Beach Street & Union Place

Beach Street and Union Place meet at a three-way junction in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. The corner is also named Eden II Lane by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Staten Island Savings Bank Building, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 270 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
780 feet · 3 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Beach St/Union Pl · S52, S78
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beach Street & Union Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    780 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach St/Union Pl, 40 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach St/Union Pl S52, S78 · Countdown sign
    40 feet
    S52 S78
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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, 1.9 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
    0.8 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 three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
17 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Eden II Lane, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Eden II Lane.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Beach Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

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

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
    270 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    250 feet
  2. Tiny Treasures Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer Street Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Stapleton Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Central Baptist Church House of worship
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    410 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Street or Union Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, 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.