Sommer Avenue & Speedwell Avenue

Sommer Avenue and Speedwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Staten Island Industrial Park is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Victory Blvd/Lisa Pl, is 810 feet away for the S62 and S92, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Sommer Avenue & Speedwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Lisa Pl, 810 feet away, for the S62 and S92.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Lisa Pl S62, S92
    810 feet
    S62 S92

Next buses at this stop

  1. S62 …
  2. S92 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway at Dr M L King Jr Expressway & Victory Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1680 Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.9 miles

No 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 May 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1970 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Staten Island Industrial Park Nature area
    720 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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.