Amboy Road & Brighton Street

Amboy Road and Brighton Street meet at a three-way junction in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Westfield Township School No. 5, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 530 feet away. The Tottenville station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tottenville
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Amboy Rd/Main St · S78, SIM26
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Brighton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

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

  1. Tottenville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Main St, 550 feet away, for the S78 and SIM26.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Rd/Main St S78, SIM26
    550 feet
    S78 SIM26

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …
  2. SIM26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway northbound at Boscombe Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6937 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10307
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tottenville-Charleston
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Amboy Road

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical, Second Empire and neo-Grec, one each, and built between 1869 and 1904.

  1. Westfield Township School No. 5 Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 Tottenville School
    530 feet
  2. Ahrc NYC School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Nysarc - Staten Island Prep School
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 034 Tottenville School
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tottenville Library Landmark
    330 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Community Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Our Lady Help of Christians Church House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Korean United Methodist Church House of worship
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Faith Assembly of God Church House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tottenville Post Office
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Road or Brighton Street.

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