Tompkins Avenue & Clifton Avenue

Tompkins Avenue and Clifton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Rosebank Post Office is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av, is 480 feet away for the S52 and S78, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av · S52, S78
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Clifton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av, 480 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av S52, S78 · Countdown sign
    480 feet
    S52 S78
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 951 Bay Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10305
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clifton Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Clifton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Most Terrific Child Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. P.S. 013 M. L. Lindemeyer School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Matti Park
    920 feet
  2. De Matti Park Playground
    990 feet
  3. Kaltenmeier Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Garibaldi Memorial Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rosebank Post Office
    200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 21/Engine 152 Fire station
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clifton Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

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