North Railroad Avenue & Cromwell Avenue

North Railroad Avenue and Cromwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Ann School is 620 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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North Railroad Avenue & Cromwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    290 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Cromwell Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7 and two more.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Cromwell Av S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7 +2
    0.3 miles
    S78 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 SIM10 SIM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …
  2. SIM1 …
  3. SIM1C …
  4. SIM7 …
  5. SIM10 …
  6. SIM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1633 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

No 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 April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cromwell Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of North Railroad Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Two Steps Ahead Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. St Ann School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. St Matthews Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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