Colony Avenue & Hempstead Avenue
Colony Avenue and Hempstead Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Margaret Marys R C Church is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Midland Av/Colony St, is 430 feet away for the S51 and S81, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Midland Av/Colony St, 430 feet away, for the S51 and S81.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Midland Av/Colony St S51, S81430 feetS51 S81
Next buses at this stop
- S51 …
- S81 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
- 2150 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.8 miles
- 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.5 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 July 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- New Dorp-Midland Beach
- Elevation
- 3 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1975 and 2003.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Lifetime Changes Behavior Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5570 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach Park1,100 feet
Houses of worship
- St Margaret Marys R C Church House of worship990 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Baden Place & Hempstead Avenue 250 feet
- Olympia Boulevard & Hempstead Avenue 250 feet
- Midland Avenue & Colony Avenue 270 feet
- Colony Avenue & Mapleton Avenue 450 feet
- Patterson Avenue & Hempstead Avenue 500 feet
- Freeborn Street & Hempstead Avenue 500 feet
- Midland Avenue & Baden Place 510 feet
- Midland Avenue & Olympia Boulevard 520 feet
See every intersection along Colony Avenue or Hempstead Avenue.