Hylan Boulevard & Armstrong Avenue
Hylan Boulevard and Armstrong Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Walter A. Matuza Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Crescent Beach Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Armstrong Av, is 50 feet away for the S54, S78, SIM1 and four more, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 12 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Armstrong Av, 50 feet away, for the S54, S78, SIM1, SIM1C and three more.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Armstrong Av S54, S78, SIM1, SIM1C +350 feetS54 S78 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 SIM9 SIM10
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- S78 …
- SIM1 …
- SIM1C …
- SIM7 …
- SIM9 …
- SIM10 …
Cycling
- 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
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.
- 4000 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 20 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 5 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024
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
- 21 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Walter A. Matuza Place, a co-naming enacted on February 18, 2003 (Local Law 15 of 2003).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1955 and 1985.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Walter A. Matuza Place.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Armstrong Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Armstrong Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Hylan Boulevard
- Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Crescent Beach Park Nature area1,130 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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:
- Hylan Boulevard & Robinson Avenue 210 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Groton Street 440 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Heinz Avenue 460 feet
- Russell Street & William Avenue 580 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Pacific Avenue 590 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & King Street 650 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Glover Street 710 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Thornycroft Avenue 840 feet
See every intersection along Armstrong Avenue or Hylan Boulevard.