Alaska Street & Woodruff Lane

Alaska Street and Woodruff Lane meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. West Brighton Community Garden is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Terr/Alaska St, is 550 feet away for the S40, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them gardens. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Alaska Street & Woodruff Lane Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Terr/Alaska St, 550 feet away, for the S40.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Terr/Alaska St S40
    550 feet
    S40

Next buses at this stop

  1. S40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1320 Richmond Terrace Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Port Richmond
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Alaska Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Woodruff Lane

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Woodruff Lane

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Second Empire, and built between 1865 and 1875.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Diversity Academy Child Care 3 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. CPL. Thompson Park
    180 feet
  2. West Brighton Community Garden
    460 feet
  3. Richmond Terrace Cemetery
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Heritage Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Joe Holzka Community Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Terrace Cemeteries Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. West Brighton Plaza Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope Community Church House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Shiloh AME Zion Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. West Brighton Pool Swimming pool
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.