Rossville Avenue & Knesel Street
Rossville Avenue and Knesel Street meet at a three-way junction in Arden Heights-Rossville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Julius J. Deak by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 168 firehouse is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rossville Av/Pond St, is 320 feet away for the S74 and SIM25, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Rossville Av/Pond St, 320 feet away, for the S74 and SIM25.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Rossville Av/Pond St S74, SIM25 · Countdown sign320 feetS74 SIM25
Next buses at this stop
- S74 …
- SIM25 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway southbound at Veterans Road West & West Shore Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1550 Arthur Kill Road Gas station0.7 miles
- 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.2 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 October 2013.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10309
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Arden Heights-Rossville
- Elevation
- 45 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Julius J. Deak, a co-naming enacted on October 29, 1993 (Local Law 81 of 1993).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 300 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 1997 and 2004.
Trees
NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Julius J. Deak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Knesel Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
East side of Rossville Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Fire and Emergency Station.
- Working in the Same Direction Sculpture by Béatrice Coron, 2003560 feet
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Rainbows Reach Preschool, ages 2 to 5870 feet
Houses of worship
- St Joseph Church House of worship250 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 168 Fire station590 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Fresh Supermarket380 feet
Shopping centers
- Rossville Shopping Center Shopping center290 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Rossville Avenue & Barry Street 70 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Morris Street 230 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Poplar Avenue 270 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Aaron Lane 470 feet
- Morris Street & Samantha Lane 540 feet
- Barry Street & Rutherford Court 580 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Grafe Street 590 feet
- Veterans Road East & Rossville Avenue 600 feet
See every intersection along Rossville Avenue.