Seaview Avenue & Hancock Street

Seaview Avenue and Hancock Street meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Last Chance Pond Park is 1,240 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Seaview Avenue & Hancock Street Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    30 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Seaview Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S78 and S79 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Seaview Av S78, S79 SBS · Countdown sign
    0.3 miles
    S78 S79 SBS
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …
  2. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1870 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1975.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Hancock Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Seaview Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Seaview Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Two Steps Ahead Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School
    1,220 feet
  3. Saint Ann School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Last Chance Pond Park Nature area
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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