Canal Street & Broad Street

Canal Street and Broad Street meet at a three-way junction in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Stapleton Playground Pool is 640 feet away, and P.S. 78 is 1,140 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Broad St/Tompkins Av · S74
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 1 community center and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Canal Street & Broad Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broad St/Tompkins Av, 70 feet away, for the S74.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broad St/Tompkins Av S74 · Countdown sign
    70 feet
    S74
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broad Street.

  • 21 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Broad Street Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broad Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Canal Street

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

South side of Canal Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular Greek Revival, and built between 1853 and 1854.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. P.S. 78 School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground
    170 feet
  2. Tappen Park
    950 feet

Health care

  1. Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stapleton Library
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception RC Church House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stapleton Playground Pool Swimming pool
    640 feet
  2. Carter, Gerard Stapleton Community Center
    690 feet
  3. Older adult center at 189 Gordon Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 153/Ladder 77 Fire station
    740 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broad Street or Canal Street.

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