Tompkins Avenue & Shaughnessy Lane

Tompkins Avenue and Shaughnessy Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Rosebank Post Office is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av, is 240 feet away for the S52 and S78, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av · S52, S78
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Shaughnessy Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av, 240 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av S52, S78 · Countdown sign
    240 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 July 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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Shaughnessy Lane

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Shaughnessy Lane

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Most Terrific Child Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. The Richmond Pre-K Center at 375 Tompkins Avenue Pre-K center
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Matti Park
    160 feet
  2. De Matti Park Playground
    230 feet
  3. Kaltenmeier Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Garibaldi Memorial Listed historic place
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church House of worship
    180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rosebank Post Office
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 21/Engine 152 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Shaughnessy Lane or Tompkins Avenue.

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