Amboy Road & Chesterton Avenue

Amboy Road and Chesterton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Amundsen Circle is 1,050 feet away. The Bay Terrace station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and nine places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Bay Terrace
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Clarke Av/Wilder Av · SIM15
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Chesterton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

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

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clarke Av/Wilder Av, 0.3 miles away, for the SIM15.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amundsen Circle
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    940 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 Chesterton Avenue.

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