Castleton Avenue & Glen Avenue

Castleton Avenue and Glen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Silver Lake Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castleton Av/Woodstock Av, is 40 feet away for the S46, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks.

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Castleton Avenue & Glen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Castleton Av/Woodstock Av, 40 feet away, for the S46.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Castleton Av/Woodstock Av S46
    40 feet
    S46

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 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 2026.

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)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
199 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Castleton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Castleton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Glen Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Silver Lake Preparatory School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Mall
    770 feet
  2. Silver Lake Park
    890 feet
  3. Hero Park
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Silver Lake Specialized Rehabilitation and Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    900 feet
  2. Verrazano Nursing and Post-Acute Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Good Counsel Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Assumption Parish House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. JCC Aberlin North Shore Community center
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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