Front Street & Canal Street

Front Street and Canal Street meet at a three-way junction in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Staten Island Savings Bank Building, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 760 feet away, and Stapleton Library is 1,190 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about two minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
450 feet · 2 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Bay St/Water St · S51, S76, S81
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Front Street & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    450 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clifton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay St/Water St, 480 feet away, for the S51, S76 and S81.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay St/Water St S51, S76, S81 · Countdown sign
    480 feet
    S51 S76 S81
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S76 …
  3. S81 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Front Street.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 951 Bay Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 511904.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance and Italianate, one each, and built between 1848 and 1925.

  1. Staten Island Savings Bank Building Designated landmark
    760 feet
  2. Boardman-Mitchell House Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    50 feet
  2. Tappen Park
    480 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Stapleton Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Canal Street or Front Street.

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