West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill

Neighborhood · Staten Island

West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill spans part of Staten Island's North Shore, taking in West Brighton, Randall Manor, Sunnyside, Silver Lake and Grymes Hill.

  • 3.06 square miles
  • 37,010 residents, 2020 Census
  • 488 street corners
  • 25 bus routes

West Brighton, once known as Factoryville, grew around a textile dye works founded in 1819, and the West New Brighton name came into use in the 1860s and 1870s. Grymes Hill, named for early resident Suzette Grymes, has been home to Wagner College since 1918, and the lake in Silver Lake Park was converted into a city reservoir and filled with Catskill water in 1917. The Staten Island Zoo opened in Barrett Park in 1936.

Sources: John De Groot House Designation Report (LP-2179, June 28, 2005) (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Wagner History (Wagner College); Silver Lake Reservoir (NYC Water on Urban Archive) (NYC Department of Environmental Protection); Staten Island Zoo (Wikipedia).

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West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill borders seven areas, and Bard Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 38 of 488.

Street map of West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island, outlined among Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Port Richmond, Westerleigh-Castleton Corners and St. George-New Brighton, with Silver Lake Park.Snug HarborSt. George-New BrightonTompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox HillsRosebank-Shore Acres-Park HillTodt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor HeightsWesterleigh-Castleton CornersPort Richmond
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on 25 routes stop in or at the edge of West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill.

  • 23 local bus routes
  • 2 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • S40
  • S42
  • S44
  • S46
  • S48
  • S52
  • S53
  • S54
  • S61
  • S62
  • S66
  • S74
  • S76
  • S78
  • S84
  • S86
  • S90
  • S91
  • S92
  • S93
  • S94
  • S96
  • S98

Express bus routes

  • SIM30
  • SIM35

Safety record

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

  • 1,153 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 2.4 a corner, on average
  • 2.2 the average Staten Island corner
  • 203 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 56 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
56
Leading pedestrian intervals
35
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.

  • 9,064 red-light camera tickets at two corners
  • 31,534 school-zone speed camera tickets at 18 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Clove Road & Bard Avenue, 5,858
Most speed tickets
Clove Road & Glenwood Avenue, 24,622

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 37,010 residents in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, about 12,100 per square mile.

  • 13,931 homes, 2020 Census
  • 5 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 7,424 residential lots hold buildings from 1935 or earlier, and 56% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
262.4 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Silver Lake Park (206 acres), Goodhue Park (26.5 acres) and Allison Pond Park (9.3 acres)
Historic district
St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, wholly or partly within West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill

Streets and trees

Trees
7,657 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, pin oak and Callery pear
Street with the most corners
Bard Avenue, with 38 of the area's 488
Height above sea level
From 5 feet at Kissel Avenue & Amelia Court to 369 feet at Hillcrest Road & Greta Place
Honorary street names
80 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 12 schools and one library in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill.

Public schools
5
Charter and private schools
7
Library
West New Brighton Library

Public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill: General Kazimierz Pulaski (1926), South American Tropical Forest and African Savannah (1996) and Python (2007).

  • 3 works of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 212 major felonies at places in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill

  • 207 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,132 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, the NYPD recorded another 84 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 8.0 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill.

Police precinct
120th
Major felonies recorded at places in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 91 major felonies at places in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, against 94 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.