Fintry is located in the north of the city with Mill o' Mains to the west and Whitfield to the east.

[2] Fintry is in the catchment area for Braeview Academy Secondary School (non-denominational) and St. Paul's R.C.

The new Fintry Primary school was completed in around 2010, funded as a Public–private partnership, replacing a "temporary" building originally erected in the 1950s.

At the time of construction, part of the plan was that all streets in Fintry would begin with the prefix "Fin".

Some time after their construction, surveyors found that the tenements had been built with inadequate foundations for the ground conditions, and were beginning to subside.

After all the tenants were moved out to houses elsewhere in the city, almost the whole north side of Cheviot Crescent was demolished (two blocks were left standing at the east end of the street).

Since these demolitions some limited rebuilding involving small bungalows has taken place on parts of the land formerly occupied by the tenements.