South Railroad Avenue & Lincoln Avenue

South Railroad Avenue and Lincoln Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Christophers RC Church is 680 feet away. The Grant City station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
South Railroad Avenue & Lincoln Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grant City, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson Av SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av, 40 feet away, for the S51 and S81.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av S51, S81
    40 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, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2150 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lincoln Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 4 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lincoln Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South Railroad Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 522399.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. St Christophers RC Church House of worship
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Island Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Lincoln Avenue or South Railroad Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.