Elverton Avenue & Arkansas Avenue

Elverton Avenue and Arkansas Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 032 the Gifford School is 600 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Giffords Ln/Barlow Av, is 730 feet away for the S54, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1990, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Elverton Avenue & Arkansas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Barlow Av, 730 feet away, for the S54.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Giffords Ln/Barlow Av S54
    730 feet
    S54

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 496 Arthur Kill Road Gas station
    0.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 1990.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arkansas Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Arkansas Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 032 the Gifford School
    600 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brookfield Park
    1,180 feet
  2. King Fisher Park Nature area
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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