Henderson Avenue & Elm Street

Henderson Avenue and Elm Street meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 018 John G. Whittier is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bement Av/Henderson Av, is 320 feet away for the S44 and S94, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

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Henderson Avenue & Elm Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bement Av/Henderson Av, 320 feet away, for the S44 and S94.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bement Av/Henderson Av S44, S94 · Countdown sign
    320 feet
    S44 S94
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S44 …
  2. S94 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1320 Richmond Terrace Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
27 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1944.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Elm Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Henderson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Henderson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 018 John G. Whittier School
    1,070 feet
  2. The Children's Aid Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. CPL. Thompson Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.