Purcell Street & Ford Place
Purcell Street and Ford Place meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Staten Island Zoo is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/East Raleigh Av, is 540 feet away for the S53, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them playgrounds, and nine places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Broadway/East Raleigh Av, 540 feet away, for the S53.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Broadway/East Raleigh Av S53540 feetS53
Next buses at this stop
- S53 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Reon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 741 Forest Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.6 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 January 2014.
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
- 126 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1920 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 garden
- 1 park
- 1 recreation center
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- I.S. 027 Anning S. Prall School1,050 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Staten Island Zoo Zoo or aquarium770 feet
- Austin J. McDonald Playground820 feet
- Clove Lakes Park1,010 feet
Show all 5
- Prall Playground1,120 feet
- Olivet Heavenly Harvest Garden1,180 feet
Houses of worship
- Salem Church House of worship1,080 feet
Community centers and public services
- Staten Island Broadway YMCA Recreation center1,220 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Purcell Street & Freeman Place 240 feet
- Broadway & Purcell Street 280 feet
- West Raleigh Avenue & Ford Place 320 feet
- Broadway & Morrison Avenue 330 feet
- West Raleigh Avenue & Lynnhaven Place 440 feet
- Broadway & West Raleigh Avenue 490 feet
- Broadway & East Raleigh Avenue 490 feet
- Broadway & Clove Lake Place 510 feet
See every intersection along Ford Place or Purcell Street.