Parkinson Avenue & Kermit Avenue

Parkinson Avenue and Kermit Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Old Town Playground is 700 feet away. The Old Town station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 11 places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1990, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest railway station
Old Town
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Hylan Blvd/Parkinson Av · S78
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parkinson Avenue & Kermit Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Old Town, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Parkinson Av, 290 feet away, for the S78.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Parkinson Av S78
    290 feet
    S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1990.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kermit Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Parkinson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parkinson Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Choice Therapy Preschool
    380 feet
  2. Academy of St Dorothy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Town Playground
    700 feet
  2. South Beach Community Garden - South Beach Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Old Town Playground Pool Swimming pool
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    720 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,010 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kermit Avenue or Parkinson Avenue.

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