Post Avenue & Simonson Place
Post Avenue and Simonson Place 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, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Post Av/Decker Av, is 340 feet away for the S44, S57 and S94, and 15 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Post Av/Decker Av, 340 feet away, for the S44, S57 and S94.
- 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Post Av/Decker Av S44, S57, S94340 feetS44 S57 S94
Next buses at this stop
- S44 …
- S57 …
- S94 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 387 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
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
- 19 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Leon Wallace Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese tree lilac and the littleleaf linden.
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- 7 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Post Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Simonson Place
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Yeshivas Sanz School620 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Temple Emanu-El Listed historic place600 feet
Houses of worship
- St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship310 feet
- Temple Emmanuel House of worship500 feet
- Mount Calvary Holy Church House of worship890 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine 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
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Simonson Place & Catherine Court 170 feet
- Post Avenue & Cortlandt Street 290 feet
- Post Avenue & Decker Avenue 310 feet
- Post Avenue & Mitchel Lane 460 feet
- Jewett Avenue & Post Avenue 490 feet
- Jewett Avenue & Catherine Court 500 feet
- Palmer Avenue & Cortlandt Street 540 feet
- Decker Avenue & Palmer Avenue 570 feet
See every intersection along Post Avenue or Simonson Place.