Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills

Neighborhood · Staten Island

Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Clifton and Fox Hills cover a stretch of northeastern Staten Island along Upper New York Bay.

  • 0.87 square miles
  • 19,027 residents, 2020 Census
  • 187 street corners
  • 3 Staten Island Railway stations
  • 18 bus routes

Early European explorers took on fresh water at Tompkinsville, known in colonial times as the Watering Place; Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, later vice president, founded the village and in 1817 began regular ferry service to Manhattan. Stapleton was laid out in 1832 by merchant William J. Staples and Minthorne Tompkins, became known for its German-American breweries and was incorporated in 1884 as the village of Edgewater, whose old village hall still stands in Tappen Park.

Sources: Tompkinsville, Staten Island (Wikipedia); Stapleton, Staten Island (Wikipedia); St. George Historic District Designation Report (LP-1883, July 19, 1994) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission).

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Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills borders three areas, and Bay Street holds more of its corners than any other street, 23 of 187.

Street map of Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island, outlined among West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill and St. George-New Brighton, with its three Staten Island Railway stations and Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground.St. George-New BrightonRosebank-Shore Acres-Park HillWest New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Staten Island Railway stations

  • Tompkinsville lines SIR
  • Stapleton lines SIR
  • Clifton lines SIR

Getting around

The Staten Island Railway stops at Clifton, Stapleton and Tompkinsville, at or near the edge of the area, and buses on 18 routes stop in or at the edge of Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills.

  • 3 Staten Island Railway stations
  • 17 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • S46
  • S48
  • S51
  • S52
  • S61
  • S62
  • S66
  • S74
  • S76
  • S78
  • S81
  • S84
  • S86
  • S91
  • S92
  • S96
  • S98

Express bus route

  • SIM30

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Staten Island corner.

  • 750 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 4.0 a corner, on average
  • 2.2 the average Staten Island corner
  • 33 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 32 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
26
Leading pedestrian intervals
21
Safety Improvement Projects
4
Turn calming
3
Enhanced crossings
3
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
2

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 1,523 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 14,639 school-zone speed camera tickets at 15 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Bay Street & Hannah Street, 1,523
Most speed tickets
Bay Street & Swan Street, 4,675

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 19,027 residents in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, about 21,900 per square mile.

  • 6,801 homes, 2020 Census
  • 1,148 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 2,641 residential lots hold buildings from 1930 or earlier, and 59% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA development

NYCHA's Stapleton development lies wholly or partly within Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
9.8 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground (4.1 acres), Stapleton Esplanade (3.5 acres) and Tappen Park (1.8 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Edgewater Village Hall, the Staten Island Savings Bank Building, the Audre Lorde Residence and the Tompkinsville (Joseph H. Lyons) Pool, among others
Historic district
St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, wholly or partly within Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills

Streets and trees

Trees
2,806 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, Japanese flowering cherry and Japanese zelkova
Street with the most corners
Bay Street, with 23 of the area's 187
Height above sea level
From 7 feet at Water Street & Beach Street to 214 feet at Bayview Place & Creston Place
Honorary street names
25 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists eight schools and one library in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills.

Public schools
6
Charter and private schools
2
Library
Stapleton Library

Public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills: The Hiker (1916).

  • 1 work of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 220 major felonies at places in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills

  • 231 major felonies in 2024
  • 2,068 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, the NYPD recorded another 70 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 15.2 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills.

Police precinct
120th
Major felonies recorded at places in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 102 major felonies at places in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, against 107 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.