Melba Street & Holden Boulevard
Melba Street and Holden Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner is also named Doctor Rocco L. DiAntonio Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Manor Rd/Holden Blvd, is 1,130 feet away for the S54, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Manor Rd/Holden Blvd, 1,130 feet away, for the S54.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Manor Rd/Holden Blvd S541,130 feetS54
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at South Gannon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 995 Manor Road Gas station0.4 miles
- 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 February 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10314
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 121
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights
- Elevation
- 284 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Doctor Rocco L. DiAntonio Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Doctor Rocco L. DiAntonio Way.
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 between August 2023 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Holden Boulevard
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Holden Boulevard
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedPharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Manor Road Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Gower Street & Holden Boulevard 270 feet
- Mountain View Avenue & Holden Boulevard 270 feet
- Gansevoort Boulevard & Holden Boulevard 530 feet
- Fanning Street & Holden Boulevard 540 feet
- Melba Street & Queen Street 540 feet
- Westwood Avenue & Melba Street 670 feet
- Gansevoort Boulevard & Duke Place 770 feet
- Mountain View Avenue & Queen Street 780 feet
See every intersection along Holden Boulevard or Melba Street.