Amboy Road & Carteret Street
Amboy Road and Carteret Street meet at a three-way junction in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. The corner is also named SSG William T. Johnson Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Tottenville Post Office is 450 feet away. The Tottenville station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Tottenville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Tottenville SIR · Staten Island Railway0.4 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Carteret St, 40 feet away, for the S78.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Amboy Rd/Carteret St S7840 feetS78
Next buses at this stop
- S78 …
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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 6937 Amboy Road Gas station1.1 miles
- 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 October 2019.
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
- 58 feet above sea level
This corner is also named SSG William T. Johnson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).
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 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on SSG William T. Johnson Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and September 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Amboy Road
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Carteret Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Carteret Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1848 and 1892.
- The Rutan-Journeay House Designated landmark470 feet
Places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 1 post office
Houses of worship
- St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship310 feet
- Congregation Ahavath Israel House of worship330 feet
- New Life Community Church House of worship680 feet
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- Korean United Methodist Church House of worship680 feet
Community centers and public services
- Tottenville Post Office450 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Amboy Road & Butler Avenue 140 feet
- Amboy Road & Bentley Street 160 feet
- Amboy Road & Swinnerton Street 230 feet
- Amboy Road & Aspinwall Street 290 feet
- Amboy Road & Main Street 490 feet
- Aspinwall Street & Summit Road 530 feet
- Amboy Road & Finlay Street 540 feet
- Butler Avenue & Bentley Lane 650 feet
See every intersection along Amboy Road or Carteret Street.