Franklin Avenue & Arnold Street

Franklin Avenue and Arnold Street meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. The corner is also named Joanne K. Caputo Court 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. Skyline Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Clyde Pl/Arnold St, is 350 feet away for the S42, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings.

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Franklin Avenue & Arnold Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clyde Pl/Arnold St, 350 feet away, for the S42.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clyde Pl/Arnold St S42
    350 feet
    S42

Next buses at this stop

  1. S42 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. George-New Brighton
Elevation
232 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Joanne K. Caputo Court, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Joanne K. Caputo Court.

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 April 2021 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Arnold Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jones Woods Park Nature area
    130 feet
  2. Cottages Hill New Brighton Park
    280 feet
  3. Skyline Playground
    310 feet
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  1. Skyline Community Garden
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Residence at One Pendleton Place Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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