Leonard Avenue & Bidwell Avenue

Leonard Avenue and Bidwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Westerleigh Park is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Watchogue Rd/Livermore Av, is 1,090 feet away for the S57, SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Leonard Avenue & Bidwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watchogue Rd/Livermore Av, 1,090 feet away, for the S57, SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Watchogue Rd/Livermore Av S57, SIM3, SIM3C, SIM34
    1,090 feet
    S57 SIM3 SIM3C SIM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. S57 …
  2. SIM3 …
  3. SIM3C …
  4. SIM34 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at North Gannon Avenue & Mann Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2071 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.7 miles

No 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 June 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 030 Westerleigh School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Westerleigh Park
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peter Houseman House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

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