Greaves Avenue & Howton Avenue

Greaves Avenue and Howton 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. Siedenburg Park is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Giffords Ln/Leverett Av, is 0.4 miles away for the S54, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Greaves Avenue & Howton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Leverett Av, 0.4 miles away, for the S54.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Giffords Ln/Leverett Av S54
    0.4 miles
    S54

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.6 miles

No 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 October 2018.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1965 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Greaves Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Siedenburg Park Nature area
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Evergreen Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.