Colon Avenue & Margaret Street
Colon Avenue and Margaret Street meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Great Kills Library is 1,050 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1986, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway1,210 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Katan Av, 1,260 feet away, for the S54.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Giffords Ln/Katan Av S541,260 feetS54
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.
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
- 61 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1986.
Trees
NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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 July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Margaret Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
- 1 post office
- 1 religious building
Libraries, museums and history
- Great Kills Library1,050 feet
Community centers and public services
- Great Kills Post Office1,310 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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:
- Katan Avenue & Colon Avenue 250 feet
- Lamoka Avenue & Colon Avenue 260 feet
- Katan Avenue & Katan Loop 430 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Colon Avenue 470 feet
- Colon Avenue & Katan Loop 500 feet
- Katan Avenue & Brookfield Avenue 520 feet
- Lamoka Avenue & Brookfield Avenue 520 feet
- Lindenwood Road & Baltimore Street 520 feet
See every intersection along Colon Avenue or Margaret Street.