Durant Avenue & Cleveland Avenue
Durant Avenue and Cleveland Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Melissa Kruppa Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes is 460 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.5 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Monticello Terr, 570 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nelson Av/Monticello Terr S54, SIM5, SIM6570 feetS54 SIM5 SIM6
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
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.
- 3961 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.
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
- 56 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Melissa Kruppa Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022) and Sharon Nearby Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).
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.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Cleveland Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Durant Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes School460 feet
Houses of worship
- Christ Lutheran Church House of worship1,000 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Cleveland Avenue & Nash Court 240 feet
- Cleveland Avenue & Grandview Terrace 290 feet
- Nelson Avenue & Hillcrest Street 590 feet
- Cleveland Avenue & Melrose Place 600 feet
- Cleveland Avenue & Rustic Place 640 feet
- Durant Avenue & Hillside Terrace 720 feet
- Nelson Avenue & Edgewood Road 760 feet
- Nelson Avenue & Nash Court 790 feet
See every intersection along Cleveland Avenue, Durant Avenue or Monticello Terrace.