Amboy Road & Amber Street
Amboy Road and Amber Street meet at a three-way junction in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. The corner is also named John “Johnny” Grube Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Monsignor Farrell High School is 470 feet away. The Oakwood Heights station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Oakwood Heights, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/East Broadway, 240 feet away, for the S57.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Amboy Rd/East Broadway S57240 feetS57
Next buses at this stop
- S57 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
- 3310 Richmond Road Gas station0.8 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.1 miles
- 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakwood-Richmondtown
- Elevation
- 48 feet above sea level
This corner is also named John “Johnny” Grube Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese tree lilac and the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John “Johnny” Grube Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Amboy Road
- Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-9AM 3PM-5PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Monsignor Farrell High School470 feet
Supermarkets
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Amboy Road & East Broadway 130 feet
- Amboy Road & Wolverine Street 290 feet
- Amboy Road & Park Street 400 feet
- Amber Street & Shadow Lane 420 feet
- Amboy Road & Erwin Court 480 feet
- Amboy Road & Farrell Court 570 feet
- Amboy Road & Thomas Street 610 feet
- East Broadway & Shadow Lane 630 feet
See every intersection along Amber Street or Amboy Road.