441929100 · Jul 20260467 m
38 Barton Ave · Castlehill Property Management184191976 · Oct 20251 · 5 fire488 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots816 lots · ≈20,780 spaces · 62.3 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈700 spaces
Green P (public)29 car parks · about 1,588 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 481 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking27 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 101 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
376 Clinton St · Surface287 m3468% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface359 m4981% (Q1 2026)
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface514 m5580% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface669 m4667% (Q1 2026)
365 Lippincott St · Surface817 m13654% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 98 m away, ≈18 spaces; 131 m away, ≈9 spaces; 184 m away, ≈39 spaces; 198 m away, ≈38 spaces; 206 m away, ≈22 spaces; 219 m away, ≈28 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (646 m, 2 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (810 m, 10 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.1 km, 2 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Jan 29, 2026

The north leg carries the load — 4,113 southbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 704. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 797 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 833 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north4,113southbound · 27 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west704eastbound · 10 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles8,9583,288 pedestrians · 71 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east1,320westbound · 17 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south2,821northbound · 17 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour797 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour833 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jan 29, 2026

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's counter on Barton Ave between Lane W of Palmerston Av and S of Barton and Euclid Ave (329 m away) recorded an average of 24 km/h in its 3-day count in January 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 31 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Essex St (266 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 31,094 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Barton Avenue between Christie St and Bathurst St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Christie St · Barton Ave – John McIntosh Lane · 21 mApr 2013 · 3 days7,112
Barton Ave · Lane W of Palmerston Av and S of Barton – Euclid Ave · 329 mJan 2026 · 3 days1,97724 km/h31 km/h36 km/h

School-zone speed sign 266 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct21 · 30 km/h
Over the limit0.1%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Essex St (westbound), Opp 49 Essex · 31,094 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Barton Avenue · Christie St – Bathurst St
    6 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2018 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2085 of 5,508
With an injury4#2875 of 4,660
Property damage only40
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#2181 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#988 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201460latest Apr 4, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on May 22, 2009.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle620street/outdoor (5), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft700street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 20, 2023. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Annex.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Barton & Christie a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 49 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Barton & Christie?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1785 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 55% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Barton & Christie?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Barton Ave between Lane W of Palmerston Av and S of Barton and Euclid Ave (January 2026), found an average of 24 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 31 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 266 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Barton & Christie?

The nearest Green P car park is 376 Clinton St (287 m away, 34 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 816 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,780 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (481 m).

How do I get to Barton & Christie by transit?

Christie Station (Line 2) is 274 m away; streetcar route 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 669 m away; bus routes 126, 26, 7, 63, 161, 94 within 1 km (nearest stop: Christie St at Barton Ave, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Barton & Christie?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 263 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Brokn Milk (23 m), Morellina's (102 m), The Tiny General Store (292 m), Champions On Bloor (326 m) and Maki Mart (333 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Barton & Christie?

The nearest is Christie Pits Park Washroom, 750 Bloor St W, 213 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom (263 m); Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (468 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Barton & Christie?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 927 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care (289 m, 179 spaces), Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie (378 m, 56 spaces) and Palmerston Community Daycare (395 m, 139 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Barton & Christie?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 909 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 161 Christie St (126 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 711 Bloor St W (373 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 23), 723 Bloor St W (373 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 496 Montrose Ave (431 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 28 is 85 out of 100; 2 scored below 70. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Barton & Christie?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Annex page.

What neighbourhood is Barton & Christie in?

Barton & Christie is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined