Bay Street & Canal Street

Bay Street and Canal Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church is 660 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about two minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
480 feet · 2 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Bay St/Water St · S51, S76, S81
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    480 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clifton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay St/Water St, 50 feet away, for the S51, S76 and S81.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Water St S51, S76, S81 · Countdown sign
    50 feet
    S51 S76 S81
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S76 …
  3. S81 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Bay Street.

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Broad Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Turn calming, December 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 509890, 511904 and 513245.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1848 and 1925.

  1. Staten Island Savings Bank Building Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. Boardman-Mitchell House Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    580 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    50 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Stapleton Library
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 153/Ladder 77 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Street or Canal Street.

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