Dongan Hills Avenue & Vera Street
Dongan Hills Avenue and Vera Street 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. Last Chance Pond Park is 590 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and nine places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1969, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Buel Av, 750 feet away, for the S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7 and two more.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Buel Av S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7 +2750 feetS78 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 SIM10 SIM11
Next buses at this stop
- S78 …
- SIM1 …
- SIM1C …
- SIM7 …
- SIM10 …
- SIM11 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.
- 1870 Hylan Boulevard Gas station1,150 feet
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.4 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.2 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 March 2015.
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1969.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Shumard's oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Dongan Hills Avenue
- Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Sexy Nail Inst Trade or language school720 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Last Chance Pond Park Nature area590 feet
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park1,010 feet
Bank branches
- Flagstar Bank Bank branch860 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Dongan Hills Avenue & Husson Street 270 feet
- Naughton Avenue & Vera Street 280 feet
- Buel Avenue & Husson Street 510 feet
- Dongan Hills Avenue & Cletus Street 530 feet
- Naughton Avenue & Husson Street 540 feet
- Naughton Avenue & Joyce Street 550 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Dongan Hills Avenue 580 feet
- Dongan Hills Avenue & Zoe Street 790 feet
See every intersection along Dongan Hills Avenue or Vera Street.