Arden Avenue & Vespa Avenue
Arden Avenue and Vespa Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Arden Heights-Rossville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Korean War Veterans Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Arden Woods is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Arden Av/Rolling Hill Green, is 140 feet away for the S56, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Arden Av/Rolling Hill Green, 140 feet away, for the S56.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Arden Av/Rolling Hill Green S56140 feetS56
Next buses at this stop
- S56 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1781 Arthur Kill Road Gas station0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2026
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)
- Arden Heights-Rossville
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Korean War Veterans Way, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1971 and 1986.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Korean War Veterans Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Arden Avenue
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Vespa Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Arden Woods Nature area320 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,200 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket810 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy900 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.
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 and 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:
- Arden Avenue & Rolling Hill Green 250 feet
- Vespa Avenue & Almond Street 320 feet
- Arden Avenue & Correll Avenue 390 feet
- Arden Avenue & Halpin Avenue 540 feet
- Vespa Avenue & Ruxton Avenue 590 feet
- Rolling Hill Green & Hickory Circle 770 feet
- Jefferson Boulevard & Vespa Avenue 860 feet
- Woodrow Road & Arden Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along Arden Avenue or Vespa Avenue.