Bay Street & Central Avenue

Bay Street and Central Avenue meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Lyons Pool Recreation Center is 760 feet away, and Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av is 1,040 feet away. The Tompkinsville station on the SIR is about two minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tompkinsville
620 feet · 2 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Bay St/Central Av · S46, S48, S51, S61 +4
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Central Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Tompkinsville, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Tompkinsville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    620 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. St George SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay St/Central Av, 90 feet away, for the S46, S48, S51, S61 and four more.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Central Av S46, S48, S51, S61 +4 · Shelter
    90 feet
    S46 S48 S51 S61 S62 S66 S76 S78
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S48 …
  3. S51 …
  4. S61 …
  5. S62 …
  6. S66 …
  7. S76 …
  8. S78 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 253 Bay Street Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    310 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. George-New Brighton
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Central Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 506207 and 515567.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. Tompkinsville (Joseph H. Lyons) Pool Designated landmark
    530 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Tompkinsville Park.

  1. The Hiker Statue by Allen G. Newman, 1916
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 swimming pools
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Seamen's Society for Children and Families Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    390 feet
  2. St. George Early Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. The Learning Experience - Si, St. George Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tompkinsville Park
    360 feet
  2. Barrett Triangle
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bay Street Landing Esplanade Public space
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Community Church House of worship
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lyons Pool Recreation Center
    760 feet
  2. Lyons Pool Swimming pool
    830 feet
  3. St George Post Office Ste 2 Post office
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Lyons Wading Pool Swimming pool
    920 feet
  2. Criminal Court House Courthouse
    970 feet
  3. Lyons Diving Pool Swimming pool
    1,010 feet
  4. Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av Courthouse
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Empire Outlets Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Street or Central Avenue.

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