Veterans Road East & Poplar Avenue

Veterans Road East and Poplar Avenue 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. St Joseph Church is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rossville Av/Veterans Rd East, is 1,120 feet away for the S74, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1980 and 2001, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
West Shore Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
Rossville Av/Veterans Rd East · S74
Within a walk
2 places
1 fire station and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Veterans Road East & Poplar Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rossville Av/Veterans Rd East, 1,120 feet away, for the S74.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rossville Av/Veterans Rd East S74
    1,120 feet
    S74

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway southbound at Veterans Road West & West Shore Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1550 Arthur Kill Road Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.3 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
10309
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Arden Heights-Rossville
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1980 and 2001.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Poplar Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Poplar Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Veterans Road East

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Veterans Road East

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 religious building

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph Church House of worship
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 168 Fire station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Rossville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

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 corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Poplar Avenue or Veterans Road East.

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.