Clove Road & Bard Avenue

Clove Road and Bard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 5,858 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Silver Lake Park is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Clove Rd/Bement Av, is 100 feet away for the S53 and SIM35, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks.

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Clove Road & Bard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clove Rd/Bement Av, 100 feet away, for the S53 and SIM35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clove Rd/Bement Av S53, SIM35
    100 feet
    S53 SIM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Clove Road.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1222 Clove Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    2.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 28 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

In 2025, 5,858 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 27th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,884 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
182 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1966 and 1986.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Bard Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bement Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bement Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Clove Road

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 park feature

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clove Lakes Park
    590 feet
  2. Silver Lake Park
    850 feet
  3. Brook Stream in Clove Lakes Park Park feature
    900 feet

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.