Hanover Avenue & Pierce Street

Hanover Avenue and Pierce Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Targee Street Triangle is 820 feet away. The Grasmere station on the SIR is about ten minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them nature areas, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1987, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Hanover Avenue & Pierce Street Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grasmere, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Grasmere SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Narrows Rd North/Targee St, 1,130 feet away, for the S93.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Narrows Rd North/Targee St S93
    1,130 feet
    S93

Next buses at this stop

  1. S93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 708 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    1 mile

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1987.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Pierce Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nature areas
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 057 Hubert H. Humphrey School
    1,190 feet
  2. Concord High School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Targee Street Triangle
    820 feet
  2. Eibs Pond Park Nature area
    850 feet
  3. Lopez Playground
    1,160 feet
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  1. Maple Woods Nature area
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.