Rossville Avenue & Poplar Avenue
Rossville Avenue and Poplar 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. Sleight Family Graveyard is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rossville Av/Veterans Rd East, is 440 feet away for the S74, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and three places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1998 and 2004, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Rossville Av/Veterans Rd East, 440 feet away, for the S74.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Rossville Av/Veterans Rd East S74440 feetS74
Next buses at this stop
- S74 …
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 station0.6 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 January 2026.
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
- 40 feet above sea level
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 1998 and 2004.
Trees
NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Poplar Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Rossville Avenue
- No standing 4 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, 2003290 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 cemetery
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Rainbows Reach Preschool, ages 2 to 51,140 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sleight Family Graveyard Cemetery1,280 feet
Houses of worship
- St Joseph Church House of worship200 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 168 Fire station330 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Fresh Supermarket650 feet
Shopping centers
- Rossville Shopping Center Shopping center550 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Rossville Avenue & Morris Street 40 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Aaron Lane 210 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Knesel Street 270 feet
- Rossville Avenue & Barry Street 330 feet
- Veterans Road East & Rossville Avenue 330 feet
- Morris Street & Samantha Lane 350 feet
- West Shore Expressway & Rossville Avenue 520 feet
- Aaron Lane & Samantha Lane 520 feet
See every intersection along Poplar Avenue or Rossville Avenue.