South Railroad Avenue & Bancroft Avenue

South Railroad Avenue and Bancroft Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Grant City station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Grant City
800 feet · 3 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av · S51, S81
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Railroad Avenue & Bancroft Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grant City, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Grant City SIR · Staten Island Railway
    800 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. New Dorp SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av, 1,100 feet away, for the S51 and S81.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av S51, S81
    1,100 feet
    S51 S81

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S81 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South Railroad Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Bancroft Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bancroft Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of South Railroad Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Island Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. New HL Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bancroft Avenue or South Railroad Avenue.

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