South Railroad Avenue & Prescott Avenue

South Railroad Avenue and Prescott Avenue meet at a three-way junction in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Grant City station on the SIR is about two minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Grant City
540 feet · 2 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av · S51, S81
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Railroad Avenue & Prescott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grant City, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Grant City SIR · Staten Island Railway
    540 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. New Dorp SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av, 830 feet away, for the S51 and S81.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av S51, S81
    830 feet
    S51 S81

Next buses at this stop

  1. S51 …
  2. S81 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South Railroad Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2150 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 December 2015.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Supermarkets

  1. Gourmet Island Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Prescott Avenue or South Railroad Avenue.

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