Vanderbilt Avenue & Hillside Avenue
Vanderbilt Avenue and Hillside Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills, Staten Island. The corner is also named Wu-Tang Clan District by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Lopez Playground is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Targee St/Vanderbilt Av, is 90 feet away for the S74 and S76, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Targee St/Vanderbilt Av, 90 feet away, for the S74 and S76.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Targee St/Vanderbilt Av S74, S76 · Shelter · Countdown sign90 feetS74 S76
Next buses at this stop
- S74 …
- S76 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Vanderbilt Avenue.
- 17 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 425 Vanderbilt Avenue Gas station240 feet
- 1 Edgewater Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
What the city has done here
- Safety Improvement Project, 2010
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)
- Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills
- Elevation
- 71 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Wu-Tang Clan District, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Wu-Tang Clan District.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Vanderbilt Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 garden
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Bumblebees R-Us Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K390 feet
- Young Minds in Motion USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,020 feet
- The Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners School1,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sobel Court Park80 feet
- Sobel Court Park Playground780 feet
- Roots of Peace Community Garden900 feet
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- Lopez Playground1,250 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and seven food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Targee Street & Vanderbilt Avenue 50 feet
- Vanderbilt Avenue & Hamilton Street 270 feet
- Vanderbilt Avenue & Metcalfe Street 280 feet
- Targee Street & Metcalfe Street 280 feet
- Vanderbilt Avenue & Nunley Court 370 feet
- Targee Street & Sobel Court 480 feet
- Vanderbilt Avenue & Cornell Place 550 feet
- Vanderbilt Avenue & Roff Street 560 feet
See every intersection along Hillside Avenue or Vanderbilt Avenue.