Adelaide Avenue & Elmira Street
Adelaide Avenue and Elmira Street meet at a three-way junction in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Clawson Playground is 40 feet away. The Oakwood Heights station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Oakwood Heights, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Guyon Av/Elmira St, 510 feet away, for the S57.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Guyon Av/Elmira St S57510 feetS57
Next buses at this stop
- S57 …
By car
- 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station1.2 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.2 miles
- 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakwood-Richmondtown
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Adelaide Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 050 Frank Hankinson School330 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Clawson Playground40 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Adelaide Avenue & Flint Street 260 feet
- Adelaide Avenue & Whitehall Street 260 feet
- Guyon Avenue & Elmira Street 410 feet
- Clawson Street & Adelaide Avenue 520 feet
- Adelaide Avenue & Platt Street 530 feet
- Guyon Avenue & Flint Street 670 feet
- Guyon Avenue & Whitehall Street 680 feet
- Adelaide Avenue & Pendale Street 780 feet
See every intersection along Adelaide Avenue or Elmira Street.