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Barton & Manning

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

Barton & Manning, in the Annex, in central Toronto, is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Christie Station (Line 2) 293 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,549
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 6, 2005
782 pedestrians · 622 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4323 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Christie Station 293 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 8-hour count works out to close to 190 vehicles, 17% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.0 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 40.2% of vehicle volume, about 52× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1 collision a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Barton & Manning

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)293 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)426 m; Ossington Station (Line 2)888 m; Spadina Station (Line 2)926 m
Streetcar
511 nearest 480 m
TTC bus
1267269463161 nearest 197 m
Blue Night
300307363
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Barton Ave installed 2001
Bike Share
Essex St / Christie St 300 m · 19 docks · 28 stations, 528 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 (35)
  • Palmerston Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 199 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Annex CampusEnglish Separate · 278 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 435 m
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 484 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 559 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 571 m
  • and 29 more
Community centres
Parks (37)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch329 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 637 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 941 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.1 km
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 1.3 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.4 km
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 277 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Tiny General Store, 92 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 277 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Tiny General Store · 80 Barton Ave92 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Brokn Milk · 151 Barton Ave191 mPassed, Jul 2026
Yellow Flower · 721 Palmerston Ave204 mPassed, Aug 2026
Karma Co-Operative · 739 Palmerston Ave217 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Morellina's · 146 Christie St231 mPassed, May 2026
Fiesta Farms Supermarket · 200 Christie St Unit-1grocery308 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pour Boy Pub · 666 Manning Ave309 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Mura Cupbop · 690 Euclid Ave314 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction

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, 377 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 408 m away at Christie Pits Park.

  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    377 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    452 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    578 m
Drinking water
Christie Pits Park drinking fountain · 408 m; Vermont Square Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 425 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,123 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Palmerston Community Daycare (199 m, 139 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,123 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 12
  • Palmerston Community Daycare · 734 Palmerston Ave
    139 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    199 m
  • Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie · 703 Bloor St W
    56 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    401 m
  • Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care · 50 Essex St
    179 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    435 m
  • St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool · 843 Palmerston Ave
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    497 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (784 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 343 m away.

FireFire Station 344 · 784 m240 Howland Ave
Police14 Division · 1.9 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 343 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

Within a kilometre there are 45 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,340 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 161 Christie St (216 m, 15 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 45 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 27 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings45 · 2,340 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202627 across the 45
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
161 Christie St · Canlight Management Inc.154196591 · Jul 20260216 m
42 Barton Ave · Tyndallwood Investments Ltd2441929100 · Jul 20260266 m
38 Barton Ave · Castlehill Property Management184191976 · Oct 20251 · 5 fire287 m
922 Bathurst St · Aston Court Residences Inc183193093 · Jun 20260389 m
711 Bloor St W123192023 · Jul 20260404 m
723 Bloor St W · Cogir Real Estate1641920100 · Jul 20260423 m
532 Palmerston Blvd214191194 · Aug 20250467 m
336 Clinton St173199295 · Oct 20250483 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 lots846 lots · ≈21,990 spaces · 66 ha
Within 500 m52 lots · ≈930 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 1,922 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 515 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking14 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 98 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
675 Manning Ave · Surface286 m4981% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface295 m3468% (Q1 2026)
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface369 m5580% (Q1 2026)
365 Lippincott St · Surface647 m13654% (Q1 2026)
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface792 m19 *

Nearest lots: 196 m away, ≈11 spaces; 201 m away, ≈9 spaces; 211 m away, ≈18 spaces; 243 m away, ≈21 spaces; 252 m away, ≈6 spaces; 253 m away, ≈39 spaces. More EV charging: 365 Lippincott St. (635 m, 10 ports); 705 Shaw St (789 m, 2 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.1 km, 6 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 — 8-hour, Oct 6, 2005

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 867 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 682 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the west (265 of 622). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 354 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 51% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (235). Heavy vehicles made up 0.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north0southbound · 73 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west867eastbound · 265 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles1,549782 pedestrians · 622 cyclists · 0.5% heavy
From the east682westbound · 216 bikes · 0.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 68 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour354 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour235 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 6, 2005

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

On Barton Ave between Lane W of Palmerston Av and S of Barton and Euclid Ave, 128 m from the corner, a 3-day count in January 2026 put the average speed at 24 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 31 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 36 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Euclid Ave (125 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 39,047 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Manning Avenue between Bloor St W and Barton Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Barton Ave · Lane W of Palmerston Av and S of Barton – Euclid Ave · 128 mJan 2026 · 3 days1,97724 km/h31 km/h36 km/h

School-zone speed sign 125 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct19 · 29 km/h
Over the limit2.3%
40 km/h or more0.3%

Euclid Ave (northbound), 798 Euclid Avenue · 39,047 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Manning Avenue · Bloor St W – Barton Ave
    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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 1 collision (10%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4323 of 5,508
With an injury1#4386 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2097 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201412latest Jan 29, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

Four thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle411street/outdoor (3), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft400house driveway/garage (2), other (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 7, 2026. 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 & Manning a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 & Manning?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 6, 2005, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Barton & Manning?

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 125 m away (30 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Barton & Manning?

The nearest Green P car park is 675 Manning Ave (286 m away, 49 spaces, 81% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 846 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,990 spaces — 52 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (515 m).

How do I get to Barton & Manning by transit?

Christie Station (Line 2) is 293 m away; streetcar route 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 480 m away; bus routes 126, 7, 26, 94, 63, 161 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Barton & Manning?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 277 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Tiny General Store (92 m), Brokn Milk (191 m), Yellow Flower (204 m), Karma Co-Operative (217 m) and Morellina's (231 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 & Manning?

The nearest is Christie Pits Park Washroom, 750 Bloor St W, 377 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom (452 m); Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (578 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 & Manning?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,123 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Palmerston Community Daycare (199 m, 139 spaces), Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie (401 m, 56 spaces) and Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care (435 m, 179 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Barton & Manning?

45 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,340 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 161 Christie St (216 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 42 Barton Ave (266 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 38 Barton Ave (287 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 922 Bathurst St (389 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 45 is 87 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 & Manning?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 & Manning in?

Barton & Manning 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