Castleton Avenue & West Street

Castleton Avenue and West Street meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Battalion 22/Ladder 79 firehouse is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castleton Av/Caroline St, is 140 feet away for the S46, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bayonne Bridge
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Castleton Av/Caroline St · S46
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 1 community center and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Castleton Avenue & West Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castleton Av/Caroline St, 140 feet away, for the S46.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castleton Av/Caroline St S46
    140 feet
    S46

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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
    0.6 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
44 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

NYC Parks records 21 trees 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 September 2021 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Castleton Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 4 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of West Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen 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
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Diversity Academy Child Care 3 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. P.S. 018 John G. Whittier School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joe Holzka Community Garden
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. West New Brighton Library
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West New Brighton Post Office
    610 feet
  2. West Brighton Community Center
    930 feet
  3. Older adult center at 230 Broadway Older adult center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 22/Ladder 79 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Castleton Avenue or West 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.