Clarke Avenue & Rene Drive

Clarke Avenue and Rene Drive meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Amundsen Circle is 520 feet away. The Oakwood Heights station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and four places to eat. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1956 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Oakwood Heights
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Clarke Av/Wilder Av · SIM15
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clarke Avenue & Rene Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Oakwood Heights, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clarke Av/Wilder Av, 440 feet away, for the SIM15.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clarke Av/Wilder Av SIM15
    440 feet
    SIM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 3310 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1956 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1947 and 1955.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Office Building Designated landmark
    560 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amundsen Circle
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    520 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    520 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarke Avenue or Rene Drive.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.