Yetman Avenue & Academy Avenue

Yetman Avenue and Academy Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Westfield Township School No. 5, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Yetman Av, is 0.3 miles away for the S59 and S78, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

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Yetman Avenue & Academy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Yetman Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S59 and S78.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Yetman Av S59, S78
    0.3 miles
    S59 S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway northbound at Boscombe Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6778 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.6 miles

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
10307
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tottenville-Charleston
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Academy Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Yetman Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical, Second Empire and neo-Grec, one each, and built between 1869 and 1904.

  1. Westfield Township School No. 5 Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 034 Tottenville School
    180 feet
  2. Ahrc NYC School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Tottenville School
    410 feet
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  1. Nysarc - Staten Island Prep School
    460 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tottenville Library Landmark
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Help of Christians Church House of worship
    560 feet
  2. Faith Assembly of God Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. New Life Community Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
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  1. Korean United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

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