Fingerboard Road & Columbia Avenue
Fingerboard Road and Columbia Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Staats Circle is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fingerboard Rd/Grasmere Dr, is 80 feet away for the S52, and 15 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them schools. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Fingerboard Rd/Grasmere Dr, 80 feet away, for the S52.
- 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Fingerboard Rd/Grasmere Dr S5280 feetS52
Next buses at this stop
- S52 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1400 Bay Street Gas station0.7 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 April 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10305
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
- Elevation
- 105 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 170 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 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Columbia Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Fingerboard Road
- No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Mother Franciska Elementary School1,070 feet
- Seton Foundation - Joan & Kennedy School1,070 feet
- St Joseph Hill Academy Elem School1,070 feet
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- St Joseph Hill Academy High School1,070 feet
- Seton Foundation for Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 51,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Staats Circle1,040 feet
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Fingerboard Road & Grasmere Drive 100 feet
- Columbia Avenue & Chicago Alley 140 feet
- Chicago Avenue & Columbia Avenue 280 feet
- Grasmere Drive & Dogwood Lane 330 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Fingerboard Road 340 feet
- Fingerboard Road & Hillbrook Drive 410 feet
- Grasmere Drive & Claradon Lane 540 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Roderick Avenue 670 feet
See every intersection along Columbia Avenue or Fingerboard Road.