Water Street & Beach Street

Water Street and Beach Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Staten Island Savings Bank Building, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 130 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about two minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
400 feet · 2 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Beach St/Water St · S52
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Beach Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    400 feet
    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 Beach St/Water St, 110 feet away, for the S52.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach St/Water St S52
    110 feet
    S52

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 250 Broad Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
7 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beach Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

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 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Water Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 516827.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance and Romanesque Revival, one each, and built between 1889 and 1925.

  1. Staten Island Savings Bank Building Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    30 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Stapleton Library
    770 feet
  3. Boardman- Mitchell House Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer Street Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. First Central Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach Street or Water 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.