Katan Avenue & Abingdon Avenue

Katan Avenue and Abingdon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Great Kills
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Giffords Ln/Katan Av · S54
Within a walk
About 600 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Katan Avenue & Abingdon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Katan Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S54.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Giffords Ln/Katan Av S54
    0.3 miles
    S54

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …

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. 4275 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Katan Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Katan Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Abingdon Avenue or Katan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.