Wilson Avenue & Cortelyou Avenue

Wilson Avenue and Cortelyou Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Eltingville Post Office is 970 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1990, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Eltingville
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,300 feet
Richmond Av/Wilson Av · S59
Within a walk
1 place
1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Wilson Avenue & Cortelyou Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    1,280 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Wilson Av, 1,300 feet away, for the S59.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Wilson Av S59
    1,300 feet
    S59

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.4 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 September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 1990.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cortelyou Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wilson Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 post office

Community centers and public services

  1. Eltingville Post Office
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    330 feet
  2. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Avenue or Wilson Avenue.

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