Dewey Avenue & Shafter Avenue
Dewey Avenue and Shafter 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. Siedenburg Park is 600 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.4 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Katan Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S54.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Giffords Ln/Katan Av S540.3 milesS54
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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 3701 Amboy Road Gas station0.6 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 2018.
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
- 60 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Shafter Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Siedenburg Park Nature area600 feet
Supermarkets
- ShopRite Supermarket0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Evergreen Plaza Shopping center0.3 miles
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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Dewey Avenue & Exeter Street 250 feet
- Miles Avenue & Dewey Avenue 260 feet
- Dewey Avenue & Dewey Place 350 feet
- Katan Avenue & Shafter Avenue 410 feet
- Dewey Avenue & Schley Avenue 500 feet
- Greaves Court & Exeter Street 540 feet
- Shafter Avenue & Gibson Avenue 550 feet
- Greaves Avenue & Dewey Place 580 feet
See every intersection along Dewey Avenue or Shafter Avenue.