North Railroad Avenue & Garretson Avenue

North Railroad Avenue and Garretson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School is 930 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. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Dongan Hills
30 feet · 1 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Hylan Blvd/Cromwell Av · S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7 +2
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
North Railroad Avenue & Garretson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    30 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, 1.9 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 November 2025.

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

  • One travel lane
  • 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 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Garretson Avenue

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

West side of Garretson Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of North Railroad Avenue

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

West side of North Railroad Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    390 feet
  2. St Ann School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. St Matthews Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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:

See every intersection along Garretson Avenue or North Railroad Avenue.

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.