Nelson Avenue & Edgewood Road

Nelson Avenue and Edgewood Road meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Clare School is 1,050 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Great Kills
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Nelson Av/Monticello Terr · S54, SIM5, SIM6
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nelson Avenue & Edgewood Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Monticello Terr, 110 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nelson Av/Monticello Terr S54, SIM5, SIM6
    110 feet
    S54 SIM5 SIM6

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3961 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    1,310 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10308
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Nelson Avenue

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. St Clare School
    1,050 feet
  2. I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Great Kills Veterans Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 23/Engine 162/Ladder 82 Fire station
    910 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Edgewood Road or Nelson Avenue.

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