Amboy Road & Nelson Avenue

Amboy Road and Nelson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Great Kills Library is 1,080 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about two minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Great Kills
480 feet · 2 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Nelson Av/Amboy Rd · S54, SIM5, SIM6
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Nelson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    480 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Amboy Rd, 50 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nelson Av/Amboy Rd S54, SIM5, SIM6
    50 feet
    S54 SIM5 SIM6

Next buses at this stop

  1. S54 …
  2. SIM5 …
  3. SIM6 …

Live arrivals

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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 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
67 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amboy Road

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amboy Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nelson Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Nelson Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 522436, 522992 and 523432.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Great Kills Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Great Kills Post Office
    300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    520 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Road or Nelson Avenue.

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