Parkinson Avenue & Whitney Avenue

Parkinson Avenue and Whitney Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Grasmere station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1989, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest railway station
Grasmere
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Hylan Blvd/Parkinson Av · S78
Within a walk
About 300 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Parkinson Avenue & Whitney Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grasmere, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Grasmere SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Parkinson Av, 1,020 feet away, for the S78.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Parkinson Av S78
    1,020 feet
    S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1098 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    1,180 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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1989.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Parkinson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parkinson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Whitney Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Parkinson Avenue or Whitney Avenue.

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