Slosson Avenue & Potter Avenue

Slosson Avenue and Potter Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Clove Lakes Park is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Victory Blvd/Slosson Av, is 0.3 miles away for the S61, S62, S66 and three more, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Victory Blvd/Slosson Av · S61, S62, S66, SIM3 +2
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Slosson Avenue & Potter Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Slosson Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S61, S62, S66, SIM3 and two more.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Slosson Av S61, S62, S66, SIM3 +2
    0.3 miles
    S61 S62 S66 SIM3 SIM3C SIM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. S61 …
  2. S62 …
  3. S66 …
  4. SIM3 …
  5. SIM3C …
  6. SIM34 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Reon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1774 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
198 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1930 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Slosson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clove Lakes Park
    440 feet

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Potter Avenue or Slosson Avenue.

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