Castleton Avenue & Nicholas Avenue

Castleton Avenue and Nicholas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The sculpture “Sundial” is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nicholas Av/Castleton Av, is 80 feet away for the S46 and S96, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bayonne Bridge
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Nicholas Av/Castleton Av · S46, S96
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castleton Avenue & Nicholas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nicholas Av/Castleton Av, 80 feet away, for the S46 and S96.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nicholas Av/Castleton Av S46, S96
    80 feet
    S46 S96

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S96 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 387 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10302
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Port Richmond
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Castleton Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nicholas Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Port Richmond High School.

  1. Sundial Sculpture by Robert Adzema, 1994
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Port Richmond High School
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Castleton Avenue or Nicholas Avenue.

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