Van Pelt Avenue & Laguna Lane

Van Pelt Avenue and Laguna Lane meet at a three-way junction in Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Richmond Terrace Park is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Terr/Van Pelt Av, is 360 feet away for the S40, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Map

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Van Pelt Avenue & Laguna Lane Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Terr/Van Pelt Av, 360 feet away, for the S40.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Terr/Van Pelt Av S40
    360 feet
    S40

Next buses at this stop

  1. S40 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Morningstar Road & Dr MLK Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 11 Morningstar Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.2 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 January 2013.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10303
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the flowering dogwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Van Pelt Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate, and built in 1853.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Richmond Terrace Park Nature area
    380 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Van Name/Van Pelt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

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 signal or safety change.

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, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.