The Infamous Jane & Finch Intersection & Malls | Toronto Walk (Aug 2022)

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
  • A walk around the intersection of Jane & Finch and through two local shopping malls.
    1:25 - North on Jane Street (from Finch)
    6:40 - Yorkgate Mall
    15:36 - Norfinch Shopping Centre
    19:10 - Pigeons!
    20:12 - Jane & Finch Mall
    28:25 - LRT test vehicle sighting!
    Recorded in 4K at 60 FPS on Friday, August 26, 2022
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 84

  • @derichestt
    @derichestt 2 роки тому +21

    Would love to see more of these types of walks out of the city centre, and electric rides!

    • @nosashuly
      @nosashuly 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah, very true.

  • @syedlifts23
    @syedlifts23 2 роки тому +8

    Jane and finch mall looks like dixie outlet mixed with south common mall in Mississauga. But unlike south common and dixie, its got a whole shoppers drug mart and freshco which is so ideal for groceries.

  • @sepandttcexplorer
    @sepandttcexplorer 2 роки тому +9

    Good morning Johnny and everyone!! Happy Saturday!! Great walk tour around the Jane/Finch intersection. I can’t wait for the Finch West LRT to be completed by 2023. Hope everyone stays safe😎👍.

  • @johnnym196
    @johnnym196 2 роки тому +4

    Good morning everyone, and @johnny strides.👋

  • @elyna
    @elyna 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for this video. I grew up in this neighbourhood and it was nostalgic to see these malls I had gone to when I was a kid. Especially the McDonalds, brings special memories.

  • @georgehoward954
    @georgehoward954 2 роки тому +3

    I used to go to the stores here when I was visiting Toronto. Thanks again for your videos!

  • @Just_Bevie
    @Just_Bevie 2 роки тому +15

    On my other account. Noticing the malls have a lot of small businesses that aren't really a part of the larger chains. I like seeing small businesses in malls, knowing there's a place for them. I hope the area looks a lot better after the minefield of construction e ds.

    • @KarlFengler
      @KarlFengler 2 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately I think the costs of renting in malls has a lot to do with small independent businesses not doing well in them.

    • @suzie55
      @suzie55 2 роки тому

      right. this is why it is so important to shop at these malls. you get good deals too

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому +1

    This area use to be soooo bad but people use to travel here to shop even when they moved to the smaller cities outside of Toronto.
    People still drive to jane and finch for church and shopping because the food is fresh and cheap.
    That mall is decent

  • @alextoronto5840
    @alextoronto5840 2 роки тому +1

    Very informative video Johnny Jane and Finch is going through a lot of changes. With the finch LRT coming your now gonna start seeing new developments arriving.

  • @welcome_Moscow_walks
    @welcome_Moscow_walks 2 роки тому +3

    Good evening! Nice weather for walk 😊

  • @Neville60001
    @Neville60001 2 роки тому +23

    It _isn't_ a destination mall, just an ordinary mall with non-chain tenants similar to Bridlewood Mall (at the corner of Finch and Warden), Warden Center, which was near Warden Station (Warden & St. Clair) and the soon to be gone Galleria Mall (at the corner of Dufferin and Annette); these are the malls that comedian Chris Rock called 'the ones that white people don't go to' in one of his bits.

    • @arricammarques1955
      @arricammarques1955 2 роки тому +1

      Chris is spot on! LOL

    • @AzureKite191
      @AzureKite191 2 роки тому

      @@arricammarques1955 how is he spot on? What type of people go in those malls?

    • @AzureKite191
      @AzureKite191 2 роки тому

      What are the destination malls?

    • @Neville60001
      @Neville60001 2 роки тому +2

      @@AzureKite191, off the top of my head, in order, they are:
      1. Yorkdale Mall
      2. The Toronto Eaton Center
      3. Scarborough Town Center
      4. Fairview Mall
      5. Square One (Missauauga)

    • @suzie55
      @suzie55 2 роки тому +1

      these are the best malls and here all people go there not just a certain race. usa is very different than canada. and we need to support small businesses. so these are the places to go

  • @PatreceSunflower
    @PatreceSunflower 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing with us Johnny!

  • @JohnSmith-vf7jk
    @JohnSmith-vf7jk 9 місяців тому +1

    Tony's hairstylist has been there forever.... My dad use to bring me there for haircuts when i was a kid. I am 47yrs old now, good times.....

  • @joel2783
    @joel2783 2 роки тому +2

    Does anyone else remember Funpark by Yorkgate mall? It closed some time ago....maybe 15 years ago. I miss the old neighborhood😢

  • @fl2927
    @fl2927 2 роки тому +4

    You should do a walk by the esplanade where they’re filming season 4 of the boys

  • @franklynmars3207
    @franklynmars3207 11 місяців тому

    Hey Goodnight T.O"s commando Mr. Johnny Strides and everybody......howdy doo mon, yoo hoped your short workweek was rock on kool and still im enjoying the nice typical weather for this time of year! Thiz was a good last summer throwback 2022 vid you did from my former and still #1 community in Toronto
    (jane/finch) i enjoyed the discussion regarding the finch west lrt, and the buzz it will received from residents/mom@pop shops and corporations situated along that part of the finch west route of 16 stops and 2 terminal end stations, and i hoped jane/finch mall will still be there even next lifetime cause its the breadbasket and heart of our Caribbean@ african roots in community, also other cultural diasporas. thanks and ciao

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому

    That would save a lot of people..most of the people work In warehouses 24/7 around the clock so getting back and forth to work would definitely be less stress
    Awesome Toronto 💯

  • @caperboy1169
    @caperboy1169 2 роки тому +3

    I lived in this neighbourhood in the mid 80’s

    • @Nunavuter1
      @Nunavuter1 2 роки тому

      Some it looks the same, but the JF Mall is a lot less chain-oriented now. And we would never have expected to see a streetcar.

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому

    Omg I didn't know they built a LRT train on jand and finch.
    That's amazing great for the boat loads of York university students
    💯🙋🏿‍♀️

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому

    Oh wow that LRT looks great. Looks nice and fresh.
    Good job Toronto 👍🏾

  • @kathleenwallace1165
    @kathleenwallace1165 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for this interesting video!

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому +1

    Seneca is a great college hands down.Saved alot of people 💯
    Everybody went to Seneca haha!
    Seneca or George Brown or centennial haha!

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому +1

    They renovated a lot of those buildings.
    They saved immigrants period!
    It saved their kids aunty uncle cousins everybody who came to Canada
    💯
    Those apartments use to be cheap too
    Around $700.00 with no first and last month rent.
    Haha

  • @bobbooth3032
    @bobbooth3032 2 роки тому +2

    Smart enough to film during the day🤔

  • @kaihughes1857
    @kaihughes1857 Рік тому

    Where the Church's Chicken is was a Pet Valu. I worked there from 2001 - 2008. Great place to work. The people there were always friendly.

  • @CityWalks3216
    @CityWalks3216 2 роки тому

    Thanks for another awesome vid Johnny appreciate your efforts 😊

  • @dylanreynolds8264
    @dylanreynolds8264 2 роки тому +2

    good morning everyone

  • @hifiverpro
    @hifiverpro 2 роки тому

    21:45 JFMPlus community information kiosk. Very much appreciate showing us this locale

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  2 роки тому

      It's an awesome idea to involve the community. Cheers!

  • @blackpanda7298
    @blackpanda7298 2 роки тому

    Seneca opened in 1990-1991, I can’t believe how crazy finch looks 😱

  • @geetamoonesar249
    @geetamoonesar249 2 роки тому +2

    Johnny its quite possible since its a low income area then the services provided by the city may be lacking.

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  2 роки тому +1

      I can't speak to the services but the infrastructure isn't great. Thankfully the LRT is coming soon at least.

  • @johnlambe9869
    @johnlambe9869 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the walk

  • @plaistowbill
    @plaistowbill 2 дні тому

    No matter what they do in Jane-Finch, unless the criminality is fixed the neighborhood will unpleasant for those who live there.

  • @Aces77777
    @Aces77777 2 роки тому +1

    Jane and Finch doesn't look that bad anymore, the next generation is definitely better than the previous

  • @rickdudley6404
    @rickdudley6404 2 роки тому +3

    Jane and finch do not walk that at night.I had a buddy who lived in that area. Took me there I have never been so uncomfortable to this day in my life. Special breed of people live there

    • @babaawawu3156
      @babaawawu3156 2 роки тому +2

      It's not as bad as a lot of people paint it. Lol. A lot of it is hearsay and fables

    • @kiddo7711
      @kiddo7711 Рік тому

      @@babaawawu3156 There's a reason why Jane & Finch has the reputation that it has, it is the very definition of "the ghetto". In 2020, Jane & Finch area had around 60+ shootings and 5 murders & in 2021 the area had 31+ shootings with 8 murders, and that's not citywide, this is A SINGLE neighbourhood, that makes up a small area of Toronto & just to remind you, this is in a country where guns are HEAVILY RESTRICTED.

    • @babaawawu3156
      @babaawawu3156 Рік тому

      @@kiddo7711 I see. I know someone who's been living there since 2016 and she tells me it's not as bad as people say. She acknowledged that it used to be really bad though

    • @kiddo7711
      @kiddo7711 Рік тому

      @@babaawawu3156 Usually when people live in areas like that, after a while they start to say "it's not that bad", but it's not because the area is safe or anything, they're just used to the type of stuff that goes on in that area.

  • @Deetropic
    @Deetropic 2 роки тому

    You should do Flemingdon Park located at the major intersection of Don Mills & Eglinton Ave E!

  • @Entername-md1ev
    @Entername-md1ev 2 роки тому +3

    Sorry Drake and other “Canadian rappers” but Jane and Finch is like Beverly Hills compared to the hoods of every US city

  • @badb0iie622
    @badb0iie622 Рік тому

    ty for this!

  • @umut33berken
    @umut33berken 2 роки тому +1

    king on stage..

  • @francoaron2928
    @francoaron2928 7 місяців тому +1

    Beer store ,?

  • @johnlambe9869
    @johnlambe9869 2 роки тому

    This area is changing for the best I hope.

  • @hanimoh2744
    @hanimoh2744 2 роки тому

    Beast jhony in the world 😇😁👑

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому

    That was huge jack fruit and watermelons.

  • @hihikiki88
    @hihikiki88 2 роки тому +1

    I enjoy your walks through the ghetto.

  • @ivanserrano2876
    @ivanserrano2876 2 роки тому

    Actionkid live stream from street johnny strides live stream from apartment big difference the odd of getting caught are lower for johnny

  • @rosiestrolling
    @rosiestrolling 2 роки тому

    familiar place.

  • @BriaBarrows
    @BriaBarrows 2 роки тому

    Yorkgate mall is so depressing looking. And it’s been there for so long

  • @nestorfuentesvaloy5961
    @nestorfuentesvaloy5961 2 роки тому +1

    Why you call Jane and Finch infamous intersection

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  2 роки тому

      That's just the reputation the area has...

  • @KarlFengler
    @KarlFengler 2 роки тому

    You mentioned drive through, I really dislike them, only exception is ATM's.

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  2 роки тому

      They certainly don't belong in major centres IMO!

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому +2

    Jane and finch is not for me. It's good for new comers and uni students.
    I'll pass on this area NO thank you
    Janes chicken is good though👍🏾 chicken for days

  • @slushland
    @slushland 2 роки тому

    JOHNNY GUNNA GET JUMPED LOL...

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому

    This was always the new immigrant area

  • @sherr9246
    @sherr9246 2 роки тому +1

    Good morning Johnny are u married?

  • @Ann-hm7gj
    @Ann-hm7gj 4 місяці тому

    The immigrant mall

  • @BirbarianHomeGuard
    @BirbarianHomeGuard Рік тому

    Finch LRT is a glorified streetcar.

  • @climbergreg5011
    @climbergreg5011 2 роки тому +1

    Infamous for it's shootings... should really have a vest on when walking around there.

  • @briandestroyer6430
    @briandestroyer6430 2 роки тому +2

    Total dump

  • @groovyangel29
    @groovyangel29 2 роки тому +1

    Remove infamous

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  2 роки тому

      Why? Like it or not, it's reflective of the area's reputation. If you're going to make a request, at least take a minute to explain your rational instead of posting it as a demand.

    • @groovyangel29
      @groovyangel29 2 роки тому +4

      @@JohnnyStrides Who are you to Judge Jane & Finch? I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR A DECADE!!!!!!!!!!!!
      I only have kind words to say about the neighborhood. That is my area it is beautiful, I have never been accosted or mugged and I am out all hours. Enter the stores and see the warm welcoming smiles of people, if you need help people will help you. Friendly neighbors and people
      IT IS MY COMMUNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      You are a stranger don't label it "INFAMOUS"

    • @JohnnyStrides
      @JohnnyStrides  2 роки тому +1

      @@groovyangel29 Did you actually watch the video? 🙄 Again, the word infamous is reflective of the reputation of the area...

  • @yuhyuh5674
    @yuhyuh5674 2 роки тому

    Hoodlum area

  • @NotTooExtreme
    @NotTooExtreme 2 роки тому

    It looks like a 3rd world country, poles with electric wires, you are way behind Canada.