Altamont Street & Nightingale Street

Altamont Street and Nightingale Street meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New Dorp Light stands 790 feet away, built in 1854. The New Dorp station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1946 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest railway station
New Dorp
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Richmond Rd/Altamont St · S74, S76, S86
Within a walk
1 place
1 nature area, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Altamont Street & Nightingale Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is New Dorp, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. New Dorp SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Creeping on Where Time Has Been” (2023) by Keri Sheheen at the New Dorp station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Rd/Altamont St, 600 feet away, for the S74, S76 and S86.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Rd/Altamont St S74, S76, S86
    600 feet
    S74 S76 S86

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …
  2. S76 …
  3. S86 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2420 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.5 miles
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Elevation
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1946 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Vernacular, and built in 1854.

  1. New Dorp Light Designated landmark
    790 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. High Rock Park Nature area
    820 feet

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Altamont Street or Nightingale Street.

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