Gower Street & Penn Street
Gower Street and Penn Street meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Victory Blvd/Lester St, is 1,000 feet away for the S61, S62 and S66, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Lester St, 1,000 feet away, for the S61, S62 and S66.
- 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Victory Blvd/Lester St S61, S62, S66 · Countdown sign1,000 feetS61 S62 S66
Next buses at this stop
- S61 …
- S62 …
- S66 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at North Gannon Avenue & Mann Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 2000 Victory Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2.3 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 May 2013.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10314
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
- Elevation
- 194 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 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
Within a walk
How places are listedBank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch1,020 feet
- TD Bank Bank branch1,130 feet
Supermarkets
- Met Foodmarkets Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Manor Road Shopping Center Shopping center1,300 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Gower Street & Alexandra Place 250 feet
- North Gannon Avenue & Gower Street 320 feet
- Gower Street & Lester Street 330 feet
- North Gannon Avenue & Elvin Street 600 feet
- Lester Street & Josephine Street 660 feet
- Elvin Street & Garden Street 670 feet
- Victory Boulevard & Lester Street 950 feet
- Manor Road & North Gannon Avenue 960 feet
See every intersection along Gower Street.