Tompkins Avenue & Lynhurst Avenue

Tompkins Avenue and Lynhurst Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Josephs Church is 760 feet away. The Clifton station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Clifton
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Tompkins Av/Chestnut Av · S52, S78
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Lynhurst Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Clifton, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Clifton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 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/Chestnut Av, 310 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Chestnut Av S52, S78 · Countdown sign
    310 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lynhurst Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lynhurst Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built in 1845.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Richmond Pre-K Center at 375 Tompkins Avenue Pre-K center
    500 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Matti Park
    360 feet
  2. De Matti Park Playground
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Garibaldi Memorial Listed historic place
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church House of worship
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lynhurst Avenue or Tompkins Avenue.

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