Castleton Avenue & Kissel Avenue
Castleton Avenue and Kissel Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Firefighter John A. Santore Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Richmond University Medical Center is 690 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Castleton Av/Kissel Av, is 50 feet away for the S46, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Castleton Av/Kissel Av, 50 feet away, for the S46.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Castleton Av/Kissel Av S4650 feetS46
Next buses at this stop
- S46 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 525 Forest Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022
- Accessible pedestrian signal, February 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)
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
- Elevation
- 104 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter John A. Santore Way, a co-naming enacted on January 7, 2003 (Local Law 6 of 2003).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1947.
Trees
Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter John A. Santore Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Kissel Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 hospital
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Richmond Medical Center Preschool380 feet
Health care
- Richmond University Medical Center Hospital690 feet
Houses of worship
- St Mary Episcopal Church House of worship1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Castleton Avenue & Staten Island Mental Health Memorial Driveway 160 feet
- Castleton Avenue & Hoyt Avenue 270 feet
- Castleton Avenue & Walbrooke Avenue 280 feet
- Castleton Avenue & Bard Avenue 550 feet
- Castleton Avenue & Conyingham Avenue 560 feet
- Walbrooke Avenue & Abby Place 630 feet
- Castleton Avenue & Hunter Place 670 feet
- Bard Avenue & Richmond University Medical Center Driveway 690 feet
See every intersection along Castleton Avenue, Kissel Avenue or Richmond University Medical Center Driveway.