Bay Street & Water Street

Bay Street and Water Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Tappen Park is 40 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
270 feet · 1 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Bay St/Water St · S51, S76
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Water Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    270 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/Water St, 50 feet away, for the S51 and S76.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Water St S51, S76
    50 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.

  • 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
    0.5 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Water Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Water Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 510495, 512650 and 513767.

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
    240 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    380 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    40 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Stapleton Library
    900 feet
  3. Boardman- Mitchell House Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. First Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bay Street or Water Street.

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.