Christie Pits Park

Shot an aerial video at the park with some beautiful results:

Reasons why I love this park:
There is a pool!
They have amazing free movie nights (almost) every sunday of the summer
There is still actual grass on the ground unlike Bellwoods
Referring again to the comment above there are way less people here making it more relaxing.
In the winter you can go tobogganing !!! (yes-​let out that inner child!)
You can smell the luring aromas of Banjara right next door.
Yes maybe it is a TAD bit more sketchy at night but all in all this park is totally not the pits!

For all the years that I have lived in Toronto, sadly I think this is the first time I have actually gone to the park! Wow, what have I been missing. Granted it is not close to me and about a 45 minute subway ride, but still worth the trek, especially since it is literally steps away from the subway station. So you don’t have to worry if you are bringing lots of heavy supplies (blankets, cooler, etc).
I was here last night for the start of the Christie Pits Film Festival. Watching a movie outdoors for some reason is always fun for me. Not sure why with the hard ground and bugs and noisy people around you, but it’s an experience that I just love. The way they set it up (the screen) so pretty much everyone had a decent view is nice, I guess it helps there is a natural slope at t he park that gives you that movie theatre seating feel.
There is a playground for the kiddies, some walking/​biking paths and a great big open areas for picnics. If you want to play some b-​ball check out the courts and apparently there is a communal garden here as well.
GRab some grub, lay back and just people watch a lazy Sunday away!

Awesome park!!! Big area. Nice place for picnic, hang out, exercise, chitchat. and even sunbathing! i’m lovin’ it!

Christie pits is such a nice oasis! It’s such a nice spot to go to for everything from listening to music, to playing basketball or having a picnic, etc. I love going here on a nice day to sit and have my coffee. Duely note you can feel the subway rumble beneath you when sitting on some sections of the grass but I still love it! It sort of reminds you that yes, you’re still in a relatively dT part of the city. Great place to sit back and relax, even people watch, etc. when needing the taste of nature this is one if my go to spots!

I love Christie Pits Park.
We are members of the Christie Pits Community Garden where we take care of our own personal plot and pitch in with the communal plots as well. The people at the garden are wonderful and we are able to bring home lots of local fruit and veggies throughout the summer and fall.
Just yesterday we went to our first wood-​fired oven pizza night at the park. For the foodies, you might find thinner crust elsewhere in the city, but there is something special about the wood-​fired flavour and the fact that you are being served while sitting in a park on a lovely summer night. The personal sized pizzas are super inexpensive for $ 5 served along side tasty bbq’d corn for a buck.
It is not easy to find the details about the pizza nights. The latest pizza nights have been organized by the David Suzuki Foundation:

The Christie Pits Film Festival is one of my favorite summer community activities ever.
Admission is free and it’s BYOB, i.e. bring your own blanket. They screen a nice variety of classic films new and old. So far this year they’ve screened «A League of their Own» (including a costume contest), «Mr Hulot’s Holiday» and this Sunday they’ll be screening a personal favorite «Stand by Me». There are also more recent «classics» showing later on in the summer (e.g. Moonrise Kingdom). Before the main film there are typically a couple of shorts by local Canadian filmmakers.
Showtime is each Sunday evening at sunset, but festivities begin a few hours before this with groups of friends, couples and solos claiming their spots and picnicking on the hill. There are always a few vendors (e.g Northwood’s cold brew coffee + Limonana lemon-​mint beverages, Tallboy’s burgers, Sugarmama’s mini donuts) and a great atmosphere in the park.
Summer days drifting away, buuut ah, oh those summer nights.

My former self didn’t live in this hood, and didn’t quite get that the Pits are not the pits at all, this is a five star park.
All the glory from my previous review remains true: waaaay fewer layabouts than Bellwoods, picnic zones, playgrounds, pool and the big ol’ bowl. However, I forgot to mention a few other wonderful things:
+Basketball courts
+Community garden
+Maple leafs baseball on Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings
+Pool water slide (OK, I mentioned this, but it’s worth mentioning twice)
Park it!

Another pretty park on Bloor street. It feels more family oriented than the other parks and is so peaceful. It’s awesome how you can get some street food and then just chill in the park. I also really like all the benches. I think the distance from bench to bench is shorter than High Park, which is great for lazy people like me.
Verdict: Chillin, eating, and relaxin all cool on Bloor.

Great park at Bloor and Christie. In the summer there are regular minor league baseball games here. If your pro team is in last place in their division, and you are not in the mood to pay full price for a ticket and 11 $ for a beer, bring a picnic out here and enjoy some low stress baseball from the hillside.
Also, Christie Pitts is a relatively uncrowded area for jogging as well. There is pay parking along Christie and Bloor, but you can usually find it for free on the north and west sides of the park.

flooding just makes it more beautiful!

One of my favourite things to do when the weather is nice is to get a whole whack of tacos from Tacos El Asador, some canned up margaritas and head over to Christie Pitts to watch a baseball game, or put a toonie on a piece of fake dog poo and see who takes the bait. This is truly the most fun you can have for $ 2. The long sidewalk on Bloor St. is the perfect place for this as you sit at one of the picnic tables and watch the ones who merely look at it, the couples who argue over whether to pick it up and those who have no shame and grab that money of the poo without a second thought. Absolute Hilarity!
I love the wide demographic of people here. There are always lots of turbos to spot with their guitars and long hair, hula hoopers, rope walkers, bootcamp attendees and friends like me who prefer going out and making the funnies instead of watching them on TV.

This park is right across from Christie Station right by Korean Town. There are plenty of restaurants and food options nearby where you can grab some take-​out and enjoy it outdoors.
Great for meeting with friends, picnic-​ing, reading and even people-​watching.
There is also a small picnic area with an abundance of picnic tables and a roof over this area. There’s also a playground, swimming pool and baseball area if you’re interested.

Petit coin de verdure comme il y en a de nombreux dans Toronto. Vous aurez accès à diverses activités telle que la piscine gratuite (payez juste le vestiaire), terrain de foot, baseball, rollers.
Nice little spot of green as there are many in Toronto. You will have access to many activities such as a swimming pool (just have to pay for the locker), soccer field, baseball and also rollerpark.

A fantastic location, and I can hardly think of a better meal one can have than Korean food across the street to warm you up from a cold evening playing softball or soccer at the park.
It’s not that large and it seems to be a park mainly for use in playing a team sport compared to something like Trinity Bellwoods where picnicking is as common a sight as people playing sports. But it’s clean, the steep hills provide a great medium for a warm up before a game.
I should note that the baseball diamond I played at had a very rocky infield and the border between the infield and out gave up some very tricky grounders to field (just saying in case you’re interested in a softball playing perspective).
Overall, a great little oasis that sort of creeps up on you as you walk along Bloor.

Rain or shine, there always seems to be something going on at the park on weekends during the summer. Sometimes it’s a random Korean festival and other times it’s a movie in the park.
The park is well maintained and there’s lots of room for everyone. There’s a couple of sheltered seating areas to get out of the sun, loads of benches along the pathways, and a community garden on the west side.

I still remember learning about the Christie Pitts riot in grade 9 history class and to this day I can’t visit this park without thinking about it.
But anyways, this park is A-​OK! It’s not the place to go for a peaceful afternoon, but it is fun to walk around and see all the kids playing baseball, rugby, basketball, etc. The park itself is kind of in a ‘valley’. The view of the city skyline from the top of the hill on the North side is really nice.
Also, it is conveniently located right near one of my favourite Japanese restaurants, Rikishi:
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Walked into the park yesterday to the sound of Native music and found a ceremony taking place. Children had gathered in a circle and a woman, dressed in traditional garb was beating a drum and chanting with those around her. Local kids were involved in the fun and many spectators peered on with curiosity. The sun was shining and dogs and their owners passed by left and right.
The subway rumbled below and the thought of thousands of people, on their urban journey, at this very moment, came to mind.
Whether it is seniors doing tai chi, the homeless passed out on benches or lovers sprawled out on the vast green expanse, this park captures the city’s essence.
In Christie Pits, you are truly a part of Toronto.

Riding my bike past Bloor to the north elevation of the park is distinctly one of my favourite summer activities in Toronto.
It gives me that «booyeah!» sort of feeling, looking into the vast pit and south to the glow of the city. It’s not a fantastic view by any means, but it’s a place that’s one step away from the masses, always surprising, and gives me the opportunity to spread my arms out and yell, «I’m King of the World!» (This is even more exceptional, considering I’m a girl.)
Anyway, I tend to forget about this patch of the city; it’s a nondescript park, really, but it’s at a critical meeting point between Bloorcourt/​Koreatown/​Little Italy/​and the Annex.
Plus, it helps that it’s beside the best Indian restaurant in the city and that magical lit-​up tiger. Roar.

Perhaps because I live in Christie Pitts, the following review may be a bit biased. Ok, I don’t literally live in the park, but I do a few minutes away from it. Every day I pass through Christie Pitts and I love it, and here’s why:
The park is used by hundreds of people every day, summer or winter. In the summer there are families on picnics, kids on play dates, couples strolling about, dogs, bbqs, festivals, you name it.
The Toronto Maple Leaf baseball team plays there every Sunday, and sitting atop of the hill with a cool drink and good company on a warm summer night is a perfect way to laze away the hours.
There is a gigantic pool and slide run by the Toronto Parks and Rec department and its a great place to bring the kids and get some sun.
In the winter, the Santa Clause parade marching bands all assemble at Christie Pitts and jam-it’s AWESOME to see them all there at once before the parade begins. It truly is quite a sight!
The morning after a fresh snowfall you will find kids of all ages going nuts on the great hills. With out fail, Christie Pitts is one of the best sledding sights in the city!

The hockey rink at the north west corner of the park opens around Dec. 1^st each year and the season is jam-​packed with shinny leagues, family skates and fun events hosted by the Parks and Rec staff.
For a big, busy metropolis like Toronto, you may think it hard to find fun things to do outdoors that don’t cost an arm and a leg, but, Christie Pitts does not disappoint in the fun category and it is truly one of the cities greatest urban parks! I feel very lucky to live so close to it!

Christie Pitts is one of my favorite parks on the West side of Toronto. It may not have a fancy zoo, or enough room for ten football fields, but it’ll do when you want a green a shady place to play or rest outside. With over 21 acres of land, it’s easy to forget how far back off of Bloor the park extends.
Whenever school is not in session, kids rule this park. With a pool, baseball diamond, basketball courts and tons of hills for wintertime fun, the sounds of kids playing and laughing can usually be heard wherever you are. If you seek tranquility, try find a nice tree to sit under or picnic table in the grass on the high ground near Bloor street, and the children noises will be as faint as they are going to get. But if you really crave peace and quiet I’ll also warn you that regular drum circles tend to happen on the park’s southeast corner near the hot dog vendor — be warned.
Those with rambunctious pups (or kids, for that matter) will find a nice circuit of paths through the park and back out again, just enough to wind them down a bit for the rest of the day. If you pack a snack or lunch, there are plenty of picnic tables and garbage containers throughout the park, including recycling, just be sure to take everything out of the park with you when you go.