Waters Avenue & St John Avenue

Waters Avenue and St John 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. P.S. 030 Westerleigh is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Watchogue Rd/Neal Dow Av, is 610 feet away for the S57, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Waters Avenue & St John Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watchogue Rd/Neal Dow Av, 610 feet away, for the S57.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Watchogue Rd/Neal Dow Av S57
    610 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
    1.6 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
79 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

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.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 030 Westerleigh School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Westerleigh Park
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Peter Houseman House Listed historic place
    490 feet

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:

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