Lily Pond Avenue

Lily Pond Avenue
OwnerCity of New York
Maintained byNYCDOT
Length0.71 mi (1.14 km)[1]
LocationStaten Island, New York
Coordinates40°35′57.04″N 74°3′49.89″W / 40.5991778°N 74.0638583°W / 40.5991778; -74.0638583
South endFather Capodanno Boulevard in Arrochar
Major
junctions		 I-278 in Concord
North endTompkins Avenue in Shore Acres

Lily Pond Avenue is a relatively short primary artery in the South Beach, Arrochar, Concord, and Shore Acres neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Staten Island.[2]

Route description

Lily Pond Avenue is the middle leg of Staten Island's coastal eastern corridor, possessing the same route as School Road and Father Capodanno Boulevard. Important intersections include Tompkins Avenue, Narrows Road, Major Avenue, and McClean Avenue. Lily Pond Avenue passes underneath the Staten Island Expressway at the foot of the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge.[2] Landmarks include the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge Memorial.[3][4]

Points of interest

A busy thoroughfare, Lily Pond Avenue has been the scene of at least one fatal motorcycle accident in 2012,[5][6] and a roadside memorial was set up on the side of that road.[7]

A small, 35-bed nursing home is located on Lily Pond Avenue.[8]

Transportation

Because of the easy access the artery provides to the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge amongst other destinations,[9] MTA Regional Bus Operations runs the following public bus routes along the avenue:

  • All S51 buses serving School Road run along Lily Pond Avenue's entire route. Fort Wadsworth service runs south of Battery Road, along with the S81.[10]
  • The S53 runs from the Staten Island Expressway to McClean Avenue.[10]
  • The SIM5, SIM6 and SIM9 run from the Staten Island Expressway to Father Capodanno Boulevard.[10]

The New York City Marathon directs buses and private vehicles to Lily Pond Avenue, which is just outside the main staging area for the start of the famous foot race.[11] The street is then closed to through traffic.[12]

The City of New York has a designated bicycle lane on Lily Pond Avenue.[13]

Major intersections

The entire route is in the New York City borough of Staten Island. 

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Arrochar0.000.00Father Capodanno Boulevard south
Concord0.380.61
 I-278 east (Verrazano Bridge)		Separate ramps to upper and lower levels of the bridge
Shore Acres0.510.82
 I-278 west (Staten Island Expressway) – Goethals Bridge		Exit 15 on I-278
0.711.14Tompkins Avenue / School Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Lily Pond Avenue is mentioned in several police procedural novels: in F. P. Lione's The Crossroads, the second volume of the Midtown Blues series,[14] Lione's Skells: A Novel, the third volume of the Midtown Blues series,[15] and Jamise L. Dames's Pushing Up Daisies: A Novel,[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Richmond County Inventory Listing" (CSV). New York State Department of Transportation. August 7, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Overview map of Lily Pond Avenue route (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Memorial, Arrochar, Staten Island". Bridgeandtunnelclub.com. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  4. ^ New York, Washington. Le aree urbane e i dintorni: Guide verdi del mondo (in Italian). Touring Editore. 2007. p. 136. ISBN 9788836527687. Retrieved July 2, 2012 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Staten Island motorcyclist killed in Fort Wadsworth crash is identified". Staten Island Advance. March 30, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  6. ^ Sharp, Sonja (March 30, 2012). "Motorcyclist Killed in Collision on Staten Island". DNAinfo. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  7. ^ Sedon, Michael (March 31, 2012). "'He loved that bike': Staten Island motorcyclist killed in crash was multi-faceted". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  8. ^ "Staten Island Nursing Homes - Nursing Homes - NYC Caregiver : Making it easier to care". Nyc.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  9. ^ Approach Roads to Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at the MTA official website. Accessed July 2, 2012.
  10. ^ a b c "Staten Island Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  11. ^ "Transportation to the Start of the ING New York City Marathon". 2012. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  12. ^ "Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, street closures for New York City Marathon". Staten Island Advance Staten Island Advance. October 30, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  13. ^ "NYC Bicycle Lane and Trail Inventory (1) - Part 6" (PDF). Nyc.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  14. ^ Lione, F. P. (2005). The Crossroads: A Novel. Baker Books. p. 127. ISBN 9781441237255. Retrieved July 2, 2012 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Lione, F. P. (2006). Skells: A Novel. Baker Books. p. 165. ISBN 9781441237262. Retrieved July 2, 2012 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ Dames, Jamise L. (2005). Pushing Up Daisies: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. p. 15. ISBN 9781416517269. Retrieved July 2, 2012 – via Google Books.
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