Port Richmond Avenue & Catherine Street
Port Richmond Avenue and Catherine Street meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. The corner is also named Leon Wallace Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Pauls St Lukes Lutheran Church is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Port Richmond Av/Catherine St, is 60 feet away for the S44, S59 and S94, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Port Richmond Av/Catherine St, 60 feet away, for the S44, S59 and S94.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Port Richmond Av/Catherine St S44, S59, S9460 feetS44 S59 S94
Next buses at this stop
- S44 …
- S59 …
- S94 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 387 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station1,020 feet
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025
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
- 28 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Leon Wallace Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is 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 1915 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Leon Wallace Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Port Richmond Avenue
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 post office
- 1 religious building
Houses of worship
- St Pauls St Lukes Lutheran Church House of worship950 feet
Community centers and public services
- Port Richmond Post Office1,120 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Port Richmond Avenue & Laforge Avenue 90 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Hooker Place 160 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Rainbow Avenue 230 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Burden Avenue 300 feet
- Catherine Street & La Grange Place 340 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Walker Street 450 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Homestead Avenue 490 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Beekman Street 520 feet
See every intersection along Catherine Street or Port Richmond Avenue.