Cary Avenue & Roe Street
Cary Avenue and Roe Street meet at a four-way crossing in Port Richmond, Staten Island. The corner is also named William A. Morris, Jr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Battalion 22/Ladder 79 firehouse is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cary Av/Taylor St, is 300 feet away for the S44, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cary Av/Taylor St, 300 feet away, for the S44.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cary Av/Taylor St S44300 feetS44
Next buses at this stop
- S44 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 741 Forest Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.
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)
- Port Richmond
- Elevation
- 42 feet above sea level
This corner is also named William A. Morris, Jr. Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1901 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on William A. Morris, Jr. Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Cary Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Cary Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Roe Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Roe Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 garden
Schools and child care
- Diversity Academy Child Care 3 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Joe Holzka Community Garden830 feet
Fire and police
- Battalion 22/Ladder 79 Fire station860 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket1,280 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,150 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Roe Street & Rocco Court 300 feet
- Cary Avenue & Taylor Street 310 feet
- Cary Avenue & Elizabeth Street 350 feet
- Cary Avenue & Dongan Street 610 feet
- Cary Avenue & Caroline Street 710 feet
- Castleton Avenue & Roe Street 760 feet
- Delafield Avenue & Roe Street 840 feet
- Clove Road & Post Avenue 900 feet
See every intersection along Cary Avenue or Roe Street.