Dewey Avenue & Sampson Avenue

Dewey Avenue and Sampson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Great Kills Library is 1,000 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 two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Great Kills
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Giffords Ln/Katan Av · S54
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dewey Avenue & Sampson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    1,260 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Katan Av, 600 feet away, for the S54.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Giffords Ln/Katan Av S54
    600 feet
    S54

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 January 2013.

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sampson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Sampson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. South Shore Toddler Academy and Pre "K" Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Great Kills Library
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 11 Sampson Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Evergreen Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dewey Avenue or Sampson Avenue.

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