Arthur Kill Road & Johnson Avenue

Arthur Kill Road and Johnson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. The corner is also named Lt. James V. Buebendorf Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. It is 700 feet to the 123rd Precinct. The Tottenville station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Tottenville
860 feet · 3 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Arthur Kill Rd/Yetman Av · S74, S78
Within a walk
3 places
1 nature area, 1 police station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Arthur Kill Road & Johnson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Tottenville, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Tottenville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    860 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. Arthur Kill SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Arthur Kill Rd/Yetman Av, 390 feet away, for the S74 and S78.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Arthur Kill Rd/Yetman Av S74, S78
    390 feet
    S74 S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Outerbridge Crossing at North Bridge Street & West Shore Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 April 2023.

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
36 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lt. James V. Buebendorf Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lt. James V. Buebendorf Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Arthur Kill Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Arthur Kill Road

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Johnson Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1845 and 1855.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tottenville Shore Park Nature area
    1,240 feet

Fire and police

  1. 123rd Precinct Police station
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. La Bella Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Arthur Kill Road or Johnson 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.