Buel Avenue & Jefferson Street

Buel Avenue and Jefferson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 504 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Berry Community Center is 790 feet away, and St Anns RC Church is 1,190 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about four minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Dongan Hills
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Richmond Rd/Buel Av · S74, S76, S86
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 1 community center and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Buel Avenue & Jefferson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    1,090 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson Av SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Rd/Buel Av, 750 feet away, for the S74, S76 and S86.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Rd/Buel Av S74, S76, S86 · Shelter
    750 feet
    S74 S76 S86
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …
  2. S76 …
  3. S86 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Buel Avenue and Jefferson Street.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1820 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 504 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,175th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 424 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jefferson Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Richmond Medical Center - Dongan School
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School
    1,070 feet
  3. St Ann School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park
    330 feet
  2. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park Playground
    1,010 feet
  3. Last Chance Pond Park Nature area
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dongan Hills Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Anns RC Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Berry Community Center
    790 feet
  2. General Douglas MacArthur Pool Swimming pool
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 159 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    910 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Buel Avenue or Jefferson Street.

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