Jefferson Avenue is a residential yet primary east-west avenue in the Dongan Hills

Dongan Hills, Staten Island

Dongan Hills is a neighborhood located within New York City, USA's borough of Staten Island. It is on the Island's East Shore.The neighborhood was originally known by two separate names, the western half being called Hillside Park and the eastern half Linden Park...

, Grant City

Grant City, Staten Island

Grant City is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York, USA. The island comprises one of the five boroughs of New York City.-History:...

, Ocean Breeze

Ocean Breeze, Staten Island

Ocean Breeze is a name sometimes applied to the southern part of the neighborhood known as South Beach, in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States.-History:...

, and Midland Beach

Midland Beach, Staten Island

Midland Beach is a Staten Island neighborhood. It lies along the east-central coast of the island, in the area known locally as the "Mid-Island, Staten Island," or, according to some, the "East Shore." To its immediate west is Grant City, south lies New Dorp Beach with Graham Beach and South Beach...

 neighborhoods of New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, in the borough of Staten Island

Staten Island

Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

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Like many parallel streets in the area, it begins at Richmond Road

Richmond Road (Staten Island)

Richmond Road is a major north-south artery along the East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Concord, Grymes Hill, Emerson Hill, Grasmere, Old Town, Dongan Hills, Grant City, Todt Hill, New Dorp, Egbertville,...

, and then travels east for several quiet residential blocks before passing under the Staten Island Railway

Staten Island Railway

The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the lone rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA...

 station of the same name

Jefferson Avenue (Staten Island Railway station)

Jefferson Avenue is a Staten Island Railway station between the neighborhoods of Grant City, Staten Island, New York and Dongan Hills, Staten Island, New York. It is located on an embankment at Jefferson Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. This station has two side platforms. There is no...

 at 0.2 mile (0.321868 km). It continues onward for more quiet blocks until reaching Hylan Boulevard

Hylan Boulevard

Hylan Boulevard is a major northeast-southwest boulevard in the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long , and runs from the North Shore neighborhood of Rosebank to the South Shore neighborhood of Tottenville....

 at 0.5 mile (0.80467 km). It then reaches Nugent Avenue at 0.9 miles (1.4 km). Jefferson Avenue is interrupted by parkland before resuming slightly west of Patterson Avenue where it continues to Father Capodanno Boulevard

Father Capodanno Boulevard

Father Capodanno Boulevard, formerly called Seaside Boulevard, is primary north-south artery that runs through the Arrochar, South Beach, Ocean Breeze, Midland Beach, and New Dorp Beach neighborhoods of New York City, in the borough of Staten Island, New York...

for about 0.1 mile (0.160934 km).