Atlantic Avenue & Bear Street
Atlantic Avenue and Bear Street meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Matthews Lutheran Church is 970 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1989, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.4 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Rd/Raritan Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S74, S76 and SIM15.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Rd/Raritan Av S74, S76, SIM150.3 milesS74 S76 SIM15
Next buses at this stop
- S74 …
- S76 …
- SIM15 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1633 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 July 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10304
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
- Elevation
- 36 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1989.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Atlantic Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Bear Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
Houses of worship
- St Matthews Lutheran Church House of worship970 feet
- St Anns RC Church House of worship1,220 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Burgher Avenue & Bear Street 250 feet
- Raritan Avenue & Bear Street 250 feet
- Burgher Avenue & Remsen Street 500 feet
- Delaware Avenue & Bear Street 500 feet
- Atlantic Avenue & Johnson Place 600 feet
- North Railroad Avenue & Atlantic Avenue 690 feet
- Alter Avenue & Bear Street 750 feet
- Evergreen Avenue & Remsen Street 770 feet
See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Bear Street.