Norway Avenue & Kermit Avenue

Norway Avenue and Kermit Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Old Town Playground is 1,170 feet away. The Old Town station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and eight places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1986, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Old Town
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Hylan Blvd/Norway Av · S53, S78, S79 SBS
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 garden and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Norway Avenue & Kermit Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Old Town, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Old Town SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grasmere SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Norway Av, 320 feet away, for the S53, S78 and S79 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Norway Av S53, S78, S79 SBS · Countdown sign
    320 feet
    S53 S78 S79 SBS
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S78 …
  3. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1416 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    730 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10305
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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1986.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and November 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kermit Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Norway Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Norway Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Choice Therapy Preschool
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Beach Community Garden - South Beach Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    820 feet
  2. Old Town Playground
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Old Town Playground Pool Swimming pool
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    410 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five food stores.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kermit Avenue or Norway Avenue.

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