Lafayette Avenue & Chestnut Place
Lafayette Avenue and Chestnut Place meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Jones Woods Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Lafayette Av/Alden Pl, is 150 feet away for the S42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 180 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Alden Pl, 150 feet away, for the S42.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lafayette Av/Alden Pl S42150 feetS42
Next buses at this stop
- S42 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station0.6 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10301
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
- Elevation
- 136 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 180 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern white pine.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Jones Woods Park Nature area60 feet
- Goodhue Park410 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Lafayette Avenue & Alden Place 260 feet
- Brighton Avenue & Lafayette Avenue 450 feet
- Lafayette Avenue & Arnold Street 530 feet
- Brighton Avenue & Putnam Place 570 feet
- Brighton Avenue & Sumner Place 620 feet
- Brighton Avenue & Glen Avenue 880 feet
- Arnold Street & Sumner Place 930 feet
- Prospect Avenue & Lafayette Avenue 990 feet
See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue.