Tompkins Street & Quinn Street

Tompkins Street and Quinn Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Stapleton Playground Pool is 580 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Tompkins Av/Broad St · S52, S78
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tompkins Street & Quinn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

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

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. Clifton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Tompkins Av/Broad St, 520 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Tompkins Av/Broad St S52, S78 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    520 feet
    S52 S78
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Broad Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Tompkins Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Tompkins Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1853 and 1937.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 78 School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground
    350 feet
  2. Tappen Park
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. Richmond Center for Rehabilitation and Specialty Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stapleton Library
    960 feet
  2. Boardman- Mitchell House Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Stapleton Playground Pool Swimming pool
    580 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 153/Ladder 77 Fire station
    600 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Quinn Street or Tompkins Street.

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