Sand Lane & Cedar Avenue

Sand Lane and Cedar Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 39 Francis J. Murphy Jr. is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sand Ln/McClean Av, is 620 feet away for the S52, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and five places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Sand Lane & Cedar Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sand Ln/McClean Av, 620 feet away, for the S52.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sand Ln/McClean Av S52 · Shelter
    620 feet
    S52
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Hylan Boulevard & Narrows Road South at Staten Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1400 Bay Street Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10305
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
Elevation
48 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Cedar Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sand Lane

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New U" Tots 3-K" Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 39 Francis J. Murphy Jr. School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arrochar Playground
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 161/Ladder 81 Fire station
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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