Richmond Terrace & Tysen Street

Richmond Terrace and Tysen Street meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 65 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Snug Harbor Cultural Center is 40 feet away, and Staten Island Museum is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Terr/Clinton Av, is 450 feet away for the S40. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them museums, and three places to eat.

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Richmond Terrace & Tysen Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Terr/Clinton Av, 450 feet away, for the S40.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Terr/Clinton Av S40
    450 feet
    S40

Next buses at this stop

  1. S40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Richmond Terrace.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 54 Central Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

In 2025, 65 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,809th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. George-New Brighton
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 130 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 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Richmond Terrace

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Richmond Terrace

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Tysen Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Tysen Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1800 and 1880.

  1. Old Stone Jug Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. Sailors' Snug Harbor, Building E Designated landmark
    530 feet
  3. Sailors' Snug Harbor, Building D Designated landmark
    600 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Snug Harbor Cultural Center.

  1. Neptune Fountain Fountain
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 museums
  • 2 park features
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Harbor Montessori School Pre-K
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Snug Harbor Cultural Center Park
    40 feet
  2. Eleanor Proske Visitors Center in Snug Harbor Cultural Center Park feature
    680 feet
  3. Lillian Beyer Schwartz Garden in Snug Harbor Cultural Center Park feature
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Neville House Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Noble Maritime Collection Museum
    760 feet
  3. Staten Island Museum
    840 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Snug Harbor Music Hall Theater or concert hall
    730 feet
  2. Veterans Memorial Hall Theater or concert hall · landmark
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Unitarian Church House of worship
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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