Chesterton Avenue & Platt Street
Chesterton Avenue and Platt Street meet at a three-way junction in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Great Kills Park is 940 feet away. The Oakwood Heights station on the SIR is about ten minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Oakwood Heights, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.
- Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway0.5 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Chesterton Av, 910 feet away, for the S78.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Chesterton Av S78910 feetS78
Next buses at this stop
- S78 …
By car
- 3701 Amboy Road Gas station1.3 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 February 2014.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 50 and 51 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakwood-Richmondtown
- Elevation
- 25 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
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 October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Chesterton Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Great Kills Park Nature area940 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Fairbanks Avenue & Platt Street 260 feet
- Montreal Avenue & Platt Street 520 feet
- Malone Avenue & Platt Street 780 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Chesterton Avenue 790 feet
- Champlain Avenue & Platt Street 1,040 feet
- Chesterton Avenue & Pendale Street 0.3 miles
- Champlain Avenue & Peel Place 0.3 miles
- Hylan Boulevard & Buffalo Street 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Chesterton Avenue or Platt Street.