Hamilton Avenue & Academy Place

Hamilton Avenue and Academy Place meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. It is 750 feet to the 120th Precinct, and St George Theatre is 1,230 feet away. The St George station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, two of them career or business centers, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
St George
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Saint Marks Pl/Hamilton Av · S42, S52
Within a walk
15 places
2 career or business centers, 2 courthouses and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hamilton Avenue & Academy Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is St George, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. St George SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Marks Pl/Hamilton Av, 380 feet away, for the S42 and S52.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Marks Pl/Hamilton Av S42, S52
    380 feet
    S42 S52

Next buses at this stop

  1. S42 …
  2. S52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

  1. 248 Bay Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 54 Central Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1963 and 1976.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2022 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Academy Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO US PROBATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY

West side of Academy Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hamilton Avenue

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Collegiate Gothic, Neoclassical and neo-Renaissance, one each, and built between 1902 and 1931.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Richmond Pre-K Center at 120 Stuyvesant Place Pre-K center
    930 feet
  2. Willsey Institute Trade or language school
    930 feet
  3. Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Curtis High School Landmark
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. George Park
    540 feet
  2. Lt. Lia Playground
    730 feet
  3. North Shore Esplanade Park
    760 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at NY Wheel Public space
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Postcards Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,080 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St George Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Heights Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Family Court Courthouse · landmark
    420 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Staten Island Center Career or business center
    930 feet
  3. Staten Island Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Richmond County Supreme Court Richmond Ter Courthouse
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 120th Precinct Police station · landmark
    750 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Empire Outlets Shopping center
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Academy Place or Hamilton Avenue.

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