Van Duzer Street & Beach Street

Van Duzer Street and Beach Street meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is 630 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Beach St/Van Duzer St · S52, S78
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Duzer Street & Beach Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach St/Van Duzer St, 50 feet away, for the S52 and S78.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach St/Van Duzer St S52, S78 · Shelter
    50 feet
    S52 S78
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Van Duzer Street.

  • 4 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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248 Bay Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Street

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

South side of Beach Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Van Duzer Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

West side of Van Duzer Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 38 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Colonial. They were built between 1835 and 1986.

  1. German Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Treasures Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    240 feet
  2. Eden II School for Autistic Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Eden II - Little Miracles School
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer Street Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Central Baptist Church House of worship
    280 feet
  2. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Landmark
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Beach Street or Van Duzer Street.

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