Prospect Avenue & Sumner Place

Prospect Avenue and Sumner Place meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Skyline Community Garden is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Prospect Av/Pendelton Pl, is 200 feet away for the S42, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Prospect Avenue & Sumner Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Av/Pendelton Pl, 200 feet away, for the S42.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av/Pendelton Pl S42
    200 feet
    S42

Next buses at this stop

  1. S42 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 700 Richmond Terrace Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Between 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 December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. George-New Brighton
Elevation
167 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Prospect Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian, and built in 1860.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. R373 School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cottages Hill New Brighton Park
    750 feet
  2. Skyline Community Garden
    840 feet
  3. Jones Woods Park Nature area
    860 feet
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  1. Skyline Playground
    940 feet

Health care

  1. Staten Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Residence at One Pendleton Place Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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