Columbia Avenue & Chicago Alley
Columbia Avenue and Chicago Alley meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Joseph Hill Academy Elem School is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fingerboard Rd/Grasmere Dr, is 220 feet away for the S52, and 15 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them schools. About 150 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Fingerboard Rd/Grasmere Dr, 220 feet away, for the S52.
- 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Fingerboard Rd/Grasmere Dr S52220 feetS52
Next buses at this stop
- S52 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1400 Bay Street Gas station0.8 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 150 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 1950 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maple.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Mother Franciska Elementary School920 feet
- Seton Foundation - Joan & Kennedy School920 feet
- St Joseph Hill Academy Elem School920 feet
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- St Joseph Hill Academy High School920 feet
- Seton Foundation for Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 51,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Staats Circle1,090 feet
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Chicago Avenue & Columbia Avenue 140 feet
- Fingerboard Road & Columbia Avenue 140 feet
- Fingerboard Road & Grasmere Drive 250 feet
- Grasmere Drive & Dogwood Lane 470 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Fingerboard Road 490 feet
- Fingerboard Road & Hillbrook Drive 550 feet
- Landis Avenue & Cleveland Place 640 feet
- Grasmere Drive & Claradon Lane 680 feet
See every intersection along Columbia Avenue.