Chester Avenue & Cornelia Avenue

Chester Avenue and Cornelia Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The column “Battle of the Bulge” is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Cornelia Av, is 1,300 feet away for the S55, S56, S59 and S78, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. Within 820 feet are 17 homes, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Chester Avenue & Cornelia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Cornelia Av, 1,300 feet away, for the S55, S56, S59 and S78.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Cornelia Av S55, S56, S59, S78
    1,300 feet
    S55 S56 S59 S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S55 …
  2. S56 …
  3. S59 …
  4. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5205 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 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 July 2017.

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)
Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 17 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 137 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Chester Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cornelia Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Wolfe's Pond Park.

  1. Battle of the Bulge Column, 2001
    270 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Wolfe's Pond Park
    70 feet
  2. Wolfe's Pond Park Playground
    560 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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