Lafayette Avenue & Alden Place
Lafayette Avenue and Alden Place meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 2,909 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Goodhue Park is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Alden Pl, is 110 feet away for the S42, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 180 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Alden Pl, 110 feet away, for the S42.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lafayette Av/Alden Pl S42110 feetS42
Next buses at this stop
- S42 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station0.5 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 November 2023.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 2,909 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 306th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 860 more were issued.
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
- 146 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 180 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur corktree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Lafayette Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Jones Woods Park Nature area250 feet
- Goodhue Park290 feet
Health care
- Staten Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice1,260 feet
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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Lafayette Avenue & Chestnut Place 260 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Arnold Street 280 feet
- Arnold Street & Sumner Place 670 feet
- Brighton Avenue & Lafayette Avenue 710 feet
- Prospect Avenue & Lafayette Avenue 730 feet
- Brighton Avenue & Putnam Place 820 feet
- Arnold Street & Crystal Lane 860 feet
- Brighton Avenue & Sumner Place 880 feet
See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue.