Bay Street & Prospect Street

Bay Street and Prospect 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. Staten Island Savings Bank Building, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 500 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
360 feet · 1 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Bay St/Prospect St · S51, S76
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Prospect Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    360 feet
    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/Prospect St, 30 feet away, for the S51 and S76.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Prospect St S51, S76 · Shelter
    30 feet
    S51 S76
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 28 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248 Bay Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2011 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 124 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Street

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

West side of Bay Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Prospect Street

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

South side of Prospect Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 510909.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1889 and 1925.

  1. Staten Island Savings Bank Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    460 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    560 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer Street Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    80 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Street or Prospect Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.