Bement Avenue & Mathews Avenue

Bement Avenue and Mathews Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Staten Island Broadway YMCA is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Clove Rd, is 0.3 miles away for the S53, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Bement Avenue & Mathews Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Clove Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the S53.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Clove Rd S53
    0.3 miles
    S53

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 741 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.5 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
187 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the apple and the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bement Avenue

  • No standing 2 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. They were built in 1835.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Hugs & Kiddies of Staten Island N.y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gardiner-Tyler House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Staten Island Broadway YMCA Recreation center
    1,040 feet

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

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