This is what the speed cams look like.

Updated Staten Island Speed Camera Map

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The Speed Camera Map, provided by Staten Island News Service to alert drivers to lowered speed limits and areas where they might receive a fine for exceeding said limits, has been updated.

The interactive, clickable map can be zoomed into, and is useful for trip planning.  As stated previously, the purpose of this map is NOT to encourage drivers to speed.  It is, in fact, to fulfill NYC’s stated purpose for these speed cameras, which is to reduce speeds on roads in school zones and to prevent traffic accidents.

Having the speed cameras hidden and unknown serves only to charge drivers more fines, and does nothing to prevent accidents or reduce speeds,  This is due to the lag in receiving a ticket and then changing behavior.  It can take up to two weeks for the speed camera tickets to be processed, and in those two weeks, a driver who was speeding would continue to speed until receiving notification of the location of the speed camera.

A speed cam on Goethals Road North.

A speed cam on Goethals Road North.

Thus, knowing where the cameras are, and thus where the school zones are, will help drivers to reduce their speeds where necessary.  If you know of any speed cameras in your neighborhood that we may have missed, please email us at [email protected]

Speed camera on Forest Hill Road.

Speed camera on Forest Hill Road. Image Credit – Eric Olivieri

Banner Image: Speed camera. Image Credit – Staten Islander News 


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2 Comments

  • Jenna P Jenna P says:

    Your map is incomplete.

  • Avatar Mike says:

    Ive been using this new app on my iphone called NYCSpeedCamBuster. They have a way of disputing inaccurate speed camera tickets. Not sure if the dispute thing works because I haven’t gotten a ticket since using the app, but if i get one i will post my outcome here. They have a “Speed Cloud History” feature that tracks your speed and location when using the app and if you get a ticket, you can go back to the day and time you received it and if the app was in use, you can compare the speed recorded by app with speed recorded hy the camera and if its different you can “Create a Defense Document” right from the app and submit the doc as evidence right on the NYC pay or dispute app. Sounds like a good idea. Lets wait and see if it works! Their website is https://Nycspeedcambuster.com go check it out, its pretty interesting!

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