Howard Avenue & Hillside Avenue

Howard Avenue and Hillside Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Howard Av/Seth Ct, is 200 feet away for the S66, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Map

Layers
Howard Avenue & Hillside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Howard Av/Seth Ct, 200 feet away, for the S66.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Howard Av/Seth Ct S66
    200 feet
    S66

Next buses at this stop

  1. S66 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 535 Vanderbilt Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2014

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)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
323 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1951.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Howard Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

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