Lafayette Avenue & West Buchanan Street
Lafayette Avenue and West Buchanan Street meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island, at the edge of NYCHA's Cassidy-Lafayette development. The corner is also named Caccese Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. R373 is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl, is 150 feet away for the S44. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl, 150 feet away, for the S44.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lafayette Av/Cassidy Pl S44 · Shelter150 feetS44
Next buses at this stop
- S44 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station770 feet
- 54 Central Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
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
- 56 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Caccese Way, a co-naming enacted on February 18, 2003 (Local Law 14 of 2003).
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 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Caccese Way.
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.
- Christ Church Rectory Designated landmark780 feet
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven 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
- P.S. R373 School770 feet
- Richmond University Medical Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,280 feet
Health care
- Staten Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice1,110 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- New Brighton Village Hall Listed historic place290 feet
Houses of worship
- Christ Church New Brighton Landmark · listed historic place850 feet
- Unitarian Church House of worship1,180 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 125 Cassidy Place Older adult center700 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 signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Lafayette Avenue & Cassidy Place 260 feet
- Fillmore Street & Lafayette Avenue 260 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Van Buren Street 520 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Lafayette Avenue 730 feet
- Richmond Terrace & Lafayette Avenue 780 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Cassidy Place 810 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Cortelyou Place 990 feet
- Fillmore Street & Clinton Avenue 1,020 feet
See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue.