Amboy Road & Sleight Avenue

Amboy Road and Sleight Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. The corner is also named Firefighter Gary Geidel, Rescue Co. 1, FDNY Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Faith Assembly of God Church is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Amboy Rd/Brehaut Av, is 1,200 feet away for the SIM26. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
West Shore Expressway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
Amboy Rd/Brehaut Av · SIM26
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Sleight Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Brehaut Av, 1,200 feet away, for the SIM26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Rd/Brehaut Av SIM26
    1,200 feet
    SIM26

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM26 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway northbound at Boscombe Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6937 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10307
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tottenville-Charleston
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter Gary Geidel, Rescue Co. 1, FDNY Avenue, a co-naming enacted on October 20, 2003 (Local Law 62 of 2003).

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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Gary Geidel, Rescue Co. 1, FDNY Avenue.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Amboy Road

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Sleight Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical, and built between 1903 and 1904.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Nysarc - Staten Island Prep School
    790 feet
  2. Ahrc NYC School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Tottenville School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 034 Tottenville School
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tottenville Library Landmark
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assembly of God Church House of worship
    70 feet
  2. Our Lady Help of Christians Church House of worship
    380 feet
  3. New Life Community Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Road or Sleight Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.