Slosson Avenue & Rice Avenue

Slosson Avenue and Rice Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Clove Lakes Park is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Martling Av/Slosson Av, is 0.3 miles away for the SIM35, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 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
Martling Av/Slosson Av · SIM35
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Slosson Avenue & Rice Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Martling Av/Slosson Av, 0.3 miles away, for the SIM35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Martling Av/Slosson Av SIM35
    0.3 miles
    SIM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM35 …

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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
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
190 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Rice Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Slosson Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs 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
    180 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 and 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 Rice Avenue or Slosson Avenue.

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