Wainwright Avenue & Sylvia Street
Wainwright Avenue and Sylvia Street meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Staten Island South Shore Workforce1 Career Center is 1,070 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and nine places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 2001, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway910 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Wilson Av, 980 feet away, for the S59.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Wilson Av S59980 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
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 station0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
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
- 63 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 1970 and 2001.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Sylvia Street (south side).
North side of Sylvia Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 503611.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 career or business center
Community centers and public services
- Staten Island South Shore Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center1,070 feet
Shopping centers
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Wainwright Avenue & Wilson Avenue 260 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Rye Avenue 500 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Chesebrough Street 520 feet
- Sylvia Street & Stuyvesant Avenue 540 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue 730 feet
- Wainwright Avenue & Rochelle Place 760 feet
- Wilson Avenue & Bayard Street 760 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Sylvia Street 770 feet
See every intersection along Sylvia Street or Wainwright Avenue.