Beach Road & Hillcrest Street
Beach Road and Hillcrest Street meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named James (Jimmy) Carsten Road 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/Littlefield Av, is 0.3 miles away for the S54 and S78, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1965, 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/Littlefield Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S54 and S78.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Littlefield Av S54, S780.3 milesS54 S78
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- S78 …
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.
- 4244 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.7 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 August 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 52 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: James (Jimmy) Carsten Road (Local Law 50 of 2006, enacted on December 5, 2006) and FDNY FF Jimmy Martinez Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
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 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Within a walk
How places are listedShopping centers
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center0.5 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Robinson Avenue & Hillcrest Street 250 feet
- Pacific Avenue & Hillcrest Street 250 feet
- Thornycroft Avenue & Hillcrest Street 500 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Hillcrest Street 500 feet
- Hillcrest Street & William Avenue 680 feet
- Winchester Avenue & Hillcrest Street 750 feet
- King Street & Beach Road 750 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Oceanview Place 800 feet
See every intersection along Beach Road or Hillcrest Street.