Park Avenue & Vreeland Street
Park Avenue and Vreeland Street meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. The corner is also named Bertha Simons Lee Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Marys Orthodox Church is 110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Port Richmond Av/Bennett St, is 660 feet away for the S53, S57, S59 and S66, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Port Richmond Av/Bennett St, 660 feet away, for the S53, S57, S59 and S66.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Port Richmond Av/Bennett St S53, S57, S59, S66660 feetS53 S57 S59 S66
Next buses at this stop
- S53 …
- S57 …
- S59 …
- S66 …
Cycling
- 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 387 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 December 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10302
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 121
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Port Richmond
- Elevation
- 34 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Bertha Simons Lee Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bertha Simons Lee Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Park Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1859 and 1898.
- Northfield Township District School 6 Designated landmark280 feet
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Veterans Park.
- Eugene G. Putnam Fountain by Virgil Fuller, 1915270 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 11 religious buildings
- 1 fire station
- 1 library
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 older adult center
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- P.S. 020 Port Richmond School260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Veterans Park40 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Port Richmond Library Landmark610 feet
- Reformed Church on Staten Island Listed historic place1,300 feet
Houses of worship
- St Marys Orthodox Church House of worship110 feet
- St Phillips Baptist Church House of worship370 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 120 Anderson Avenue Older adult center1,050 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 157/Ladder 80 Fire station1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 14 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Park Avenue & New Street 260 feet
- Park Avenue & Bennett Street 260 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Vreeland Street 350 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Grove Avenue 440 feet
- Park Avenue & Ann Street 540 feet
- Heberton Avenue & New Street 600 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & New Street 600 feet
- Heberton Avenue & Bennett Street 600 feet
See every intersection along Park Avenue or Vreeland Street.