Chess Loop & Knight Loop

Chess Loop and Knight Loop meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brookfield Park is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Arthur Kill Rd/Newvale Av, is 110 feet away for the S54, S74 and SIM15. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1986 and 2002, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

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Chess Loop & Knight Loop Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Arthur Kill Rd/Newvale Av, 110 feet away, for the S54, S74 and SIM15.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Arthur Kill Rd/Newvale Av S54, S74, SIM15
    110 feet
    S54 S74 SIM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …
  2. S74 …
  3. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 496 Arthur Kill Road Gas station
    0.6 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 190 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1986 and 2002.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brookfield Park
    320 feet
  2. LaTourette Park & Golf Course Park
    860 feet

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
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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