Tompkins Avenue & Virginia Avenue

Tompkins Avenue and Virginia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. De Matti Park is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av, is 230 feet away for the S52 and S78, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av · S52, S78
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Avenue & Virginia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av, 230 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Saint Marys Av S52, S78 · Countdown sign
    230 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

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

North side of Virginia Avenue

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

South side of Virginia Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Most Terrific Child Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 013 M. L. Lindemeyer School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. De Matti Park
    670 feet
  2. De Matti Park Playground
    740 feet
  3. Kaltenmeier Playground
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Garibaldi Memorial Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs Church House of worship
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rosebank Post Office
    450 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 21/Engine 152 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Market Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Tompkins Avenue or Virginia 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.