Arlene Street & Merrill Avenue
Arlene Street and Merrill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Bishop Patrick V Ahern High School is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrill Av/Richmond Av, is 280 feet away for the S59, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Merrill Av/Richmond Av, 280 feet away, for the S59.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Merrill Av/Richmond Av S59280 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Arlene Street and Merrill Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Lamberts Lane & Staten Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1680 Richmond Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10314
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 121
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 in 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Arlene Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Merrill Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Bishop Patrick V Ahern High School160 feet
- Seton Foundation for Learning Preschool160 feet
- Moore Catholic High School510 feet
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- P.S. 060 Alice Austen School860 feet
- Children at Play Early Inter. Center Preschool890 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Arlene Street & Commerce Street 270 feet
- Merrill Avenue & Hillman Avenue 270 feet
- Merrill Avenue & Firth Road 290 feet
- Merrill Avenue & Bishop Patrick Ahern High School Driveway 320 feet
- Arlene Street & Bishop Patrick Ahern High School Driveway 460 feet
- Commerce Street & Fieldstone Road 540 feet
- Berglund Avenue & Firth Road 570 feet
- Hillman Avenue & Jardine Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Arlene Street or Merrill Avenue.