Water Street & Canal Street

Water Street and Canal Street meet at a three-way junction in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 193 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Edgewater Village Hall, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 160 feet away. The Stapleton station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Stapleton
830 feet · 3 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Canal St/Wright St · S52, S74, S78, SIM30
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Water Street & Canal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Stapleton, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Stapleton SIR · Staten Island Railway
    830 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Canal St/Wright St, 50 feet away, for the S52, S74, S78 and SIM30.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Canal St/Wright St S52, S74, S78, SIM30 · Shelter
    50 feet
    S52 S74 S78 SIM30
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …
  2. S74 …
  3. S78 …
  4. SIM30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 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, 1.7 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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 193 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,641st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 118 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 76 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Wright Street (south side).

East side of Canal Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Canal Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 7 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Canal Street

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

South side of Water Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wright Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 509274, 509890, 511616, 513244 and 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. Edgewater Village Hall Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Staten Island Savings Bank Building Designated landmark
    320 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Eden II Sch for Autistic Chldrn School
    690 feet
  2. Tiny Treasures Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tappen Park
    40 feet
  2. Stapleton Esplanade Park
    1,080 feet
  3. Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stapleton Library
    340 feet
  2. Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Listed historic place
    410 feet
  3. Houses at 364 and 390 Van Duzer Street Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Central Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Light of the Gospel Arabic Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 153/Ladder 77 Fire station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Canal Street, Water Street or Wright Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.