Amboy Road & Nolan Avenue

Amboy Road and Nolan Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Great Kills Post Office is 660 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Amboy Road & Nolan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    770 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, 410 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nelson Av/Amboy Rd S54, SIM5, SIM6
    410 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.4 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amboy Road

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nolan Avenue

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Nolan Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 4 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 8 Shirlee Solomon School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Great Kills Veterans Playground
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Great Kills Post Office
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    360 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    160 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles
  2. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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