Tompkins Avenue & Lyman Avenue

Tompkins Avenue and Lyman 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 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av, is 510 feet away for the S52, and 20 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them parks. About 400 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
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av · S52
Within a walk
4 places
3 parks and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Lyman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av, 510 feet away, for the S52.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fingerboard Rd/Tompkins Av S52
    510 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1400 Bay Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 20 Cliff Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 April 2017.

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lyman Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Von Briesen Park
    440 feet
  2. Fort Wadsworth Park · listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. John E. White Park
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. White Park Playground
    1,020 feet

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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lyman Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

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