Rockland Avenue & Nevada Avenue

Rockland Avenue and Nevada Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner is also named Herbert Ellis Smith “Smitty” Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. High Rock Park is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockland Av/Nevada Av, is 40 feet away for the S54 and S57, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Rockland Av/Nevada Av · S54, S57
Within a walk
2 places
1 nature area and 1 park feature, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockland Avenue & Nevada Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockland Av/Nevada Av, 40 feet away, for the S54 and S57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockland Av/Nevada Av S54, S57
    40 feet
    S54 S57

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …
  2. S57 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at South Gannon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3310 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Herbert Ellis Smith “Smitty” Way, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 49 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the ash and the northern red oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Herbert Ellis Smith “Smitty” Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nevada Avenue

  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nevada Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park feature

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. High Rock Park Nature area
    340 feet
  2. Walker Pond in High Rock Park Park feature
    1,090 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nevada Avenue or Rockland Avenue.

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