Amboy Road & Lindenwood Road
Amboy Road and Lindenwood Road meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Fr. Wissa Bessada Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Great Kills Veterans Playground is 800 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway900 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Amboy Rd, 640 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nelson Av/Amboy Rd S54, SIM5, SIM6640 feetS54 SIM5 SIM6
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, April 2019
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10308
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 62 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Fr. Wissa Bessada Way, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).
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 1954 and 1991.
Trees
NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Fr. Wissa Bessada Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 22 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Amboy Road
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Amboy Road
- No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Lindenwood Road
- Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Lindenwood Road
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
- 1 post office
Schools and child care
- P.S. 8 Shirlee Solomon School800 feet
- St Clare School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Great Kills Veterans Playground800 feet
Community centers and public services
- Great Kills Post Office800 feet
Bank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch590 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy120 feet
Shopping centers
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and nine food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Amboy Road & Seeley Lane 200 feet
- Amboy Road & Nolan Avenue 230 feet
- Lindenwood Road & Giffords Glen 240 feet
- Lindenwood Road & Pleasant Street 250 feet
- Amboy Road & Colon Avenue 280 feet
- Lindenwood Road & School Street 410 feet
- Seeley Lane & Pleasant Street 440 feet
- Amboy Road & Saccheri Court 470 feet
See every intersection along Amboy Road or Lindenwood Road.