Laconia Avenue & Liberty Avenue

Laconia Avenue and Liberty Avenue meet at a three-way junction in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dongan Playground is 980 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 11 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1990, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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Laconia Avenue & Liberty Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

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

  1. Dongan Hills 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 Hylan Blvd/Liberty Av, 640 feet away, for the S78 and S79 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Liberty Av S78, S79 SBS · Countdown sign
    640 feet
    S78 S79 SBS
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …
  2. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1870 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2018.

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)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 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 1990.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 in June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Liberty Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Ivy Prep Early Learning Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  2. Sexy Nail Inst Trade or language school
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dongan Playground
    980 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.