Buffalo Street & Durant Avenue
Buffalo Street and Durant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Great Kills Park is 800 feet away. The Bay Terrace station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Bay Terrace, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Bay Terrace SIR · Staten Island Railway0.4 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Buffalo St, 770 feet away, for the S78, S79 SBS, SIM1, SIM1C and five more.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hylan Blvd/Buffalo St S78, S79 SBS, SIM1, SIM1C +5 · Shelter770 feetS78 S79 SBS SIM1 SIM1C SIM5 SIM6 SIM7 SIM9 SIM10
Next buses at this stop
- S78 …
- S79 SBS …
- SIM1 …
- SIM1C …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
- SIM7 …
- SIM9 …
- SIM10 …
By car
- 3701 Amboy Road Gas station0.9 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakwood-Richmondtown
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1965 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2015, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Buffalo Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
Schools and child care
- Cbi Academy Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K850 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Great Kills Park Nature area800 feet
Houses of worship
- Christ Church House of worship680 feet
- Congregation Bnai Israel House of worship850 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Buffalo Street & Emmet Avenue 170 feet
- Buffalo Street & Hooper Avenue 250 feet
- Durant Avenue & Hopkins Avenue 360 feet
- Emmet Avenue & Hooper Avenue 450 feet
- Buffalo Street & O'Gorman Avenue 500 feet
- Hopkins Avenue & Thollen Street 550 feet
- Hopkins Avenue & Hooper Avenue 610 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Buffalo Street 710 feet
See every intersection along Buffalo Street or Durant Avenue.