Metropolitan Avenue & Herkimer Street

Metropolitan Avenue and Herkimer Street meet at a three-way junction 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 60 feet away. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 110 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Herkimer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 525 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.5 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
196 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 110 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the eastern redbud.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silver Lake Park
    60 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 Herkimer Street or Metropolitan Avenue.

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