Nelson Avenue & Giffords Glen
Nelson Avenue and Giffords Glen meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Great Kills Post Office is 80 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway180 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Amboy Rd, 290 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nelson Av/Amboy Rd S54, SIM5, SIM6290 feetS54 SIM5 SIM6
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2020.
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
- 61 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 5pm on Nelson Avenue (east side).
West side of Nelson Avenue
- Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 522992 and 523432.
Places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 library
- 1 post office
Libraries, museums and history
- Great Kills Library930 feet
Community centers and public services
- Great Kills Post Office80 feet
Bank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch360 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy760 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Nelson Avenue & Brower Court 70 feet
- Nelson Avenue & Nelson Avenue Footbridge 120 feet
- Giffords Glen & Nolan Avenue 240 feet
- Amboy Road & Nelson Avenue 300 feet
- Giffords Lane & Brower Court 410 feet
- Baltimore Street & Rhett Avenue 430 feet
- Lindenwood Road & Giffords Glen 490 feet
- Amboy Road & Nolan Avenue 600 feet
See every intersection along Giffords Glen or Nelson Avenue.