College Avenue & Bidwell Avenue

College Avenue and Bidwell Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Northerleigh Park is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Livermore Av, is 1,280 feet away for the S48, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,280 feet
Forest Av/Livermore Av · S48
Within a walk
2 places
2 parks, within five minutes

Map

Layers
College Avenue & Bidwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Livermore Av, 1,280 feet away, for the S48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Livermore Av S48 · Countdown sign
    1,280 feet
    S48
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Trantor Place & Dr M L King Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1252 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of College Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Westerleigh Park
    660 feet
  2. Northerleigh Park
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bidwell Avenue or College 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.