Tennyson Drive & Thornycroft Avenue

Tennyson Drive and Thornycroft Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Crescent Beach Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Winchester Av, is 850 feet away for the S54, S78 and S79 SBS, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1986, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Tennyson Drive & Thornycroft Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Winchester Av, 850 feet away, for the S54, S78 and S79 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Winchester Av S54, S78, S79 SBS · Shelter · Countdown sign
    850 feet
    S54 S78 S79 SBS
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …
  2. S78 …
  3. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks 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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4244 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    1,170 feet

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
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
12 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 1970 and 1986.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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. Crescent Beach Park Nature area
    50 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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