Waters Avenue & Bidwell Avenue

Waters Avenue and Bidwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Westerleigh Park is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Watchogue Rd/Livermore Av, is 810 feet away for the S57, SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Watchogue Rd/Livermore Av · S57, SIM3, SIM3C, SIM34
Within a walk
2 places
1 listed historic place and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waters Avenue & Bidwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watchogue Rd/Livermore Av, 810 feet away, for the S57, SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Watchogue Rd/Livermore Av S57, SIM3, SIM3C, SIM34
    810 feet
    S57 SIM3 SIM3C SIM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. S57 …
  2. SIM3 …
  3. SIM3C …
  4. SIM34 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at North Gannon Avenue & Mann Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Westerleigh Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peter Houseman House Listed historic place
    940 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bidwell Avenue or Waters Avenue.

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