| Vanderbilt Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Length: | 1.00 mi (1.61 km) |
| Location: | Richmond |
| North end: | Bay Street |
| South end: | Richmond Road |
Vanderbilt Avenue is a major northeast-southwest artery along the East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately 1.00 mile (1.61 km) long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Clifton, Stapleton Heights, Concord, and Grymes Hill. The northeast end is on Bay Street, west of the Clifton rail station and east of the Bayley Seton Hospital.
Along with parts of Richmond Road and all of Amboy Road, Vanderbilt Avenue forms the first leg of Staten Island's colonial-era eastern corridor that predates the newer, straighter, and wider Hylan Boulevard. The three roads that make up the corridor share a common numbering system, i.e. Richmond Road's numbers start where Vanderbilt Avenue's leave off and Amboy Road's numbers start where Amboy Road forks away from Richmond Road. This numbering system includes the numerically highest of street addresses in New York City.[1] Other roads that fork off of this corridor are: St. Paul's Avenue, Van Duzer Street, Targee Street, Rockland Avenue, Bloomingdale Road, and Richmond Valley Road. It is served by the S76/S86 bus.