Howard Avenue & Louis Street

Howard Avenue and Louis Street meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Notre Dame Academy Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Hero Park is 30 feet away, and Notre Dame Academy Elem School is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Victory Blvd/Woodstock Av, is 740 feet away for the S48, S61, S62 and S66. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and one place to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Victory Blvd/Woodstock Av · S48, S61, S62, S66
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 community center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Howard Avenue & Louis Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Woodstock Av, 740 feet away, for the S48, S61, S62 and S66.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Woodstock Av S48, S61, S62, S66
    740 feet
    S48 S61 S62 S66

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. S61 …
  3. S62 …
  4. S66 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
268 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Notre Dame Academy Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1931 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Notre Dame Academy Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Howard Avenue

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Howard Avenue

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Louis Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built in 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame Academy Elem School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hero Park
    30 feet
  2. Silver Lake Park
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Louis A. and Laura Stirn House Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Good Counsel Church House of worship
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. JCC Aberlin North Shore Community center
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Louis Street.

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