Morningstar Road & Dr M L King Jr Expressway

Morningstar Road and Dr M L King Jr Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Morningstar Rd/Kalver Pl, is 110 feet away for the S46 and S96, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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Morningstar Road & Dr M L King Jr Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morningstar Rd/Kalver Pl, 110 feet away, for the S46 and S96.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morningstar Rd/Kalver Pl S46, S96
    110 feet
    S46 S96

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S96 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Morningstar Road & Hooker Place, 70 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 11 Morningstar Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10303
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the apple.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Learning Clubhouse Preschool · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park School
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and eight food stores.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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