The street runs from Henrick de Keijserplein to Amsteldijk and crosses Van Woustraat approximately halfway.

[3] On the corner of Tolstraat and Amsteldijk stands the former town hall of Nieuwer-Amstel which housed the Amsterdam City Archives from 1914 to 2007.

Designed by Leendert van der Vlugt, it is considered a prime example of New Objectivity architecture, an art movement opposed to expressionism..

[7] On the street's western end, near the corner with Pieter Aertszstraat, stands the housing complex Tolstraat 21-53 by Hendrik Petrus Berlage and Jop van Epen.

Perpendicular to the street is the De Dageraad complex, on Toldwarsstraat 1-7, also designed by these two architects in collaboration with J.W.F.