City Boulevard & Birch Avenue
City Boulevard and Birch Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Silver Lake Park is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Bard Av, is 0.3 miles away for the S48, S98 and SIM30. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Bard Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S48, S98 and SIM30.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Bard Av S48, S98, SIM30 · Countdown sign0.3 milesS48 S98 SIM30
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
- S98 …
- SIM30 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 525 Forest Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.2 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 January 2014.
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
- 217 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 1920 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the red maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of City Boulevard
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of City Boulevard
- 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 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Silver Lake Park1,200 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
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 eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Bard Avenue & Birch Avenue 240 feet
- City Boulevard & Crosshill Street 250 feet
- City Boulevard & Thames Avenue 260 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Birch Avenue 330 feet
- Bard Avenue & Mathews Avenue 350 feet
- Bard Avenue & Thames Avenue 490 feet
- Bard Avenue & Crosshill Street 490 feet
- City Boulevard & Shawnee Street 520 feet
See every intersection along Birch Avenue or City Boulevard.