Nixon Avenue & Ward Avenue
Nixon Avenue and Ward Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. The corner is also named NYS Senator 1956-2006, Hon. John J. Marchi Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Caleb T. Ward Mansion stands 490 feet away, and Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cebra Av/Ward Av, is 310 feet away for the S52, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cebra Av/Ward Av, 310 feet away, for the S52.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cebra Av/Ward Av S52310 feetS52
Next buses at this stop
- S52 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10304
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills
- Elevation
- 168 feet above sea level
This corner is also named NYS Senator 1956-2006, Hon. John J. Marchi Way, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on NYS Senator 1956-2006, Hon. John J. Marchi Way.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 14 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Colonial. They were mostly built between 1895 and 1924.
- Caleb T. Ward Mansion Designated landmark490 feet
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Eden II School for Autistic Children Preschool, ages 2 to 51,210 feet
- Eden II - Little Miracles School1,270 feet
Houses of worship
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship1,210 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Ward Avenue & Cebra Avenue 270 feet
- Ward Avenue & Bayview Place 320 feet
- Bayview Place & Creston Place 470 feet
- Ward Avenue & Avon Place 580 feet
- Cebra Avenue & Catlin Avenue 650 feet
- Avon Place & Edgar Terrace 890 feet
- Cebra Avenue & Marion Avenue 920 feet
- Cebra Avenue & Chester Place 920 feet
See every intersection along Ward Avenue.