Arden Avenue & Blue Heron Drive
Arden Avenue and Blue Heron Drive meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Holy Child Church is 620 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1990, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway0.5 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Arden Av/Mosely Av, 900 feet away, for the SIM23.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Arden Av/Mosely Av SIM23900 feetSIM23
Next buses at this stop
- SIM23 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4472 Amboy Road Gas station0.5 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 November 2013.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 95 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
Homes
About 200 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 1965 and 1990.
Trees
NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Arden Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1725 and 1929.
Schools, parks 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 nature area
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Child of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5620 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Blue Heron Park Nature area370 feet
Houses of worship
- Holy Child Church House of worship620 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Amboy Road & Arden Avenue 220 feet
- Arden Avenue & Oakdale Street 250 feet
- Amboy Road & Seidman Avenue 470 feet
- Arden Avenue & Fingal Street 500 feet
- Arden Avenue & Gillard Avenue 500 feet
- Oakdale Street & Seidman Avenue 510 feet
- Amboy Road & Bovanizer Street 590 feet
- Oakdale Street & Woods of Arden Road 700 feet
See every intersection along Arden Avenue.