Willow Road East & Vedder Avenue

Willow Road East and Vedder Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Markham Playground is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Willowbrook Rd/Vedder Av, is 1,020 feet away for the S57, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1986, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Willowbrook Rd/Vedder Av · S57
Within a walk
2 places
1 playground and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willow Road East & Vedder Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Willowbrook Rd/Vedder Av, 1,020 feet away, for the S57.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Willowbrook Rd/Vedder Av S57
    1,020 feet
    S57

Next buses at this stop

  1. S57 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Trantor Place & Dr M L King Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 745 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 1986.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 051 Edwin Markham School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Markham Playground
    440 feet

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

See every intersection along Vedder Avenue or Willow Road East.

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