Amboy Road & Buffalo Street

Amboy Road and Buffalo Street meet at a three-way junction in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Congregation Bnai Israel is 900 feet away. The Bay Terrace station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and eight places to eat. About 140 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Bay Terrace
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Clarke Av/Wilder Av · SIM15
Within a walk
2 places
1 day care or pre-K site and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Buffalo Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Bay Terrace, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Terrace SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clarke Av/Wilder Av, 0.4 miles away, for the SIM15.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clarke Av/Wilder Av SIM15
    0.4 miles
    SIM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 3701 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
50 and 51 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Oakwood-Richmondtown
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 140 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 1955 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Buffalo Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Cbi Academy Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Bnai Israel House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Road or Buffalo Street.

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