Bay Street & Wave Street

Bay Street and Wave Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Tappen Park is 960 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2011 and 2016, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
Bay Street & Wave Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Wave St S51, S76 · Countdown sign
    60 feet
    S51 S76
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 9 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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248 Bay Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2011 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 127 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Wave Street

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Wave Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Greek Revival and Vernacular Greek Revival, one each. They were built in 1844.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    960 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  2. Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer Street Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Marine 9 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    880 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    480 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bay Street or Wave 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.