Bay Street & Union Place

Bay Street and Union Place meet at a three-way junction in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Stapleton Esplanade is 760 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about two minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
510 feet · 2 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Bay St/Prospect St · S51, S76
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Union Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    510 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
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay St/Prospect St, 280 feet away, for the S51 and S76.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Prospect St S51, S76 · Shelter
    280 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.

  • 32 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 192 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bay Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Union Place

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Union Place

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign 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
    250 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    270 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Stapleton Library
    1,130 feet
  3. Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer Street Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

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

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Street or Union Place.

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