Mersereau Avenue & Wemple Street

Mersereau Avenue and Wemple Street meet at a three-way junction in Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, South Av/Forest Av, is 1,050 feet away for the S46 and S96, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Mersereau Avenue & Wemple Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South Av/Forest Av, 1,050 feet away, for the S46 and S96.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. South Av/Forest Av S46, S96
    1,050 feet
    S46 S96

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S96 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway at Forest Avenue & Goethals Road North at Staten Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2151 Forest Avenue Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.6 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10303
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 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 1970 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Wemple Street

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Commons Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

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