Durant Avenue & Hillside Terrace

Durant Avenue and Hillside Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes is 570 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about ten minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1990, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Hillside Terr, 810 feet away, for the S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM5 and four more.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Hillside Terr S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM5 +4
    810 feet
    S78 SIM1 SIM1C SIM5 SIM6 SIM7 SIM9 SIM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …
  2. SIM1 …
  3. SIM1C …
  4. SIM5 …
  5. SIM6 …
  6. SIM7 …
  7. SIM9 …
  8. SIM10 …

Live arrivals

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.

  1. 3961 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
41 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 1950 and 1990.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Durant Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Hillside Terrace

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hillside Terrace

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Ocean Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ocean Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 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 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes School
    570 feet
  2. Unikids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

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:

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