Barlow Avenue & Colon Avenue

Barlow Avenue and Colon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 032 the Gifford School is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Leverett Av/Doane Av, is 1,050 feet away for the SIM5 and SIM6, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1975 and 1980, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Barlow Avenue & Colon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Leverett Av/Doane Av, 1,050 feet away, for the SIM5 and SIM6.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Leverett Av/Doane Av SIM5, SIM6
    1,050 feet
    SIM5 SIM6

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM5 …
  2. SIM6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 496 Arthur Kill Road Gas station
    0.4 miles

Between 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 2022.

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1975 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

South side of Barlow Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 032 the Gifford School
    870 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.