Staten Island
Vanderbilt Avenue runs northeast-southwest through East Shore. It is approximately 1.00 mile (1.61 km) long and serves the neighborhoods of Clifton, Stapleton Heights, Concord, and Grymes Hill. The northeast end is on Bay Street, 40°37′20″N 74°4′23″W / 40.62222°N 74.07306°W / 40.62222; -74.07306 west of Clifton of the Staten Island Railway and east of 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, 40°36′48″N 74°5′13.4″W / 40.61333°N 74.087056°W / 40.61333; -74.087056 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. 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.
This street is served by the S76 and S86 bus routes.
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