West Raleigh Avenue & Freeman Place

West Raleigh Avenue and Freeman Place meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Staten Island Zoo is 390 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Broadway/East Raleigh Av, is 490 feet away for the S53, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and five places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Broadway/East Raleigh Av · S53
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Raleigh Avenue & Freeman Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/East Raleigh Av, 490 feet away, for the S53.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/East Raleigh Av S53
    490 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.7 miles
  3. 1445 Richmond Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Freeman Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Freeman Place

  • 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
    560 feet
  2. South American Tropical Forest and African Savannah Mosaic by Amanda Jaffe, 1996
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Staten Island Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    390 feet
  2. Clove Lakes Park
    1,030 feet
  3. Austin J. McDonald Playground
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Staten Island Broadway YMCA Recreation center
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Freeman Place or West Raleigh Avenue.

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.