Slosson Avenue & Martling Avenue
Slosson Avenue and Martling Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner is also named Assistant Chief Gerard A. Barbara Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Ascension Church is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Martling Av/Slosson Av, is 50 feet away for the SIM35, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Martling Av/Slosson Av, 50 feet away, for the SIM35.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Martling Av/Slosson Av SIM3550 feetSIM35
Next buses at this stop
- SIM35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Reon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1774 Victory Boulevard Gas station0.8 miles
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10310
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
- Elevation
- 128 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Assistant Chief Gerard A. Barbara Way (Local Law 28 of 2002, enacted on September 27, 2002) and Steven Lauria Avenue (Local Law 62 of 2003, enacted on October 20, 2003).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
Within 820 feet of this corner are 37 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 24 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Martling Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Slosson Avenue
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Slosson Avenue
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Landmarks and historic districts
One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1950.
- Motor Vehicle Storage Building and Service Center Designated landmark800 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Richmond Medical Center - Kingsley School820 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Clove Lakes Park70 feet
Houses of worship
- Ascension Church House of worship870 feet
- Congregation Bnai Jeshruned House of worship1,210 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Martling Avenue & Brookside Avenue 120 feet
- College Avenue & Brookside Avenue 420 feet
- Kingsley Avenue & Brookside Avenue 700 feet
- Martling Avenue & Brooks Pond Place 910 feet
- Benedict Avenue & Brookside Avenue 950 feet
- Slosson Avenue & Drake Avenue 990 feet
- Manor Road & Maine Avenue 1,160 feet
- Brookside Avenue & Alpine Court 1,210 feet
See every intersection along Martling Avenue or Slosson Avenue.