Whitman Avenue & Cornish Street

Whitman Avenue and Cornish Street meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Seaside Wildlife Nature Park is 690 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Hillside Terr, is 750 feet away for the S78, SIM1, SIM1C and five more, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and four places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Korean War Vets Parkway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Hylan Blvd/Hillside Terr · S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM5 +4
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whitman Avenue & Cornish Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Hillside Terr, 750 feet away, for the S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM5 and four more.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Hillside Terr S78, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM5 +4
    750 feet
    S78 SIM1 SIM1C SIM5 SIM6 SIM7 SIM9 SIM10

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …
  2. SIM1 …
  3. SIM1C …
  4. SIM5 …
  5. SIM6 …
  6. SIM7 …
  7. SIM9 …
  8. SIM10 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3961 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10308
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Unikids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
    690 feet
  2. Seaside Wildlife Nature Playground
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Poillon-Sequine-Britton House Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cornish Street or Whitman Avenue.

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