Tompkins Avenue & Thompson Place

Tompkins Avenue and Thompson Place 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. The Battalion 21/Engine 152 firehouse is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tompkins Av/Belair Rd, is 360 feet away for the S52, and 16 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Tompkins Avenue & Thompson Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Belair Rd, 360 feet away, for the S52.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Belair Rd S52
    360 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 eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

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 November 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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Thompson Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Thompson Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Most Terrific Child Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rosebank Post Office
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 21/Engine 152 Fire station
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.