Metropolitan Avenue & Thames Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue and Thames Avenue 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 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Walbrooke Av, is 0.4 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 200 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, 0.4 miles away, for the S48.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Walbrooke Av S480.4 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 525 Forest Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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
- 241 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the red maple.
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 Park620 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Metropolitan Avenue & Shawnee Street 260 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Birch Avenue 270 feet
- City Boulevard & Thames Avenue 330 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Sunset Hill Drive 510 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Crosshill Street 510 feet
- Bard Avenue & Thames Avenue 570 feet
- City Boulevard & Shawnee Street 590 feet
- City Boulevard & Birch Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Thames Avenue.