Armstrong Avenue & Bennington Street
Armstrong Avenue and Bennington Street meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Joseph DiGiovanni Purple Heart Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Armstrong Av, is 0.4 miles away for the S54, S78, SIM1 and four more, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Armstrong Av, 0.4 miles away, for the S54, S78, SIM1, SIM1C and three more.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Armstrong Av S54, S78, SIM1, SIM1C +30.4 milesS54 S78 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 SIM9 SIM10
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- S78 …
- SIM1 …
- SIM1C …
- SIM7 …
- SIM9 …
- SIM10 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10308
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 49 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Joseph DiGiovanni Purple Heart Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).
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 between 1950 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Joseph DiGiovanni Purple Heart Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2015, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Bennington Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedShopping centers
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Armstrong Avenue & Oceanview Place 220 feet
- Elmwood Avenue & Oceanview Place 480 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Hillcrest Street 520 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Sycamore Street 590 feet
- Hillcrest Street & William Avenue 690 feet
- Cloverdale Avenue & Oceanview Place 730 feet
- Robinson Avenue & Hillcrest Street 770 feet
- Sycamore Street & Elmwood Avenue 840 feet
See every intersection along Armstrong Avenue.