8th Street & Beach Avenue

The four-way crossing of 8th Street and Beach Avenue is in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New Dorp Park is 120 feet away. The New Dorp station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
New Dorp
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
Amboy Rd/Beach Av · S57, SIM15
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 nature area and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
8th Street & Beach Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is New Dorp, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. New Dorp SIR · Staten Island Railway
    1,310 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Creeping on Where Time Has Been” (2023) by Keri Sheheen at the New Dorp station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Beach Av, 1,060 feet away, for the S57 and SIM15.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Rd/Beach Av S57, SIM15
    1,060 feet
    S57 SIM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. S57 …
  2. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 miles
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sips Kinder Facilities Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Staten Island Technical High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. New Dorp Park Nature area
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Boulevard Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Tysens Park Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 8th Street or Beach Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.