West Raleigh Avenue & Berwin Lane

West Raleigh Avenue and Berwin Lane meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The sculpture “Python” is 530 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/East Raleigh Av, is 620 feet away for the S53, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and two places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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West Raleigh Avenue & Berwin Lane Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/East Raleigh Av, 620 feet away, for the S53.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/East Raleigh Av S53
    620 feet
    S53

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Reon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 741 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    3 miles

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 August 2015.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
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
139 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 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 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of West Raleigh Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1920 and 1921.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Staten Island Zoo.

  1. Python Sculpture by Steve Foust, 2007
    530 feet
  2. South American Tropical Forest and African Savannah Mosaic by Amanda Jaffe, 1996
    660 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Staten Island Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    420 feet
  2. Clove Lakes Park
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Church House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Staten Island Broadway YMCA Recreation center
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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