Amboy Road & Preston Avenue

Amboy Road and Preston Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Bethel Evangelical Free Church is 450 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 2001, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Eltingville
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Richmond Av/Amboy Rd · S59
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 career or business center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Preston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    1,230 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Amboy Rd, 850 feet away, for the S59.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Amboy Rd S59
    850 feet
    S59

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4472 Amboy Road Gas station
    1,310 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
77 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 2001.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Amboy Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amboy Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Oakdale Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  2. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Shore YMCA Recreation center
    1,050 feet
  2. Staten Island South Shore Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and two 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Road, Preston Avenue or Waimer Place.

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.