Armstrong Avenue & Katan Avenue

Armstrong Avenue and Katan Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1970, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

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Armstrong Avenue & Katan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Armstrong Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Katan Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Shopping centers

  1. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, NYC DOT, NYC Finance and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.