Buffalo Street & Twombly Avenue
Buffalo Street and Twombly 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. Congregation Bnai Israel is 120 feet away. The Bay Terrace station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Bay Terrace, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- Bay Terrace SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 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, 0.3 miles 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 · Shelter0.3 milesS78 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 station0.8 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.7 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 May 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
- 54 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1960 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- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Twombly Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Cbi Academy Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K120 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Bnai Israel House of worship120 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Buffalo Street & O'Gorman Avenue 250 feet
- Hopkins Avenue & Twombly Avenue 360 feet
- Emmet Avenue & Twombly Avenue 360 feet
- South Railroad Avenue & Emmet Avenue 460 feet
- Buffalo Street & Hooper Avenue 500 feet
- South Railroad Avenue & Hopkins Avenue 560 feet
- O'Gorman Avenue & Emmet Avenue 610 feet
- O'Gorman Avenue & Hopkins Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along Buffalo Street or Twombly Avenue.