Tottenville-Charleston

Neighborhood · Staten Island

Tottenville-Charleston forms the southwestern tip of Staten Island along the Arthur Kill, taking in Tottenville, Charleston, Richmond Valley and Butler Manor.

  • 4.55 square miles
  • 16,089 residents, 2020 Census
  • 367 street corners
  • 3 Staten Island Railway stations
  • 11 bus routes

Tottenville, the southernmost neighborhood in both New York City and New York State, took its name in 1869 from the local Totten family and grew on oystering and wooden boatbuilding; the Staten Island Railway has ended there since 1860. At the fieldstone Conference House, now the heart of Conference House Park, American and British envoys met on September 11, 1776, in a failed effort to end the Revolutionary War. Charleston, once called Kreischerville for its 19th-century brick works, keeps the Stick-style Kreischer House, a city landmark.

Sources: Conference House Designation Report (LP-0393, February 28, 1967) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Kreischer House Designation Report (LP-0391, February 20, 1968) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Tottenville, Staten Island (Wikipedia); Charleston, Staten Island (Wikipedia).

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Tottenville-Charleston borders three areas, and Arthur Kill Road holds more of its corners than any other street, 45 of 367.

Street map of Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island, outlined among Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Arden Heights-Rossville and Freshkills Park (South), with its three Staten Island Railway stations and Conference House Park.Arden Heights-RossvilleFreshkills Park (South)Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Staten Island Railway stations

  • Richmond Valley lines SIR
  • Arthur Kill lines SIR accessible
  • Tottenville lines SIR accessible

Getting around

The Staten Island Railway stops at Arthur Kill, Richmond Valley and Tottenville, and buses on 11 routes stop in or at the edge of Tottenville-Charleston.

  • 3 Staten Island Railway stations
  • 2 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 5 local bus routes
  • 6 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • S55
  • S59
  • S74
  • S78
  • S84

Express bus routes

  • SIM2
  • SIM22
  • SIM23
  • SIM24
  • SIM25
  • SIM26

Safety record

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

  • 507 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 1.4 a corner, on average
  • 2.2 the average Staten Island corner
  • 216 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 17 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
17
Leading pedestrian intervals
2

Camera tickets

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

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 15,549 school-zone speed camera tickets at seven corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
Hylan Boulevard & Culotta Lane, 9,886

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 16,089 residents in Tottenville-Charleston, about 3,500 per square mile.

  • 6,327 homes, 2020 Census
  • 544 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 4,541 residential lots hold buildings from 1990 or earlier, and 25% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
299.4 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Conference House Park (151.2 acres), Long Pond Park (90 acres) and Fairview Park (43.9 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Rutan-Journeay House, the Westfield Township School No. 5, the New York Public Library's Tottenville Branch and the Free Magyar Reformed Church, among others

Streets and trees

Trees
8,003 in NYC Parks' records, most often Callery pear, red maple and Japanese flowering cherry
Street with the most corners
Arthur Kill Road, with 45 of the area's 367
Height above sea level
From 7 feet at Arthur Kill Road & Nassau Place to 124 feet at Veterans Road West & Sharrotts Road
Honorary street names
19 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists four schools and two libraries in Tottenville-Charleston.

Public schools
3
Charter or private school
1
Libraries
Charleston Library and Tottenville Library

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 159 major felonies at places in Tottenville-Charleston.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Tottenville-Charleston

  • 130 major felonies in 2024
  • 676 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025
Police precinct
123rd
Major felonies recorded at places in Tottenville-Charleston, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 75 major felonies at places in Tottenville-Charleston, against 82 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.