Katan Avenue & Brookfield Avenue
Katan Avenue and Brookfield 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 seven minutes on foot. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- 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
- Giffords Ln/Katan Av S540.3 milesS54
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 May 2023.
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
- 70 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 70 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
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Brookfield Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Katan Avenue
- No standing 1 sign 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Katan Avenue & Abingdon Avenue 260 feet
- Katan Avenue & Colon Avenue 270 feet
- Katan Avenue & Katan Loop 450 feet
- Lamoka Avenue & Brookfield Avenue 510 feet
- Colon Avenue & Margaret Street 520 feet
- Colon Avenue & Katan Loop 520 feet
- Abingdon Avenue & East Figurea Avenue 530 feet
- Katan Avenue & Notre Dame Avenue 600 feet
See every intersection along Brookfield Avenue or Katan Avenue.