Amboy Road & Ridgecrest Avenue

Amboy Road and Ridgecrest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. South Shore YMCA is 450 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat. About 180 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 2004, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Eltingville
710 feet · 3 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Richmond Av/Amboy Rd · S59
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Ridgecrest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    710 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, 460 feet away, for the S59.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4472 Amboy Road Gas station
    230 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 6 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

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 180 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 1965 and 2004.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Amboy Road

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ridgecrest Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of St Albans Place

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built in 1865.

  1. Saint Alban's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 post office
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  2. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Oakdale Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Eltingville Post Office
    430 feet
  2. South Shore YMCA Recreation center
    450 feet
  3. Staten Island South Shore Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    200 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    360 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    640 feet
  2. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Road, Ridgecrest Avenue or St Albans Place.

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