Franklin Avenue & Cassidy Place
Franklin Avenue and Cassidy Place meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. The corner is also named Pfc. Nils George Thompson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. P.S. R373 is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl, is 1,000 feet away for the S44, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them listed historic places, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl, 1,000 feet away, for the S44.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl S441,000 feetS44
Next buses at this stop
- S44 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 3 miles by car along the streets.
- 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station0.4 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10301
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- St. George-New Brighton
- Elevation
- 100 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Pfc. Nils George Thompson Way, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 1910 and 1940.
Trees
Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pfc. Nils George Thompson Way.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate and neo-Gothic. They were built between 1853 and 1904.
- Christ Church Rectory Designated landmark230 feet
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 listed historic places
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. R373 School1,270 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Residence at One Pendleton Place Listed historic place550 feet
- Hamilton Park Community Houses Listed historic place1,110 feet
Houses of worship
- Christ Church New Brighton Landmark · listed historic place400 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Franklin Avenue & East Buchanan Street 250 feet
- Franklin Avenue & Pendleton Place 290 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Cassidy Place 350 feet
- Franklin Avenue & Eadie Place 350 feet
- Franklin Avenue & Park Place 490 feet
- Fillmore Street & Franklin Avenue 520 feet
- Harvard Avenue & East Buchanan Street 580 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Kirby Court 610 feet
See every intersection along Cassidy Place or Franklin Avenue.