Bay Street & Thompson Street

Bay Street and Thompson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Tappen Park is 310 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
740 feet · 3 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Bay St/Thompson St · S51, S76
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Thompson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    740 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/Thompson St, 60 feet away, for the S51 and S76.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Thompson St S51, S76
    60 feet
    S51 S76

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 27 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Broad Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
11 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 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Thompson Street

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Thompson Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 513245.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1842 and 1925.

  1. Boardman-Mitchell House Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Staten Island Savings Bank Building Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    650 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
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    310 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Stapleton Library
    780 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 153/Ladder 77 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Street or Thompson 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.