Benziger Avenue & Sherman Avenue

Benziger Avenue and Sherman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Fort Hill Park is 340 feet away, and Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av is 1,310 feet away. The Tompkinsville station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tompkinsville
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
Victory Blvd/Brook St · S46, S48, S61, S62 +1
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Benziger Avenue & Sherman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Tompkinsville, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Tompkinsville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 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/Brook St, 1,200 feet away, for the S46, S48, S61, S62 and S66.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Brook St S46, S48, S61, S62 +1
    1,200 feet
    S46 S48 S61 S62 S66

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
131 feet above sea level

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 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Benziger Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are six Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Vernacular. They were mostly built between 1880 and 1882.

  1. Vanderzee-Harper House Designated landmark
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hill Park Nature area
    340 feet
  2. Liotti Ikefugi Playground
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av Courthouse
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 Sherman Avenue.

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