Lafayette Avenue & Cassidy Place

Lafayette Avenue and Cassidy Place meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island, at the edge of NYCHA's Cassidy-Lafayette development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, five school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Christ Church Rectory, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl, is 110 feet away for the S44. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and three places to eat.

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Lafayette Avenue & Cassidy Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl, 110 feet away, for the S44.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl S44 · Shelter
    110 feet
    S44
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S44 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

In 2025, 5 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,943rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Cassidy-Lafayette development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cassidy Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cassidy Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Gothic. They were built between 1855 and 1904.

  1. Christ Church Rectory Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. R373 School
    520 feet
  2. Richmond University Medical Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. Staten Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Brighton Village Hall Listed historic place
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Church New Brighton Landmark · listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  2. Unitarian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 125 Cassidy Place Older adult center
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

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