Beacon Avenue & Altamont Street

Beacon Avenue and Altamont Street meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. High Rock Park is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Rd/Altamont St, is 1,140 feet away for the S74, S76 and S86, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 90 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
Richmond Rd/Altamont St · S74, S76, S86
Within a walk
1 place
1 nature area, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Beacon Avenue & Altamont Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Rd/Altamont St, 1,140 feet away, for the S74, S76 and S86.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Rd/Altamont St S74, S76, S86
    1,140 feet
    S74 S76 S86

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …
  2. S76 …
  3. S86 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2420 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 miles
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Elevation
101 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 90 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 1955 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1854.

  1. New Dorp Light Designated landmark
    360 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. High Rock Park Nature area
    280 feet

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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Altamont Street or Beacon Avenue.

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