Buffalo Street & Hooper Avenue
Buffalo Street and Hooper Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Congregation Bnai Israel is 600 feet away. The Bay Terrace station on the SIR is about eight 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. NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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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 eight 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, 1,020 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 · Shelter1,020 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 one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.
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
- 28 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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-K600 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Great Kills Park Nature area1,050 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Bnai Israel House of worship600 feet
- Christ Church House of worship930 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- 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
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Buffalo Street & O'Gorman Avenue 250 feet
- Buffalo Street & Durant Avenue 250 feet
- Emmet Avenue & Hooper Avenue 330 feet
- Hopkins Avenue & Hooper Avenue 360 feet
- Buffalo Street & Emmet Avenue 420 feet
- Buffalo Street & Twombly Avenue 500 feet
- O'Gorman Avenue & Emmet Avenue 590 feet
- Durant Avenue & Hopkins Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along Buffalo Street or Hooper Avenue.