Bay Street & Virginia Avenue

Bay Street and Virginia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Luke M. Parlatore Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Alice Austen Park is 1,250 feet away. The Clifton station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Clifton
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Bay St/Virginia Av · S51
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Virginia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Clifton, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Clifton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    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/Virginia Av, 80 feet away, for the S51.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Virginia Av S51 · Countdown sign
    80 feet
    S51
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 1.1 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
    1.8 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

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
32 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Luke M. Parlatore Way, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Luke M. Parlatore Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bay Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9AM

North side of Virginia Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Virginia Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. NY School of Bartending Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kaltenmeier Playground
    570 feet
  2. Alice Austen Park
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys RC Church House of worship
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    120 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bay Street or Virginia Avenue.

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