Alverson Avenue & Balsam Place
Alverson Avenue and Balsam Place meet at a three-way junction in Arden Heights-Rossville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Rossville Av/Wood Ct, is 820 feet away for the S74 and S84, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1989 and 1997, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Rossville Av/Wood Ct, 820 feet away, for the S74 and S84.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Rossville Av/Wood Ct S74, S84820 feetS74 S84
Next buses at this stop
- S74 …
- S84 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway northbound at Veterans Road East & West Shore Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 970 Bloomingdale Road Gas station0.9 miles
- 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10309
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Arden Heights-Rossville
- Elevation
- 77 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 1989 and 1997.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Rainbows Reach Preschool, ages 2 to 51,250 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Fresh Supermarket0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Rossville Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Alverson Avenue & Barrow Place 280 feet
- Alverson Avenue & Selkirk Street 280 feet
- Alverson Avenue & Gunton Place 610 feet
- Mallow Street & Barrow Place 640 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Balsam Place 640 feet
- Gunton Place & Totten Street 810 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Wood Court 870 feet
- Balsam Place & Arrowood Court 870 feet
See every intersection along Alverson Avenue or Balsam Place.