Bowen Street & Sobel Court
Bowen Street and Sobel Court meet at a three-way junction in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Icema “June” Williams Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Sobel Court Park is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Targee St/Sobel Ct, is 350 feet away for the S74 and S76, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them playgrounds.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Targee St/Sobel Ct, 350 feet away, for the S74 and S76.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Targee St/Sobel Ct S74, S76 · Shelter · Countdown sign350 feetS74 S76
Next buses at this stop
- S74 …
- S76 …
Cycling
- 14 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 425 Vanderbilt Avenue Gas station970 feet
- 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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)
- Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill
- Elevation
- 81 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Icema “June” Williams Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 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 1968 and 1972.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Icema “June” Williams Way.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Bumblebees R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,120 feet
- P.S. 057 Hubert H. Humphrey School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sobel Court Park330 feet
- Sobel Court Park Playground440 feet
- Lopez Playground1,120 feet
Show all 4
- Eibs Pond Park Nature area1,310 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Park Hill Avenue & Sobel Court 260 feet
- Targee Street & Sobel Court 350 feet
- Targee Street & Cliffside Avenue 570 feet
- Targee Street & Vanderbilt Avenue 780 feet
- Roff Street & Bowen Street 780 feet
- Vanderbilt Avenue & Hillside Avenue 820 feet
- Targee Street & Ellington Street 830 feet
- Vanderbilt Avenue & Metcalfe Street 1,000 feet
See every intersection along Bowen Street or Sobel Court.