Cheshire Place & Melrose Avenue

Cheshire Place and Melrose Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Silver Lake Park is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Clove Rd/Cheshire Pl, is 670 feet away for the S53, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Clove Rd/Cheshire Pl · S53
Within a walk
3 places
2 parks and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cheshire Place & Melrose Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clove Rd/Cheshire Pl, 670 feet away, for the S53.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clove Rd/Cheshire Pl S53 · Shelter
    670 feet
    S53
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1222 Clove Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    2.2 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the white ash.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Greek Revival and Queen Anne, one each, and built between 1836 and 1895.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silver Lake Park
    140 feet
  2. Clove Lakes Park
    620 feet
  3. Clove Lakes Park Playground
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cheshire Place or Melrose 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.