Franklin Avenue & Park Place

Franklin Avenue and Park Place meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Christ Church New Brighton is 900 feet away, and Skyline Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Franklin Av/Prospect Av, is 630 feet away for the S42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them listed historic places.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
2.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Franklin Av/Prospect Av · S42
Within a walk
7 places
2 listed historic places, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Avenue & Park Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Prospect Av, 630 feet away, for the S42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Prospect Av S42
    630 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, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 2021.

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
155 feet above sea level

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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1943.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1855 and 1864.

  1. Christ Church Rectory Designated landmark
    700 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cottages Hill New Brighton Park
    880 feet
  2. Skyline Community Garden
    960 feet
  3. Skyline Playground
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jones Woods Park Nature area
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Residence at One Pendleton Place Listed historic place
    130 feet
  2. Hamilton Park Community Houses Listed historic place
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Church New Brighton Listed historic place
    900 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Park Place.

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