Croak Avenue & Area Place

Croak Avenue and Area Place meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Manor Rd/Croak Av, is 260 feet away for the S54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and eight places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Croak Avenue & Area Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manor Rd/Croak Av, 260 feet away, for the S54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manor Rd/Croak Av S54
    260 feet
    S54

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 995 Manor Road Gas station
    750 feet
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.6 miles
  3. 1441 Richmond Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Elevation
287 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 1960 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Croak Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Therapy Pros O.T. & Educational Serv Preschool
    420 feet
  2. Lemon Tree of Richmond Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    260 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Manor Road Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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