Westervelt Avenue & Corson Avenue

Westervelt Avenue and Corson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Paul Apostolic Faith Church is 550 feet away. The Tompkinsville station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tompkinsville
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Victory Blvd/Brook St · S46, S48, S61, S62 +1
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westervelt Avenue & Corson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Tompkinsville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Tompkinsville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Brook St, 580 feet away, for the S46, S48, S61, S62 and S66.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Brook St S46, S48, S61, S62 +1
    580 feet
    S46 S48 S61 S62 S66

Next buses at this stop

  1. S46 …
  2. S48 …
  3. S61 …
  4. S62 …
  5. S66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    710 feet
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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)
St. George-New Brighton
Elevation
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Corson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Corson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Westervelt Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Westervelt Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Vernacular. They were built between 1880 and 1882.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 74 Future Leaders Elementary School
    950 feet
  2. Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School
    1,310 feet
  3. P.S. 016 John J. Driscoll School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Liotti Ikefugi Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Fort Hill Park Nature area
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Apostolic Faith Church House of worship
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Corson Avenue or Westervelt 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.