Garretson Avenue & Plattsburg Street

Garretson Avenue and Plattsburg Street meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Dongan Hills Library is 760 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Dongan Hills
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Richmond Rd/Seaview Av · S74, S76, SIM15
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Garretson Avenue & Plattsburg Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Rd/Seaview Av, 570 feet away, for the S74, S76 and SIM15.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Rd/Seaview Av S74, S76, SIM15 · Shelter
    570 feet
    S74 S76 SIM15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …
  2. S76 …
  3. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1820 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Garretson Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Garretson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Plattsburg Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1660 and 1670.

  1. Pierre Billiou House Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School
    630 feet
  2. St Ann School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dongan Hills Library
    760 feet
  2. Billou-Stillwell-Perine House Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. St Matthews Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 159 Fire station
    340 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Garretson Avenue or Plattsburg Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.