Tompkins Avenue & Fingerboard Road

Tompkins Avenue and Fingerboard Road meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Von Briesen Park is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av, is 30 feet away for the S52, and 17 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av · S52
Within a walk
2 places
2 parks, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Fingerboard Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av, 30 feet away, for the S52.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av S52
    30 feet
    S52

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1400 Bay Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 20 Cliff Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fingerboard Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Fingerboard Road

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Von Briesen Park
    940 feet
  2. John E. White Park
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fingerboard Road 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.