Oakland Avenue & Whitewood Avenue

Oakland Avenue and Whitewood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Firefighter Sean S. Hanley Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Clove Rd, is 0.3 miles away for the S53, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Broadway/Clove Rd · S53
Within a walk
1 place
1 listed historic place, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Oakland Avenue & Whitewood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Clove Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the S53.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Clove Rd S53
    0.3 miles
    S53

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 525 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.6 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
224 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter Sean S. Hanley Way, a co-naming enacted on June 3, 2003 (Local Law 34 of 2003).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1940 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Sean S. Hanley Way.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gardiner-Tyler House Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

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
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Oakland Avenue or Whitewood Avenue.

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