Elverton Avenue & Gurley Avenue

Elverton Avenue and Gurley Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 032 the Gifford School is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Giffords Ln/Gurley Av, is 600 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 1992, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Korean War Vets Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Giffords Ln/Gurley Av · S54
Within a walk
3 places
1 nature area, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elverton Avenue & Gurley Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Gurley Av, 600 feet away, for the S54.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Giffords Ln/Gurley Av S54
    600 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, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 496 Arthur Kill Road Gas station
    800 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
29 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 1992.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elverton Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Elverton Avenue

  • No standing 2 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
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brookfield Park
    640 feet
  2. King Fisher Park Nature area
    1,120 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elverton Avenue or Gurley Avenue.

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.