Woodrow Road & Alverson Avenue

Woodrow Road and Alverson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Arden Heights-Rossville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Princess Bay Post Office is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Woodrow Rd/Alverson Av, is 40 feet away for the S56, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Korean War Vets Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Woodrow Rd/Alverson Av · S56
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 post offices and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodrow Road & Alverson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodrow Rd/Alverson Av, 40 feet away, for the S56.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodrow Rd/Alverson Av S56
    40 feet
    S56

Next buses at this stop

  1. S56 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 970 Bloomingdale Road Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10309
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Arden Heights-Rossville
Elevation
126 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 1984 and 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 post offices
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Richmond Pre-K Center at 1275 Woodrow Road Pre-K center
    680 feet
  2. High Hopes of Staten Island Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Princes Bay Finance Post Station Post office
    630 feet
  2. Princess Bay Post Office
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and five food stores.

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 Alverson Avenue or Woodrow Road.

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