Lawrence Avenue & Morrison Avenue
Lawrence Avenue and Morrison Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named James "Jim" Smith Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 045 John Tyler is 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Lawrence Av, is 590 feet away for the S48, S98 and SIM30, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 13 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Lawrence Av, 590 feet away, for the S48, S98 and SIM30.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Lawrence Av S48, S98, SIM30590 feetS48 S98 SIM30
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
- S98 …
- SIM30 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 525 Forest Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10310
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
- Elevation
- 166 feet above sea level
This corner is also named James "Jim" Smith Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on James "Jim" Smith Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2014 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Lawrence Avenue
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
West side of Lawrence Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Morrison Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 507708 and 510790.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 045 John Tyler School190 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Saviour Lutheran Church House of worship700 feet
Bank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch1,100 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,320 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy850 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Davis Avenue & Morrison Avenue 230 feet
- Morrison Avenue & Hart Avenue 230 feet
- Bard Avenue & Morrison Avenue 460 feet
- Pelton Avenue & Morrison Avenue 470 feet
- Lawrence Avenue & Harvest Avenue 490 feet
- Forest Avenue & Lawrence Avenue 510 feet
- Forest Avenue & North Mada Avenue 660 feet
- Davis Avenue & Harvest Avenue 720 feet
See every intersection along Lawrence Avenue or Morrison Avenue.