Westervelt Avenue & Crescent Avenue

Westervelt Avenue and Crescent Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Glorious Church God in Christ is 800 feet away, and Fort Hill Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crescent Av/Westervelt Av, is 100 feet away for the S42 and S52, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them playgrounds, and one place to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
2.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Crescent Av/Westervelt Av · S42, S52
Within a walk
10 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westervelt Avenue & Crescent Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent Av/Westervelt Av, 100 feet away, for the S42 and S52.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent Av/Westervelt Av S42, S52
    100 feet
    S42 S52

Next buses at this stop

  1. S42 …
  2. S52 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 54 Central Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

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
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crescent Avenue

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

South side of Crescent Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Westervelt Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Westervelt Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Twelve buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Gothic, and built between 1870 and 1931.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 031 William T. Davis School
    850 feet
  2. Curtis High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mahoney Playground
    300 feet
  2. Westervelt Community Garden
    310 feet
  3. Davis Playground
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lt. Lia Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Fort Hill Park Nature area
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Glorious Church God in Christ House of worship
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent Avenue or Westervelt Avenue.

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