College Avenue & Neal Dow Avenue

College Avenue and Neal Dow Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 711 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Westerleigh Park is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewett Av/College Av, is 970 feet away for the S66, and six 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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College Avenue & Neal Dow Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jewett Av/College Av, 970 feet away, for the S66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jewett Av/College Av S66
    970 feet
    S66

Next buses at this stop

  1. S66 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Trantor Place & Dr M L King Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1252 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.

In 2025, 711 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 970th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 341 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of College Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Neal Dow Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign 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 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Westerleigh Park
    340 feet
  2. Northerleigh Park
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immanuel Union Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

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