Vespa Avenue & Almond Street
Vespa Avenue and Almond Street meet at a three-way junction in Arden Heights-Rossville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Arden Woods is 640 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Arden Av/Rolling Hill Green, is 420 feet away for the S56, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1971 and 1985, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Arden Av/Rolling Hill Green, 420 feet away, for the S56.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Arden Av/Rolling Hill Green S56420 feetS56
Next buses at this stop
- S56 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 1781 Arthur Kill Road Gas station0.7 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 May 2015.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Arden Heights-Rossville
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1971 and 1985.
Trees
NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
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 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Vespa Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Arden Woods Nature area640 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,140 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy1,220 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.
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
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Vespa Avenue & Ruxton Avenue 270 feet
- Arden Avenue & Vespa Avenue 320 feet
- Jefferson Boulevard & Vespa Avenue 540 feet
- Arden Avenue & Rolling Hill Green 570 feet
- Arden Avenue & Correll Avenue 710 feet
- Vespa Avenue & Canton Avenue 800 feet
- Arden Avenue & Halpin Avenue 870 feet
- Woodrow Road & Almond Street 960 feet
See every intersection along Almond Street or Vespa Avenue.