Myrtle Avenue & Elizabeth Street

Myrtle Avenue and Elizabeth Street meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. I.S. 027 Anning S. Prall is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Elizabeth St, is 310 feet away for the S48, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them playgrounds, and six places to eat.

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Myrtle Avenue & Elizabeth Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Elizabeth St, 310 feet away, for the S48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Elizabeth St S48
    310 feet
    S48

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 741 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.7 miles
  3. 1445 Richmond Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Elizabeth Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 027 Anning S. Prall School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prall Playground
    320 feet
  2. Austin J. McDonald Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Clove Lakes Park
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Olivet Heavenly Harvest Garden
    1,150 feet
  2. Saturn Play Equipment Playground
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 156 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.