Lindenwood Road & Giffords Glen

Lindenwood Road and Giffords Glen meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Great Kills Post Office is 560 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 11 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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Lindenwood Road & Giffords Glen Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    660 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Amboy Rd, 770 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nelson Av/Amboy Rd S54, SIM5, SIM6
    770 feet
    S54 SIM5 SIM6

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

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.

  1. 4275 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Giffords Glen

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lindenwood Road

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 8 Shirlee Solomon School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Great Kills Veterans Playground
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Great Kills Post Office
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    300 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles
  2. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and nine 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 of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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