Buttonwood Road & St James Place

Buttonwood Road and St James Place 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. Staten Island Academy is 1,290 feet away. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 70 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1996, almost all in houses of one or two. Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
1 place
1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Buttonwood Road & St James Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1820 Richmond Road Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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 November 2012.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Elevation
258 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 70 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 1996.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Staten Island Academy School
    1,290 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Buttonwood Road or St James Place.

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