Tennyson Drive & Oceanic Avenue
Tennyson Drive and Oceanic Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Dan Tomai Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Crescent Beach Park is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Richmond Av, is 920 feet away for the S78 and SIM9, and 11 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 1975 and 1986, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Richmond Av, 920 feet away, for the S78 and SIM9.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Richmond Av S78, SIM9920 feetS78 SIM9
Next buses at this stop
- S78 …
- SIM9 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 4244 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 November 2014.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Dan Tomai Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).
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 1975 and 1986.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dan Tomai Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Tennyson Drive
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Tennyson Drive
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Crescent Beach Park Nature area150 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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:
- Richmond Avenue & Tennyson Drive 140 feet
- Tennyson Drive & Seacrest Avenue 210 feet
- Tennyson Drive & Prol Place 380 feet
- Tennyson Drive & Winchester Avenue 430 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Prol Place 490 feet
- Tennyson Drive & Thornycroft Avenue 650 feet
- Retford Avenue & Tennyson Drive 660 feet
- Tennyson Drive & Littlefield Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along Tennyson Drive.