Merrick Avenue & Elmhurst Avenue

Merrick Avenue and Elmhurst Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. Deere Park is 900 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 90 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1983, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
2 places
2 nature areas, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Merrick Avenue & Elmhurst Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 995 Manor Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.2 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 May 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Elevation
381 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 90 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 1960 and 1983.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nature areas

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Reed's Basket Willow Swamp Park Nature area
    740 feet
  2. Deere Park Nature area
    900 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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:

See every intersection along Elmhurst Avenue or Merrick Avenue.

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