Crystal Avenue & Waters Avenue

Crystal Avenue and Waters 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. Holy Family R C Church is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Watchogue Rd/Crystal Av, is 640 feet away for the S57, SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 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
640 feet
Watchogue Rd/Crystal Av · S57, SIM3, SIM3C, SIM34
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crystal Avenue & Waters Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watchogue Rd/Crystal Av, 640 feet away, for the S57, SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Watchogue Rd/Crystal Av S57, SIM3, SIM3C, SIM34
    640 feet
    S57 SIM3 SIM3C SIM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. S57 …
  2. SIM3 …
  3. SIM3C …
  4. SIM34 …

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. 745 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 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 September 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10302
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1945 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

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 May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crystal Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Family R C Church House of worship
    820 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crystal Avenue or Waters 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.