Castleton Avenue & Brighton Avenue

Castleton Avenue and Brighton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Silver Lake Park is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Brighton Av/Castleton Av, is 40 feet away for the S42 and S46, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Brighton Av/Castleton Av · S42, S46
Within a walk
4 places
2 parks, 1 nature area and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castleton Avenue & Brighton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brighton Av/Castleton Av, 40 feet away, for the S42 and S46.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brighton Av/Castleton Av S42, S46
    40 feet
    S42 S46

Next buses at this stop

  1. S42 …
  2. S46 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 525 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.5 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2012
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
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
194 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brighton Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Brighton Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Castleton Avenue

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Castleton Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 061 William a Morris School
    350 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Goodhue Park
    570 feet
  2. Silver Lake Park
    800 feet
  3. Allison Pond Park Nature area
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton Avenue 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.