Penton Street & Gilbert Place
Penton Street and Gilbert Place meet at a three-way junction in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The sculpture “Pleasant Plains Memorial” is 670 feet away. The Pleasant Plains station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and ten places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1992 and 2003, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Pleasant Plains, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Pleasant Plains SIR · Staten Island Railway670 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Bedell St, 920 feet away, for the SIM26.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Amboy Rd/Bedell St SIM26920 feetSIM26
Next buses at this stop
- SIM26 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 6126 Amboy Road Gas station0.5 miles
- 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.3 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 March 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10309
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
- Elevation
- 25 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 200 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 1992 and 2003.
Trees
NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Penton Street
- Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Pleasant Plains Plaza.
- Pleasant Plains Memorial Sculpture by George Thomas Brewster and Diane and Glenn Hines, 1923670 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- One of a Kind Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,050 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pleasant Plains Plaza1,210 feet
Supermarkets
- Trader Joe's Supermarket340 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and 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:
- Sharrott Avenue & Penton Street 260 feet
- Bedell Street & Gilbert Place 450 feet
- Amboy Road & Penton Street 550 feet
- Sharrott Avenue & Cranberry Court 590 feet
- Sharrott Avenue & Latourette Street 620 feet
- Sharrott Avenue & Bedell Street 720 feet
- Amboy Road & Sharrott Avenue 850 feet
- Amboy Road & Station Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along Gilbert Place or Penton Street.