Benziger Avenue & Daniel Low Terrace

Benziger Avenue and Daniel Low Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. The corner is also named Custodian Martin T. Cavanagh Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 016 John J. Driscoll is 290 feet away. The Tompkinsville station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tompkinsville
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Victory Blvd/Van Duzer St · S46, S48, S61, S62 +1
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benziger Avenue & Daniel Low Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Tompkinsville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Tompkinsville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Van Duzer St, 1,100 feet away, for the S46, S48, S61, S62 and S66.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Van Duzer St S46, S48, S61, S62 +1
    1,100 feet
    S46 S48 S61 S62 S66

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S48 …
  3. S61 …
  4. S62 …
  5. S66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. George-New Brighton
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Custodian Martin T. Cavanagh Way, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Custodian Martin T. Cavanagh Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Benziger Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Benziger Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Daniel Low Terrace

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Daniel Low Terrace

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Vernacular. They were built between 1880 and 1887.

  1. Vanderzee-Harper House Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School
    290 feet
  2. P.S. 016 John J. Driscoll School
    290 feet
  3. P.S. 74 Future Leaders Elementary School
    560 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hill Park Nature area
    600 feet
  2. Liotti Ikefugi Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Heights Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av Courthouse
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Empire Outlets Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Benziger Avenue or Daniel Low Terrace.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.