3rd Street & Ross Avenue
The four-way crossing of 3rd Street and Ross Avenue is in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island, and is also named Firefighter Joseph Maffeo Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Our Lady Queen of Peace Church is 940 feet away. The New Dorp station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and nine places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is New Dorp, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- New Dorp SIR · Staten Island Railway860 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Creeping on Where Time Has Been” (2023) by Keri Sheheen at the New Dorp station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Rose Av/3 St, 400 feet away, for the S57.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Rose Av/3 St S57400 feetS57
Next buses at this stop
- S57 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station0.3 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.6 miles
- 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- New Dorp-Midland Beach
- Elevation
- 53 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter Joseph Maffeo Avenue, a co-naming enacted on January 7, 2003 (Local Law 6 of 2003).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Joseph Maffeo Avenue.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Sips Kinder Facilities Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K750 feet
- New Millennium Training Center (The) Trade or language school1,200 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Church House of worship940 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and eight food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- 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
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Ross Avenue & 4th Street 250 feet
- Ross Avenue & 2nd Street 250 feet
- New Dorp Plaza & Ross Avenue 390 feet
- 3rd Street & Rose Avenue 400 feet
- Ross Avenue & 1st Street 500 feet
- Amboy Road & 2nd Street 540 feet
- 3rd Street & Beach Avenue 550 feet
- Amboy Road & 1st Street 590 feet
See every intersection along 3rd Street or Ross Avenue.