Chester Avenue & Swaim Avenue
Chester Avenue and Swaim Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Bunker Ponds Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Huguenot Av, is 0.3 miles away for the S78, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. Within 820 feet are 44 homes, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Huguenot Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S78.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Huguenot Av S78 · Shelter0.3 milesS78
Next buses at this stop
- S78 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 5205 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.
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
- 31 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
Within 820 feet of this corner are 44 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maple.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bunker Ponds Park Nature area40 feet
- Wolfe's Pond Park200 feet
- E.M.T. Christopher J. Prescott Playground1,180 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, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Huguenot Avenue & Chester Avenue 340 feet
- Chester Avenue & Irvington Street 700 feet
- Chester Avenue & Colon Street 720 feet
- Huguenot Avenue & Edith Avenue 970 feet
- Arbutus Avenue & Chester Avenue 1,040 feet
- Arbutus Avenue & Jarvis Avenue 1,190 feet
- Irvington Street & Edith Avenue 1,320 feet
- Arbutus Avenue & Yeomalt Avenue 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Chester Avenue.