Westwood Avenue & Gower Street

Westwood Avenue and Gower Street meet at a four-way crossing in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Manor Rd/Westwood Av, is 840 feet away for the S54, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Manor Rd/Westwood Av · S54
Within a walk
1 place
1 nursing home or hospice, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westwood Avenue & Gower Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Manor Rd/Westwood Av, 840 feet away, for the S54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Manor Rd/Westwood Av S54
    840 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 South Gannon Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
121
Elevation
275 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1979.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Westwood Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Westwood Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Health care

  1. Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Manor Road Shopping Center Shopping center
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gower Street or Westwood Avenue.

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