Van Wyck Avenue & Purdy Place
Van Wyck Avenue and Purdy Place meet at a four-way crossing in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Lemon Creek Park is 610 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat. About 130 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 5929 Amboy Road Gas station1.3 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 December 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10309
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 130 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Landmarks and historic districts
One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1675 and 1825.
- Manee-Seguine Homestead Designated landmark450 feet
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Wolfe's Pond Park390 feet
- Lemon Creek Park610 feet
- Lemon Creek Playground1,090 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Seguine House Listed historic place1,150 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop 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
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Purdy Place & Navigator Court 260 feet
- Holten Avenue & Purdy Place 340 feet
- Van Wyck Avenue & Marscher Place 520 feet
- Seguine Avenue & Purdy Place 560 feet
- Seguine Avenue & Johnston Terrace 780 feet
- Johnston Terrace & Lemon Creek Park Path 820 feet
- Van Wyck Avenue & Wilbur Street 850 feet
- Seguine Avenue & Marscher Place 910 feet
See every intersection along Purdy Place or Van Wyck Avenue.