Vanderbilt Avenue & Ellington Street

Vanderbilt Avenue and Ellington Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Maple Woods is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Vanderbilt Av/Van Duzer St, is 30 feet away for the S76, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Vanderbilt Avenue & Ellington Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Van Duzer St, 30 feet away, for the S76.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Van Duzer St S76
    30 feet
    S76

Next buses at this stop

  1. S76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Vanderbilt Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 535 Vanderbilt Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Ellington Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Young Minds in Motion USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Bumblebees R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Concord High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Woods Nature area
    850 feet
  2. Lopez Playground
    890 feet
  3. Sobel Court Park
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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