Amboy Road & Main Street

Amboy Road and Main Street meet at a four-way crossing in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Korean United Methodist Church is 390 feet away. The Tottenville station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tottenville
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Amboy Rd/Main St · S78, SIM26
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Main Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Tottenville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Tottenville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Main St, 40 feet away, for the S78 and SIM26.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Rd/Main St S78, SIM26
    40 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

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
66 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 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amboy Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amboy Road

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Main Street

  • Time-limited parking 5 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Main Street

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 001 Tottenville School
    1,110 feet
  2. Nysarc - Staten Island Prep School
    1,300 feet
  3. Ahrc NYC School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tottenville Library Landmark
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Community Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  3. Korean United Methodist Church House of worship
    390 feet
Show all 5
  1. Congregation Ahavath Israel House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Our Lady Help of Christians Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tottenville Post Office
    260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Road or Main Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.