Hylan Boulevard & Woods of Arden Road

Hylan Boulevard and Woods of Arden Road meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Frederick Law Olmsted Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Olmsted-Beil House Park is 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Woods of Arden Rd, is 120 feet away for the S59, S78 and SIM22. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and two places to eat.

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Hylan Boulevard & Woods of Arden Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Woods of Arden Rd, 120 feet away, for the S59, S78 and SIM22.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Woods of Arden Rd S59, S78, SIM22
    120 feet
    S59 S78 SIM22

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …
  2. S78 …
  3. SIM22 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4244 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Frederick Law Olmsted Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 1965 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Frederick Law Olmsted Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hylan Boulevard

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hylan Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Woods of Arden Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1700 and 1720.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Worldwide Entities Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Olmsted-Beil House Park
    420 feet
  2. Crescent Beach Park Nature area
    960 feet
  3. Blueberry Park
    1,000 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Atlantic Village Public space
    680 feet

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 and a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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