Nelson Avenue & Rustic Place

Nelson Avenue and Rustic Place meet at a four-way crossing 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. Christ Lutheran Church is 710 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and two places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Great Kills
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Nelson Av/Belden St · S54
Within a walk
4 places
4 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nelson Avenue & Rustic Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 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/Belden St, 300 feet away, for the S54.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nelson Av/Belden St S54
    300 feet
    S54

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3961 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles

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 December 2024.

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
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nelson Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rustic Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Rustic Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    710 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.

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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nelson Avenue or Rustic Place.

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.