Wainwright Avenue & Reading Avenue
Wainwright Avenue and Reading Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 042 Eltingville is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Leverett Av, is 720 feet away for the S59, and 19 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1988, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Leverett Av, 720 feet away, for the S59.
- 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Leverett Av S59720 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 3143 Richmond Avenue Gas station0.5 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 2026.
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)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 48 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1988.
Trees
NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Wainwright Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Wainwright Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 042 Eltingville School1,260 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Greenridge Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Wainwright Avenue & Perkiomen Avenue 260 feet
- Leverett Avenue & Wainwright Avenue 270 feet
- Barlow Avenue & Wainwright Avenue 520 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Stroud Avenue 530 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Reading Avenue 590 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Scranton Avenue 790 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Macon Avenue 790 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Perkiomen Avenue 850 feet
See every intersection along Reading Avenue or Wainwright Avenue.