Broadway & Castleton Avenue

Broadway and Castleton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Crossing Guard Doris Allen Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. West New Brighton Post Office is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castleton Av/Broadway, is 40 feet away for the S46, S53, S54 and S96. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bayonne Bridge
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Castleton Av/Broadway · S46, S53, S54, S96
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Castleton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castleton Av/Broadway, 40 feet away, for the S46, S53, S54 and S96.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castleton Av/Broadway S46, S53, S54, S96
    40 feet
    S46 S53 S54 S96

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S53 …
  3. S54 …
  4. S96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 741 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

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
53 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Crossing Guard Doris Allen Way (Local Law 48 of 2008, enacted on October 10, 2008) and Social Activist Charles K. Smith Way (Local Law 24 of 2019, enacted on January 20, 2019).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Broadway

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • Time-limited parking 8 signs 4 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Castleton Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Castleton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 509692.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Diversity Academy Child Care 3 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 018 John G. Whittier School
    890 feet
  3. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sacred Heart School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. CPL. Thompson Park
    990 feet
  2. Joe Holzka Community Garden
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West New Brighton Library
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Shiloh AME Zion Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Calvary Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West New Brighton Post Office
    260 feet
  2. West Brighton Community Center
    570 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Broadway Older adult center
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Castleton Avenue.

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