Clawson Street & Otis Avenue
Clawson Street and Otis Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. The corner is also named P.O. Matthew Dziergowski Lane by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The Stephanie A. Vierno School is 180 feet away. The Grant City station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grant City, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Grant City 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/Otis Av, 750 feet away, for the S78.
- 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Otis Av S78 · Shelter750 feetS78
Next buses at this stop
- S78 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 2150 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.9 miles
- 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.6 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 March 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- New Dorp-Midland Beach
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
This corner is also named P.O. Matthew Dziergowski Lane, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1930 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on P.O. Matthew Dziergowski Lane.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Clawson Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Clawson Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of Otis Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Otis Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Stephanie A. Vierno School180 feet
- Hylan Day Care 2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5800 feet
- Hylan Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K920 feet
Supermarkets
- New HL Supermarket Supermarket730 feet
- ALDI Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two food stores.
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Clawson Street & Locust Avenue 250 feet
- Clawson Street & Bryant Avenue 270 feet
- Clawson Street & Burbank Avenue 500 feet
- Clawson Street & Bancroft Avenue 530 feet
- Edison Street & Otis Avenue 650 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Otis Avenue 700 feet
- Clawson Street & Bache Avenue 750 feet
- Clawson Street & Prescott Avenue 790 feet
See every intersection along Clawson Street or Otis Avenue.