Olympia Boulevard & Balfour Street
Olympia Boulevard and Balfour Street meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 347 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Smiles Around US Academy is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Olympia Blvd/Orlando St, is 130 feet away for the S52, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and six places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Olympia Blvd/Orlando St, 130 feet away, for the S52.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Olympia Blvd/Orlando St S52130 feetS52
Next buses at this stop
- S52 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 1416 Hylan Boulevard Gas station1.3 miles
- 625 Father Capodanno Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one fast charger1 mile
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 July 2023.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 347 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,396th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 98 more were issued.
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
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Olympia Boulevard
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Smiles Around US Academy School1,150 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket610 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Olympia Boulevard & Piave Avenue 110 feet
- Olympia Boulevard & Lansing Street 210 feet
- Olympia Boulevard & Orlando Street 220 feet
- Lansing Street & Balfour Street 280 feet
- Olympia Boulevard & Sand Lane 360 feet
- Olympia Boulevard & South Beach Avenue 390 feet
- Piave Avenue & Argonne Street 420 feet
- Sand Lane & Robin Road 500 feet
See every intersection along Balfour Street or Olympia Boulevard.