Waldron Avenue & Melrose Avenue

Waldron Avenue and Melrose Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Silver Lake Park is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Victory Blvd/Melrose Av, is 360 feet away for the S61 and S62, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and six places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Victory Blvd/Melrose Av · S61, S62
Within a walk
2 places
2 parks, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Waldron Avenue & Melrose Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Melrose Av, 360 feet away, for the S61 and S62.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Melrose Av S61, S62
    360 feet
    S61 S62

Next buses at this stop

  1. S61 …
  2. S62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1222 Clove Road Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.2 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 September 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
181 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 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 1930 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Melrose Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Melrose Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Greek Revival and Queen Anne, one each, and built between 1836 and 1895.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silver Lake Park
    660 feet
  2. Clove Lakes Park
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Melrose Avenue or Waldron Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.