Non-residential. Great Kills Park is a 580-acre National Park Service site on Staten Island's southeast shore with beaches, trails, and marina facilities.
Non-residential. Great Kills Park is a 580-acre National Park Service site on Staten Island's southeast shore with beaches, trails, and marina facilities.
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Getting around Great Kills Park means riding the bus — the S79 SBS and local lines run along Hylan Boulevard, with stops like Bay Terrace, Buffalo Street, and Spratt Avenue keeping the corridor well-served. There's no subway here, so a commute into Manhattan is a two-bus or bus-and-ferry affair, typically an hour or more each way. That said, the bus frequency on this stretch makes car-free life manageable if you plan for the time.
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- Is Great Kills Park a good neighborhood for families?
- Great Kills Park scores 56/100 for families on Motley — near the middle of the pack citywide. The Family Fit score blends safety, schools, parks, cost of living, and community.
- Is Great Kills Park safe?
- Great Kills Park scores 97/100 on safety — ahead of most NYC neighborhoods. We build the score from NYPD complaint data, normalized by population.
- How are the schools in Great Kills Park?
- Great Kills Park scores 23/100 for schools on Motley — toward the lower end citywide. Most families here zone into adjacent neighborhoods for school.
- Is Great Kills Park affordable?
- Great Kills Park scores 87/100 for affordability on Motley — more affordable than most NYC neighborhoods.
- Which borough is Great Kills Park in?
- Great Kills Park is a neighborhood in Staten Island, New York City.
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