Downes Avenue & Ely Avenue
Downes Avenue and Ely Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Annadale station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1993, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Annadale, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- Annadale 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 Annadale Rd/North Pine Terr, 980 feet away, for the S55.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- Annadale Rd/North Pine Terr S55980 feetS55
Next buses at this stop
- S55 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 5105 Amboy Road Gas station0.3 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 2015.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
- Elevation
- 85 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1970 and 1993.
Trees
NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Not on record for this corner:
- 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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- South Railroad Street & Downes Avenue 210 feet
- Bennett Avenue & Ely Avenue 240 feet
- South Railroad Street & North Pine Terrace 370 feet
- Tenafly Place & Ely Avenue 500 feet
- South Railroad Street & Buffington Avenue 620 feet
- Bennett Avenue & Hoda Place 770 feet
- Annadale Road & Furman Street 770 feet
- Albee Avenue & Downes Avenue 790 feet
See every intersection along Downes Avenue or Ely Avenue.