Greeley Avenue & Colony Avenue

Greeley Avenue and Colony Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Midland Playground is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Midland Av/Colony St, is 1,010 feet away for the S51 and S81, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Greeley Avenue & Colony Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Midland Av/Colony St, 1,010 feet away, for the S51 and S81.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Midland Av/Colony St S51, S81
    1,010 feet
    S51 S81

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S81 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 2150 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    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 June 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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 in November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Colony Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Greeley Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Greeley Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 beach
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Lifetime Changes Behavior Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Miller Field
    470 feet
  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach Park
    870 feet
  3. Midland Playground
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Midland Beach
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Margaret Marys R C Church House of worship
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.