Midland Avenue & Grimsby Street

Midland Avenue and Grimsby Street meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Midland Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Midland Av/Freeborn St, is 230 feet away for the S51 and S81, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

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Midland Avenue & Grimsby Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Midland Av/Freeborn St, 230 feet away, for the S51 and S81.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Midland Av/Freeborn St S51, S81 · Shelter
    230 feet
    S51 S81
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S81 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Midland Avenue.

By car

  1. 2150 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.6 miles

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Midland Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Lifetime Changes Behavior Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Midland Field
    1,100 feet
  2. Midland Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margaret Marys R C Church House of worship
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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