Henderson Avenue & Tysen Street
Henderson Avenue and Tysen Street meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. The corner is also named Brother Kevin McDonnell Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 289 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Snug Harbor Cultural Center is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Henderson Av/Clinton Av, is 290 feet away for the S44, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them nature areas.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Henderson Av/Clinton Av, 290 feet away, for the S44.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Henderson Av/Clinton Av S44290 feetS44
Next buses at this stop
- S44 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station0.5 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 April 2020.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 289 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,493rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 193 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10301
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- St. George-New Brighton
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Brother Kevin McDonnell Way, a co-naming enacted on December 5, 2006 (Local Law 50 of 2006).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 140 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Brother Kevin McDonnell Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Henderson Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Tysen Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 nature areas
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- St Peter's High School for Boys School300 feet
- Richmond University Medical Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5730 feet
- P.S. R373 School1,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center Park200 feet
- Snug Harbor Cemetery Nature area890 feet
- Allison Pond Park Nature area1,160 feet
Houses of worship
- Unitarian Church House of worship1,060 feet
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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Henderson Avenue & Caldera Place 320 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Clinton Avenue 390 feet
- Cassidy Place & Tysen Street 570 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Devon Place 580 feet
- Tysen Street & Gordon Place 610 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Clinton Court 730 feet
- Prospect Avenue & Caldera Place 780 feet
- Henderson Avenue & Grace Court 830 feet
See every intersection along Henderson Avenue or Tysen Street.