Gibson Avenue & Sampson Avenue
Gibson Avenue and Sampson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1988, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Gibson Av, 270 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Giffords Ln/Gibson Av S54, SIM5, SIM6270 feetS54 SIM5 SIM6
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 496 Arthur Kill Road Gas station0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2017.
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
- 50 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1955 and 1988.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Sampson Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Sampson Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Not on record for this corner:
- 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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Giffords Lane & Gibson Avenue 240 feet
- Giffords Lane & Woodland Avenue 460 feet
- Giffords Lane & Howton Avenue 510 feet
- Miles Avenue & Gibson Avenue 510 feet
- Dewey Avenue & Sampson Avenue 540 feet
- Shafter Avenue & Gibson Avenue 740 feet
- Howton Avenue & Linton Place 740 feet
- Giffords Lane & Dewey Avenue 790 feet
See every intersection along Gibson Avenue or Sampson Avenue.