Metropolitan Avenue & Birch Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue and Birch Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Silver Lake Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Walbrooke Av, is 0.3 miles away for the S48, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Walbrooke Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S48.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Walbrooke Av S480.3 milesS48
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 525 Forest Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.1 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 September 2014.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10301
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
- Elevation
- 234 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Silver Lake Park890 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Metropolitan Avenue & Crosshill Street 250 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Thames Avenue 270 feet
- City Boulevard & Birch Avenue 330 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Norma Place 500 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Shawnee Street 530 feet
- Bard Avenue & Birch Avenue 570 feet
- City Boulevard & Crosshill Street 570 feet
- City Boulevard & Thames Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Birch Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.