Ontario Avenue & Oswego Street

Ontario Avenue and Oswego Street meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Clove Lakes Park is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Clove Rd/Foote Av, is 930 feet away for the S53 and S66, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Ontario Avenue & Oswego Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clove Rd/Foote Av, 930 feet away, for the S53 and S66.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clove Rd/Foote Av S53, S66 · Countdown sign
    930 feet
    S53 S66
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S66 …

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 Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1222 Clove Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    1.9 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 May 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
141 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 35 the Clove Valley School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clove Lakes Park
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 nearest of the 12 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.