Decker Avenue & Beekman Street
Decker Avenue and Beekman Street meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner is also named Battalion Chief Jospeh Grzelak Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Pauls St Lukes Lutheran Church is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Decker Av/Beekman St, is 110 feet away for the S57, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and six places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Decker Av/Beekman St, 110 feet away, for the S57.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Decker Av/Beekman St S57110 feetS57
Next buses at this stop
- S57 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 745 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 February 2026.
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)
- Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
- Elevation
- 30 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Battalion Chief Jospeh Grzelak Way, a co-naming enacted on February 18, 2003 (Local Law 15 of 2003).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are 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 1920 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Battalion Chief Jospeh Grzelak Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Decker Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
Houses of worship
- St Pauls St Lukes Lutheran Church House of worship430 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Target Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center270 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six food stores.
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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Decker Avenue & Cornell Street 70 feet
- Decker Avenue & Barrett Avenue at Cornell Street 90 feet
- Decker Avenue & Barrett Avenue 190 feet
- Decker Avenue & Montell Street 240 feet
- Decker Avenue & Catherine Street 470 feet
- Decker Avenue & Orange Avenue 480 feet
- Beekman Street & La Grange Place 680 feet
- Catherine Street & Lexington Avenue 730 feet
See every intersection along Beekman Street or Decker Avenue.