Hillcrest Avenue & Eleanor Lane

Hillcrest Avenue and Eleanor Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Great Kills Veterans Playground is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nelson Av/Monticello Terr, is 850 feet away for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Korean War Vets Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Nelson Av/Monticello Terr · S54, SIM5, SIM6
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillcrest Avenue & Eleanor Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Monticello Terr, 850 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nelson Av/Monticello Terr S54, SIM5, SIM6
    850 feet
    S54 SIM5 SIM6

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3961 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 July 2013.

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1935 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Clare School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Great Kills Veterans Playground
    820 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Eleanor Lane or Hillcrest Avenue.

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