Port Richmond Avenue & Bennett Street

Port Richmond Avenue and Bennett Street meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Reformed Church on Staten Island, Sunday School Bldg, & Cemetery, one of four Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Port Richmond Av/Bennett St, is 100 feet away for the S53, S57, S59 and S66. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Bayonne Bridge
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Port Richmond Av/Bennett St · S53, S57, S59, S66
Within a walk
16 places
12 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Port Richmond Avenue & Bennett Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Port Richmond Av/Bennett St, 100 feet away, for the S53, S57, S59 and S66.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Port Richmond Av/Bennett St S53, S57, S59, S66
    100 feet
    S53 S57 S59 S66

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S57 …
  3. S59 …
  4. S66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 387 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10302
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Port Richmond
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Port Richmond Avenue (west side).

East side of Port Richmond Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 508092 and 509204.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1898.

  1. Reformed Church on Staten Island, Sunday School Bldg, & Cemetery Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Northfield Township District School 6 Designated landmark
    710 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Veterans Park.

  1. Eugene G. Putnam Fountain by Virgil Fuller, 1915
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Port Richmond School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Park
    390 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Port Richmond Library Landmark
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Orthodox Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. St Phillips Baptist Church House of worship
    540 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 157/Ladder 80 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bennett Street or Port Richmond Avenue.

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