Benziger Avenue & Monroe Avenue

Benziger Avenue and Monroe Avenue meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. The corner is also named Angelina J. (Jean) Esposito Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School is 200 feet away, and Lt. Lia Playground is 1,250 feet away. The Tompkinsville station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tompkinsville
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Victory Blvd/Van Duzer St · S46, S48, S61, S62 +1
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benziger Avenue & Monroe Avenue 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 seven 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, 850 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
    850 feet
    S46 S48 S61 S62 S66

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 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 three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2022.

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
76 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Angelina J. (Jean) Esposito Way, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Angelina J. (Jean) Esposito Way.

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 February 2023 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Benziger Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Monroe Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built in 1887.

  1. Vanderzee-Harper House Designated landmark
    700 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Staten Island Courthouse.

  1. The Passage: A Moving Memorial Installation by Mary Miss, 2012
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School
    200 feet
  2. P.S. 016 John J. Driscoll School
    200 feet
  3. P.S. 74 Future Leaders Elementary School
    630 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School
    1,210 feet
  2. Career School of NY Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hill Park Nature area
    860 feet
  2. Lt. Lia Playground
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St George Theatre Theater or concert hall
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Heights Reformed Church Listed historic place
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av Courthouse
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Empire Outlets Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Benziger Avenue or Monroe Avenue.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.