Watchogue Road & Demorest Avenue

Watchogue Road and Demorest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Watchogue Rd/Neal Dow Av, is 130 feet away for the S57, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Watchogue Rd/Neal Dow Av · S57
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 listed historic place, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Watchogue Road & Demorest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watchogue Rd/Neal Dow Av, 130 feet away, for the S57.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Watchogue Rd/Neal Dow Av S57
    130 feet
    S57

Next buses at this stop

  1. S57 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at North Gannon Avenue & Mann Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2071 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Demorest Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Demorest Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Watchogue Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Watchogue Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 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 in 1730.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peter Houseman House Listed historic place
    420 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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 of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Demorest Avenue or Watchogue Road.

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