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About Great Kills
Great Kills is the South Shore's northernmost community. The
Great Kills station on the Staten Island Railway is at the southern end of this
street, in the heart of the community's business district. The present name of
Great Kills was informally adopted in 1865.
Commercial Center: · Amboy Road between Lindenwood Road to Adrienne Place Transportation: · Great Kills Train Station - Giffords Lane & Brower Court · Bus Routes - S54 Schools: · P.S. 32 - 32 Elverton Avenue · P.S. 8 - 100 Lindenwood Road Parks: · Great Kills Park · Seaside Wildlife Nature Park · Crescent Beach Points of Interest: · Gateway National Recreation Area includes a beach, marina, trails, fishing and bird-watching areas and sports fields · The New York Public Library operates the Great Kills Branch Public Survey
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Merchant Contact
Fred Limeri
The Limeri Agency, inc 3929 Amboy Rd Staten Island, NY 10308 (T) 718-227-0808 (E) flimericlu@aol.com |
Survey Result Details
Parking Issues:
Traffic Issues:
Sanitation / Beautification Issues:
Security Issues:
- Municipal Lot: Lighting, maintenance, security problems and additional directional signs
- Lack of parking on Gifford’s Lane, Nelson Avenue (more angled parking etc.)
- Parking Meters: Broken parking meters are a problem
Traffic Issues:
- Traffic light or sign needed at Amboy Road between Gifford’s and Richmond County Bank to slow or stop vehicles approaching the turn.
- Improve pedestrian pathways - crossing sites, including adding crosswalks, signage, and repainting crosswalks and yellow lines.
- Move DOT placement of sidewalk traffic signs on Amboy and Brown Street.
- Consider a bike lane option for Gifford’s Lane near Brower Court
- Get DOT to fix pot holes
Sanitation / Beautification Issues:
- Lack of Public trash cans
- Street Cleaning needed
- Vacant lots and stores should be cleaned up
- Farrell Lumber Building and attached vacant lot run down, contains overgrowth of weeds, graffiti
- Vacant lot behind Church on Lindenwood Road needs clean up
- Graffiti removal from storefronts and buildings
- Missing trees on Amboy Road between Gifford’s and Nelson Avenue
- Clean up Thrift Store (corner of Amboy and Gifford’s ), allow for use of sidewalk
Security Issues:
- Loitering on Lindenwood Place by Railroad tracks and on Gifford’s Lane / Nelson Avenue
- Amboy Road just above Gifford’s-youth climbing onto roofs and damaging property and graffiti
- Muni Lot is also an area where youths hang out, making it look unsafe to park
- Request for beat cop around train station area in late afternoon / evening
Sent Requests
To NYC Department of Transportation
- Review of parking improvements along Giffords Lane and Nelson Avenue
- Request for traffic control signage at Amboy Road between Ramble and Giffords Lane
- Pedestrian pathway improvements
Accomplishments
- Great Kills merchants coordinated several meetings to discuss program and forming a group to plan and manage future activities.
- Secured sanitation services which began in May.
- Placed Lighted Holiday Archway at Amboy Road and Giffords Lane (12/15-1/15).
- Clean up of two vacant lots.
- Repaving of Municipal Lot.
- Posting of Municipal Lot direction signs.
- NYC DOT meeting resulting in re-assessment study of traffic and parking issues.
- Launch of the South Shore LDC website.
Future Projects
- Farrell Lumber Property taken over by developer that is working with Councilman to draft plan that best fits the area
- Security services targeted for June.
- Staten Island Railroad to address water leakage and steam clean trestle over Richmond Avenue.
- Commercial to promote shopping in Eltingville to run on cable TV in June.
