Greaves Avenue & Greaves Lane
Greaves Avenue and Greaves Lane meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Siedenburg Park is 40 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and three places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1991, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.5 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Katan Av, 0.4 miles away, for the S54.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Giffords Ln/Katan Av S540.4 milesS54
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 3701 Amboy Road Gas station0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
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
- 66 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1991.
Trees
NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Greaves Avenue
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Greaves Lane
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Greaves Lane
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
Schools and child care
- Diversity Academy Child Care 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5600 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Siedenburg Park Nature area40 feet
Supermarkets
- ShopRite Supermarket600 feet
Shopping centers
- Evergreen Plaza Shopping center390 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and 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:
- Greaves Lane & Stern Court 200 feet
- Katan Avenue & Greaves Avenue 310 feet
- Katan Avenue & Exeter Street 570 feet
- Greaves Avenue & Oak Court 650 feet
- Greaves Avenue & Stonecrest Court 670 feet
- Greaves Avenue & Dewey Place 720 feet
- Old Amboy Road & Greaves Lane 790 feet
- Katan Avenue & Shafter Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along Greaves Avenue or Greaves Lane.