Westwood Avenue & Franklin Place

Westwood Avenue and Franklin Place meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island, at the edge of NYCHA's Todt Hill development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Todt Hill Community Center is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Manor Rd/Westwood Av, is 550 feet away for the S54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

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Westwood Avenue & Franklin Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manor Rd/Westwood Av, 550 feet away, for the S54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manor Rd/Westwood Av S54
    550 feet
    S54

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 995 Manor Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    2.7 miles

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
49 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
122
Elevation
257 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1975.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Todt Hill development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the eastern redbud and the maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Westwood Avenue

  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Christopher J. Igneri Playground
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Todt Hill Community Center
    150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 184 Schmidts Lane Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Manor Road Shopping Center Shopping center
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.