Wainwright Avenue & Rye Avenue
Wainwright Avenue and Rye 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. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1998, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Wilson Av, 1,080 feet away, for the S59.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Wilson Av S591,080 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4472 Amboy Road 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 February 2019.
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
- 75 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1998.
Trees
NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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 July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Wainwright Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedShopping centers
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- 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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Wainwright Avenue & Wilson Avenue 240 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Rochelle Place 260 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Chesebrough Street 500 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Sylvia Street 500 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Petrus Avenue 520 feet
- Rye Avenue & Van Brunt Street 570 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue 720 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Bayard Street 750 feet
See every intersection along Rye Avenue or Wainwright Avenue.