Amboy Road & Montreal Avenue

Amboy Road and Montreal Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Amundsen Circle is 510 feet away. The Oakwood Heights station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and eight places to eat. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Amboy Road & Montreal Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

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

  1. Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 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, 1,030 feet away, for the SIM15.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clarke Av/Wilder Av SIM15
    1,030 feet
    SIM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

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

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 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)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1965.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amboy Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amboy Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

East side of Montreal Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Montreal Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1947 and 1955.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Office Building Designated landmark
    770 feet

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
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    390 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    390 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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