Targee Street & Waverly Place

Targee Street and Waverly Place meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 3,360 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Duzer St/Baring Pl, is 380 feet away for the S74, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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Targee Street & Waverly Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Duzer St/Baring Pl, 380 feet away, for the S74.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Duzer St/Baring Pl S74
    380 feet
    S74

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Targee Street.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 425 Vanderbilt Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

In 2025, 3,360 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 258th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,780 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills
Elevation
64 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 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2022 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Targee Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Waverly Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. The Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners School
    140 feet
  2. Richmond Medical Center - Osgood School
    350 feet
  3. Bumblebees R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Roots of Peace Community Garden
    120 feet
  2. Sobel Court Park
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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