Martling Avenue & Brooks Pond Place

Martling Avenue and Brooks Pond Place meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Clove Lakes Park is 40 feet away, and Brooks Lake in Clove Lakes Park is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Clove Rd/Martling Av, is 540 feet away for the SIM35, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs through this corner.

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Martling Avenue & Brooks Pond Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clove Rd/Martling Av, 540 feet away, for the SIM35.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clove Rd/Martling Av SIM35
    540 feet
    SIM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Reon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 741 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 60 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Brooks Pond Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY SUNDAY HOLIDAYS

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1920 and 1921.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clove Lakes Park
    40 feet
  2. Staten Island Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    600 feet
  3. Brooks Lake in Clove Lakes Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Church House of worship
    720 feet

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.