Simonson Place & Catherine Court

Simonson Place and Catherine Court meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Mount Calvary Holy Church is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Post Av/Decker Av, is 510 feet away for the S44, S57 and S94, and 16 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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Simonson Place & Catherine Court Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Post Av/Decker Av, 510 feet away, for the S44, S57 and S94.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Post Av/Decker Av S44, S57, S94
    510 feet
    S44 S57 S94

Next buses at this stop

  1. S44 …
  2. S57 …
  3. S94 …

Live arrivals

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
    0.4 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1940.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Catherine Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Simonson Place

  • No standing 7 signs 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 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivas Sanz School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Levy Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Temple Emanu-El Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. Temple Emmanuel House of worship
    540 feet
  3. Mount Calvary Holy Church House of worship
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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