Castleton Avenue & Caroline Street

Castleton Avenue and Caroline Street meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Joe Holzka Community Garden is 530 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castleton Av/Caroline St, is 60 feet away for the S46, S53 and S54, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bayonne Bridge
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Castleton Av/Caroline St · S46, S53, S54
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 1 community center and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castleton Avenue & Caroline Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castleton Av/Caroline St, 60 feet away, for the S46, S53 and S54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castleton Av/Caroline St S46, S53, S54 · Shelter
    60 feet
    S46 S53 S54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S53 …
  3. S54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 1.6 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 April 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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Caroline Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Castleton Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joe Holzka Community Garden
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West Brighton Plaza Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West New Brighton Post Office
    880 feet
  2. West Brighton Community Center
    1,190 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Broadway Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 22/Ladder 79 Fire station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 11 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caroline Street or Castleton Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.