Hylan Boulevard & Hickory Avenue

Hylan Boulevard and Hickory Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Staats Circle is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Linwood Av, is 300 feet away for the S53 and S78, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.

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Hylan Boulevard & Hickory Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Linwood Av, 300 feet away, for the S53 and S78.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Linwood Av S53, S78
    300 feet
    S53 S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1416 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    0.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10305
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

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 1978.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hylan Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. We R Explorers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Seton Foundation for Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Holy Rosary School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Staats Circle
    1,010 feet
  2. Arrochar Playground
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 44 Bionia Avenue Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three food stores.

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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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