Katan Avenue & Notre Dame Avenue
Katan Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named NYPD Lieutenant John C. Rowland Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.4 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, 0.4 miles away, for the S54.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- Giffords Ln/Katan Av S540.4 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median 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 August 2021.
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
- 76 feet above sea level
This corner is also named NYPD Lieutenant John C. Rowland Place, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on NYPD Lieutenant John C. Rowland Place.
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 April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Katan Avenue & Fern Avenue 340 feet
- Katan Avenue & Abingdon Avenue 340 feet
- Katan Avenue & Brookfield Avenue 600 feet
- Abingdon Avenue & East Figurea Avenue 610 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Katan Avenue 620 feet
- Lamoka Avenue & Notre Dame Avenue 620 feet
- Katan Avenue & Colon Avenue 870 feet
- Abingdon Avenue & East Augusta Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along Katan Avenue or Notre Dame Avenue.