Clove Road & Leslie Avenue

Clove Road and Leslie Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Grasmere station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are seven places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Grasmere
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd · S53, S78
Within a walk
About 200 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Clove Road & Leslie Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grasmere, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Grasmere SIR · Staten Island Railway
    1,200 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd, 300 feet away, for the S53 and S78.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd S53, S78
    300 feet
    S53 S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 708 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10305
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
Elevation
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Not Green Leaf' Norway maple and the red 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 August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Clove Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clove Road or Leslie Avenue.

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