Melba Street & Portage Avenue
Melba Street and Portage Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Brielle Av/Gower St, is 750 feet away for the S54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Brielle Av/Gower St, 750 feet away, for the S54.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Brielle Av/Gower St S54750 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 995 Manor Road Gas station0.4 miles
- 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2.6 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 November 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
- 291 feet above sea level
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 1970 and 1980.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Melba Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedPharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Mountain View Avenue & Portage Avenue 200 feet
- Gansevoort Boulevard & Portage Avenue 460 feet
- Harold Street & Mountain View Avenue 630 feet
- Brielle Avenue & Melba Street 670 feet
- Gansevoort Boulevard & Monroe Place 710 feet
- Gansevoort Boulevard & Carolina Court 750 feet
- Manor Road & Brielle Avenue at Gower Street 760 feet
- Harold Street & Melba Street 840 feet
See every intersection along Melba Street or Portage Avenue.