Nelson Avenue & Hillcrest Street

Nelson Avenue and Hillcrest Street meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Battalion 23/Engine 162/Ladder 82 firehouse is 730 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Great Kills
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Nelson Av/Hillcrest St · S54, SIM5, SIM6
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nelson Avenue & Hillcrest Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 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/Hillcrest St, 50 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nelson Av/Hillcrest St S54, SIM5, SIM6
    50 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
    1,130 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
59 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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 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.

East side of Nelson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nelson Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes School
    1,050 feet
  2. St Clare School
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hillcrest Street, Monticello Terrace 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.