Rosedale Avenue & Vespa Avenue

Rosedale Avenue and Vespa Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Arden Heights-Rossville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Woodrow Rd/Holcomb Av, is 950 feet away for the S56, SIM2, SIM4C and SIM8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1980 and 1990, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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Rosedale Avenue & Vespa Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodrow Rd/Holcomb Av, 950 feet away, for the S56, SIM2, SIM4C and SIM8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodrow Rd/Holcomb Av S56, SIM2, SIM4C, SIM8
    950 feet
    S56 SIM2 SIM4C SIM8

Next buses at this stop

  1. S56 …
  2. SIM2 …
  3. SIM4C …
  4. SIM8 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1781 Arthur Kill Road Gas station
    1 mile

No 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 December 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Arden Heights-Rossville
Elevation
126 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 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 1980 and 1990.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 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
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Rosedale Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.