Amboy Road & Yetman Avenue

Amboy Road and Yetman Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Our Lady Help of Christians Church is 100 feet away, and I.S. 034 Tottenville is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Amboy Rd/Main St, is 920 feet away for the S78 and SIM26, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
West Shore Expressway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Amboy Rd/Main St · S78, SIM26
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amboy Road & Yetman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Main St, 920 feet away, for the S78 and SIM26.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Rd/Main St S78, SIM26
    920 feet
    S78 SIM26

Next buses at this stop

  1. S78 …
  2. SIM26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway northbound at Boscombe Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6937 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.9 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

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
74 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 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Amboy Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Amboy Road

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Yetman Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Yetman Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Classical, Second Empire and neo-Grec, one each, and built between 1869 and 1904.

  1. Westfield Township School No. 5 Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Nysarc - Staten Island Prep School
    350 feet
  2. Ahrc NYC School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 001 Tottenville School
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 034 Tottenville School
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Tottenville Library Landmark
    190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Help of Christians Church House of worship
    100 feet
  2. Faith Assembly of God Church House of worship
    420 feet
  3. New Life Community Church House of worship
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Korean United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tottenville Post Office
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Amboy Road or Yetman Avenue.

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