Armstrong Avenue & Wilson Avenue
Armstrong Avenue and Wilson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Firefighter Thomas J. Alioto Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph for Boys is 1,020 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 13 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway0.4 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Wilson Av, 0.4 miles away, for the S59.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Wilson Av S590.4 milesS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 5 people injured
- 1 person killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2026
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
- 53 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter Thomas J. Alioto Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to four 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 1970 and 1978.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Thomas J. Alioto Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Armstrong Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Wilson Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Wilson Avenue
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph for Boys School1,020 feet
Bank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch860 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket1,270 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center650 feet
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center760 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Wilson Avenue & Escanaba Avenue 320 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Demopolis Avenue 350 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Old Amboy Road 400 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Fern Avenue 580 feet
- Amboy Road & Armstrong Avenue 610 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Lamoka Avenue 610 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Cortelyou Avenue 650 feet
- Lamoka Avenue & Escanaba Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along Armstrong Avenue or Wilson Avenue.