Shafter Avenue & Gibson Avenue
Shafter Avenue and Gibson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Siedenburg Park is 1,090 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about ten minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.5 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Giffords Ln/Gibson Av, 1,010 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Giffords Ln/Gibson Av S54, SIM5, SIM61,010 feetS54 SIM5 SIM6
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 3701 Amboy Road Gas station0.7 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 June 2015.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10308
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 56 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Siedenburg Park Nature area1,090 feet
Supermarkets
- ShopRite Supermarket0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Evergreen Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
Not on record for this corner:
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Miles Avenue & Gibson Avenue 230 feet
- Gibson Avenue & Exeter Street 260 feet
- Greaves Court & Exeter Street 490 feet
- Exeter Street & Howton Avenue 520 feet
- Dewey Avenue & Shafter Avenue 550 feet
- Greaves Avenue & Gibson Avenue 620 feet
- Exeter Street & Nahant Street 700 feet
- Gibson Avenue & Sampson Avenue 740 feet
See every intersection along Gibson Avenue or Shafter Avenue.