Veltman Avenue & Ordell Avenue

Veltman Avenue and Ordell Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Northerleigh Park is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Burnside Av, is 770 feet away for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 26 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Forest Av/Burnside Av · S48, SIM30, SIM35
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Veltman Avenue & Ordell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Burnside Av, 770 feet away, for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Burnside Av S48, SIM30, SIM35
    770 feet
    S48 SIM30 SIM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. SIM30 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Trantor Place & Dr M L King Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1252 Forest Avenue Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10302
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the red maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Learn & Discover 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Brightside Training Trade or language school
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northerleigh Park
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    680 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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:

See every intersection along Ordell Avenue or Veltman Avenue.

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