Clove Road & Rhine Avenue
Clove Road and Rhine Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner is also named Firefighter Allan Tarasiewicz Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 2,396 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Sylvesters Church is 200 feet away. The Grasmere station on the SIR is about ten minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grasmere, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.
- Grasmere 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 Clove Rd/Rhine Av, 90 feet away, for the S53 and S78.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Clove Rd/Rhine Av S53, S7890 feetS53 S78
Next buses at this stop
- S53 …
- S78 …
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.
- 708 Richmond Road Gas station1,240 feet
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger1 mile
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 January 2021.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 2,396 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 368th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 976 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10304
- 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
- 92 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter Allan Tarasiewicz Corner, a co-naming enacted on October 20, 2003 (Local Law 62 of 2003).
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.
Trees
Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Allan Tarasiewicz Corner.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Clove Road
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner.
- Concord World War II Memorial Stele, 1947170 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 cemetery
- 1 fire station
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- New York Safety Training Trade or language school1,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- South Clove Road Cemetery400 feet
- Targee Street Triangle790 feet
Houses of worship
- St Sylvesters Church House of worship200 feet
Fire and police
- Division 8/Engine 160/Rescue 5 Fire station460 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three 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 nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Clove Road & Targee Street 260 feet
- Richmond Road & Clove Road 290 feet
- Richmond Road & Narrows Road South 350 feet
- Targee Street & Narrows Road South 360 feet
- Clove Road & Oder Avenue 500 feet
- Staten Island Expressway & Richmond Road 510 feet
- Clove Road & Narrows Road South 520 feet
- Staten Island Expressway & Targee Street 570 feet
See every intersection along Clove Road or Rhine Avenue.