Amboy Road & Sherwood Place
Amboy Road and Sherwood Place meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 27 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph for Boys is 1,110 feet away. The Great Kills station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Great Kills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- Great Kills SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Amboy Rd, 1,150 feet away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nelson Av/Amboy Rd S54, SIM5, SIM61,150 feetS54 SIM5 SIM6
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 January 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 27 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,875th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
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
- 60 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1986.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Sherwood Place
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Sherwood Place
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph for Boys School1,110 feet
- P.S. 8 Shirlee Solomon School1,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Great Kills Veterans Playground1,310 feet
Bank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch1,110 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy640 feet
Shopping centers
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Amboy Road & Saccheri Court 40 feet
- Amboy Road & Colon Avenue 240 feet
- Amboy Road & Seeley Lane 310 feet
- Amboy Road & Lindenwood Road 520 feet
- Seeley Lane & Pleasant Street 550 feet
- Amboy Road & Acacia Avenue 620 feet
- Amboy Road & Nolan Avenue 740 feet
- Lindenwood Road & Giffords Glen 750 feet
See every intersection along Amboy Road.