Edison Street & Bancroft Avenue

Edison Street and Bancroft Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The Grant City station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Grant City
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Lincoln Av/Edison St · S51, S81
Within a walk
About 400 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Edison Street & Bancroft Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grant City, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Grant City SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. New Dorp SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/Edison St, 1,170 feet away, for the S51 and S81.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/Edison St S51, S81
    1,170 feet
    S51 S81

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S81 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
29 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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bancroft Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bancroft Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Edison Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. New HL Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bancroft Avenue or Edison Street.

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