Willowbrook Road & North Gannon Avenue

Willowbrook Road and North Gannon Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The stele “Blazed and Willowbrook Roads Tablet” is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Victory Blvd/Willowbrook Rd, is 690 feet away for the S62, S92 and S93, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.

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Willowbrook Road & North Gannon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Victory Blvd/Willowbrook Rd, 690 feet away, for the S62, S92 and S93.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Victory Blvd/Willowbrook Rd S62, S92, S93
    690 feet
    S62 S92 S93

Next buses at this stop

  1. S62 …
  2. S92 …
  3. S93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Victory Boulevard & Dr M L King Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2509 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1 mile

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten 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 March 2025.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 35 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 1979 and 1986.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of North Gannon Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of Willowbrook Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner.

  1. Blazed and Willowbrook Roads Tablet Stele, 1921
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Richmond Pre-K Center at 2530 Victory Boulevard Pre-K center
    510 feet
  2. Congregation Bnos Chaya-Si School
    780 feet
  3. J & J Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gaeta Park
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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:

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