Bay Street & St Johns Avenue

Bay Street and St Johns Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St. John's P.E. Church Rectory, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay St/Saint Johns Av, is 130 feet away for the S51 and S81, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them listed historic places, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Bay St/Saint Johns Av · S51, S81
Within a walk
5 places
2 listed historic places, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & St Johns Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay St/Saint Johns Av, 130 feet away, for the S51 and S81.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Saint Johns Av S51, S81
    130 feet
    S51 S81

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S81 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1400 Bay Street Gas station
    1,280 feet
  2. 20 Cliff Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bay Street

  • Time-limited parking 4 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Johns Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of St Johns Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Gothic Revival, and built between 1845 and 1882.

  1. Woodland Cottage Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. St. John's P.E. Church Rectory Designated landmark
    550 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alice Austen Park
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. John's Church Complex Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. McFarlane-Bredt House Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Episcopal Church Landmark
    410 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 70 New Lane Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Street or St Johns Avenue.

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