Tompkins Avenue & Garfield Avenue

Tompkins Avenue and Garfield Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Von Briesen Park is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av, is 120 feet away for the S52, and 16 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av · S52
Within a walk
3 places
3 parks, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Garfield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av, 120 feet away, for the S52.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av S52
    120 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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2019.

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
76 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 35 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Von Briesen Park
    830 feet
  2. Fort Wadsworth Park · listed historic place
    1,300 feet
  3. John E. White Park
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Garfield Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

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