Bovanizer Street & Gillard Avenue

Bovanizer Street and Gillard Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Holy Child Church is 830 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 2001, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

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Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Arden Av/Mosely Av, 740 feet away, for the SIM23.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Arden Av/Mosely Av SIM23
    740 feet
    SIM23

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM23 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4472 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.4 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 2001.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Child of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Heron Park Nature area
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Child Church House of worship
    830 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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