Castleton Avenue & Elizabeth Street

Castleton Avenue and Elizabeth Street meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. West New Brighton Post Office is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castleton Av/Elizabeth St, is 120 feet away for the S46, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bayonne Bridge
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Castleton Av/Elizabeth St · S46
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castleton Avenue & Elizabeth Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castleton Av/Elizabeth St, 120 feet away, for the S46.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
27 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 between 1931 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 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
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Castleton Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Elizabeth Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joe Holzka Community Garden
    200 feet
  2. CPL. Thompson Park
    1,230 feet
  3. West Brighton Community Garden
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West Brighton Plaza Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope Community Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West New Brighton Post Office
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 22/Ladder 79 Fire station
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    800 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, a signal or safety change 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 Castleton Avenue or Elizabeth Street.

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.