Bay Street & Vanderbilt Avenue

Bay Street and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Seaman's Retreat, Physician-in-Chief's Residence, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 790 feet away. The Clifton station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Clifton
370 feet · 1 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Bay St/Vanderbilt Av · S51
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 hospital and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Clifton, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Clifton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    370 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay St/Vanderbilt Av, 110 feet away, for the S51.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Vanderbilt Av S51
    110 feet
    S51

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bay Street and Vanderbilt Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 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)
Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

West side of Bay Street

  • Time-limited parking 4 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Greek Revival, and built between 1834 and 1853.

  1. Seaman's Retreat: Main Building Designated landmark
    750 feet
  2. Seaman's Retreat, Physician-in-Chief's Residence Designated landmark
    790 feet

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Health care

  1. Rumc-Bayley Seton Hospital
    1,130 feet
  2. New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation and Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boardman- Mitchell House Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Street or Vanderbilt Avenue.

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