Portage Avenue & Graves Street
Portage Avenue and Graves Street meet at a four-way crossing in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Blood Root Valley is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bradley Av/Portage Av, is 560 feet away for the S57, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bradley Av/Portage Av, 560 feet away, for the S57.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bradley Av/Portage Av S57560 feetS57
Next buses at this stop
- S57 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at South Gannon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 995 Manor Road Gas station0.6 miles
- 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10314
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 121
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights
- Elevation
- 247 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1960 and 1996.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the sweetgum.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and March 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Graves Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Portage Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
Schools and child care
- Shine Bright Academy Pre-K350 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Blood Root Valley Nature area670 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Wellbrook Avenue & Portage Avenue 250 feet
- Livingston Avenue & Portage Avenue 250 feet
- Harold Street & Graves Street 450 feet
- Portage Avenue & Suffolk Avenue 470 feet
- Bradley Avenue & Portage Avenue 530 feet
- Bradley Avenue & Talarico Court 610 feet
- Brielle Avenue & Graves Street 640 feet
- Harold Street & Livingston Avenue 700 feet
See every intersection along Graves Street or Portage Avenue.