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Christie & Follis

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

Christie & Follis, in the Annex, in central Toronto, is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Christie Station (Line 2) 450 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
7,530
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 19, 2009
455 pedestrians · 145 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4544 of 5,508
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Christie Station 450 m · 1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 940 vehicles an hour, 81% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 17 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 0.8 collisions 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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Christie & Follis

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)450 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)692 m; Ossington Station (Line 2)796 m
Streetcar
511 nearest 737 m
TTC bus
1262676316194127 nearest 7 m
Blue Night
300307363
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Christie St at Essex St South Side; Christie St at Follis Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Essex St / Christie St 57 m · 19 docks · 25 stations, 496 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)
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 175 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 324 m
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 329 m
  • Palmerston Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 401 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Annex CampusEnglish Separate · 527 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 631 m
  • and 29 more
Community centres
Parks (40)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch590 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 900 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.3 km
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1.3 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 245 — 3.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Morellina's, 76 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 245 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fiesta Farms Supermarket · 200 Christie St Unit-1grocery42 mPassed, Apr 2026
Morellina's · 146 Christie St76 mPassed, May 2026
Brokn Milk · 151 Barton Ave196 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fine Artisanal Wines & Food · 226 Christie Stgrocery199 mPassed, May 2026
Rosalu Snackbar · 228 Christie St205 mPassed, Jul 2026
Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St318 mPassed, Sep 2026
Ecole Elementaire Catholique du Sacre-Coeur Snp · 98 Essex St318 mPassed, May 2024
The Tiny General Store · 80 Barton Ave325 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 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, 366 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 369 m away at Alex Duff Memorial Pool.

  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    366 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    380 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    635 m
Drinking water
Alex Duff Memorial Pool drinking fountain · 369 m; Christie Pits Park drinking fountain · 412 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 810 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care (175 m, 179 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 810 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care · 50 Essex St
    179 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    175 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School · 256 Christie St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool
    301 m
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    324 m
  • Palmerston Community Daycare · 734 Palmerston Ave
    139 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    401 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (863 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 609 m away.

FireFire Station 344 · 863 m240 Howland Ave
Police14 Division · 1.9 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 609 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 28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 918 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 161 Christie St (58 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 · 918 units · 5 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 2026058 m
740 Dupont St · Greystar Canada Property Management Services Ltd21092021100 · Dec 20250486 m
42 Barton Ave · Tyndallwood Investments Ltd2441929100 · Jul 20260488 m
38 Barton Ave · Castlehill Property Management184191976 · Oct 20251 · 5 fire506 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250523 m
711 Bloor St W123192023 · Jul 20260549 m
723 Bloor St W · Cogir Real Estate1641920100 · Jul 20260550 m
922 Bathurst St · Aston Court Residences Inc183193093 · Jun 20260586 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 lots804 lots · ≈20,840 spaces · 62.5 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈850 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 1,439 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 305 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking28 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 101 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
376 Clinton St · Surface458 m3468% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface510 m4981% (Q1 2026)
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface632 m5580% (Q1 2026)
745 Ossington Ave · Surface768 m4667% (Q1 2026)
365 Lippincott St · Surface912 m13654% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈38 spaces; 67 m away, ≈9 spaces; 69 m away, ≈22 spaces; 119 m away, ≈20 spaces; 188 m away, ≈28 spaces; 245 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (792 m, 2 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (899 m, 10 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.2 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 — 8-hour, Nov 19, 2009

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,371 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 58% of the total, against 3,159 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the north (79 of 145). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,457 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 28% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (1,135). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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 north4,371southbound · 79 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,530455 pedestrians · 145 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,159northbound · 66 bikes · 3.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,457 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,135 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 19, 2009

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 most recent midblock count on Christie St between Barton Ave and John McIntosh Lane (155 m away, Apr 2013) recorded volume only — about 7,112 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Essex St (165 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.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Christie St · Barton Ave – John McIntosh Lane · 155 mApr 2013 · 3 days7,112

School-zone speed sign 165 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.

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 worst year was 2024, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (25%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 20, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4544 of 5,508
With an injury2#3718 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2497 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 20148latest Dec 20, 2025

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

No 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft410house driveway/garage (3), school/campus (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 11, 2025. 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 Christie & Follis a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Christie & Follis?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 19, 2009, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Christie & Follis?

The nearest Green P car park is 376 Clinton St (458 m away, 34 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 804 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,840 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (305 m).

How do I get to Christie & Follis by transit?

Christie Station (Line 2) is 450 m away; streetcar route 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 737 m away; bus routes 126, 26, 7, 63, 161, 94, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Christie St at Essex St South Side, 7 m).

What restaurants are near Christie & Follis?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 245 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Morellina's (76 m), Brokn Milk (196 m), Rosalu Snackbar (205 m), Les Bouts D'choux (318 m) and Ecole Elementaire Catholique du Sacre-Coeur Snp (318 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 Christie & Follis?

The nearest is Christie Pits Park Washroom, 750 Bloor St W, 366 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom (380 m); Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (635 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 Christie & Follis?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 810 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care (175 m, 179 spaces), Odyssey Montessori School (301 m, 57 spaces) and Les Bouts D'choux (324 m, 116 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Christie & Follis?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 918 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 161 Christie St (58 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 740 Dupont St (486 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 42 Barton Ave (488 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 38 Barton Ave (506 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 76). 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 Christie & Follis?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and four 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 Christie & Follis in?

Christie & Follis 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