Pelton Avenue & Whitewood Avenue
Pelton Avenue and Whitewood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Nicholas Johs Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/Clove Rd, is 0.3 miles away for the S53, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Clove Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the S53.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/Clove Rd S530.3 milesS53
Next buses at this stop
- S53 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 525 Forest Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.6 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10310
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
- Elevation
- 237 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Nicholas Johs Way, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2005 (Local Law 131 of 2005).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1940 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Nicholas Johs Way.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 listed historic place
Libraries, museums and history
- Gardiner-Tyler House Listed historic place1,270 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Davis Avenue & Whitewood Avenue 230 feet
- Oakland Avenue & Whitewood Avenue 250 feet
- Whitewood Avenue & Hartford Avenue 470 feet
- Pelton Avenue & Berwick Place 610 feet
- Pelton Avenue & Mathews Avenue 630 feet
- Bement Avenue & Whitewood Avenue 710 feet
- Davis Avenue & Mathews Avenue 850 feet
- Oakland Avenue & Mathews Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along Pelton Avenue or Whitewood Avenue.