Colon Avenue & Gurley Avenue
Colon Avenue and Gurley Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Rafael Vega Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Brookfield Park is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Arthur Kill Rd/Colon Av, is 570 feet away for the S74, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Arthur Kill Rd/Colon Av, 570 feet away, for the S74.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Arthur Kill Rd/Colon Av S74570 feetS74
Next buses at this stop
- S74 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.
- 496 Arthur Kill Road Gas station1,270 feet
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 July 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10308
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Rafael Vega Way, a co-naming enacted on December 20, 2010 (Local Law 3 of 2011).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1975 and 1988.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rafael Vega Way.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brookfield Park570 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy1,270 feet
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Gurley Avenue & Doane Avenue 270 feet
- Brookfield Avenue & Gurley Avenue 270 feet
- Elverton Avenue & Gurley Avenue 520 feet
- Arthur Kill Road & Colon Avenue 530 feet
- Abingdon Avenue & Gurley Avenue 540 feet
- Elverton Avenue & Eric Lane 760 feet
- Arthur Kill Road & Brookfield Avenue 760 feet
- Abingdon Avenue & Abingdon Court 780 feet
See every intersection along Colon Avenue or Gurley Avenue.