Castleton Avenue & Alaska Street

Castleton Avenue and Alaska Street meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Battalion 22/Ladder 79 firehouse is 570 feet away, and New Hope Community Church is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castleton Av/Elizabeth St, is 30 feet away for the S46, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bayonne Bridge
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Castleton Av/Elizabeth St · S46
Within a walk
19 places
11 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castleton Avenue & Alaska Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castleton Av/Elizabeth St, 30 feet away, for the S46.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castleton Av/Elizabeth St S46
    30 feet
    S46

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 741 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.7 miles
  3. 1445 Richmond Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

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
28 feet above sea level

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 between 1931 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Alaska Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Castleton Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Diversity Academy Child Care 3 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    20 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joe Holzka Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. CPL. Thompson Park
    1,120 feet
  3. West Brighton Community Garden
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West Brighton Plaza Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope Community Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West New Brighton Post Office
    1,100 feet
  2. West Brighton Pool Swimming pool
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 22/Ladder 79 Fire station
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    990 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Alaska Street or Castleton Avenue.

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