Tompkins Avenue & Canal Street

Tompkins Avenue and Canal Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. The corner is also named Taurean E. Williams-Wells Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Engine 153/Ladder 77 firehouse is 630 feet away, and Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare is 850 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Tompkins Av/Broad St · S52, S78
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 1 community center and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Broad St, 50 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Broad St S52, S78 · Countdown sign
    50 feet
    S52 S78
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broad Street.

  • 14 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Broad Street Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

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
23 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Taurean E. Williams-Wells Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Taurean E. Williams-Wells Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broad Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broad Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Canal Street

  • Time-limited parking 7 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Canal Street

  • Time-limited parking 4 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1937.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 78 School
    1,030 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground
    200 feet
  2. Tappen Park
    900 feet

Health care

  1. Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stapleton Library
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Immaculate Conception RC Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stapleton Playground Pool Swimming pool
    670 feet
  2. Carter, Gerard Stapleton Community Center
    800 feet
  3. Older adult center at 189 Gordon Street Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 153/Ladder 77 Fire station
    630 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    80 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broad Street, Canal Street or Tompkins Avenue.

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