Clove Road & West Fingerboard Road
Clove Road and West Fingerboard Road meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner is also named Edward A. Tierney, Sr. Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight 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 three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grasmere, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Grasmere SIR · Staten Island Railway770 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd, 160 feet away, for the S53 and S78.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd S53, S78160 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 708 Richmond Road Gas station0.7 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024
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
- 106 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Edward A. Tierney, Sr. Corner, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
Homes
About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Edward A. Tierney, Sr. Corner.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Clove Road
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of West Fingerboard Road
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of West Fingerboard Road
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- CTown Supermarket870 feet
- Met Foodmarkets Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,180 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:
- West Fingerboard Road & Sheridan Avenue 170 feet
- Clove Road & Whitney Avenue 180 feet
- Clove Road & Crist Street 410 feet
- Clove Road & Leslie Avenue 430 feet
- West Fingerboard Road & Woodlawn Avenue 460 feet
- Clove Road & Lakeview Terrace 480 feet
- Sheridan Avenue & Crist Street 490 feet
- West Fingerboard Road & Windermere Road 550 feet
See every intersection along Clove Road or West Fingerboard Road.