Bay Street & Clifton Avenue

Bay Street and Clifton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Kaltenmeier Playground is 420 feet away. The Clifton station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Bay Street & Clifton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Clifton, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Clifton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay St/Virginia Av, 370 feet away, for the S51.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Virginia Av S51 · Countdown sign
    370 feet
    S51
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 951 Bay Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10305
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the English oak and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kaltenmeier Playground
    420 feet
  2. Alice Austen Park
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Alice Austen House Museum
    1,260 feet
  2. Elizabeth Alice Austen House Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    390 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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