Clarke Avenue & Amber Street
Clarke Avenue and Amber Street meet at a four-way crossing in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. The corner is also named Police Officer Edmund F. Lewis Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Richmondtown Library is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Clarke Av/Wilder Av, is 1,050 feet away for the SIM15, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Clarke Av/Wilder Av, 1,050 feet away, for the SIM15.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Clarke Av/Wilder Av SIM151,050 feetSIM15
Next buses at this stop
- SIM15 …
By car
- 3310 Richmond Road Gas station0.9 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakwood-Richmondtown
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Police Officer Edmund F. Lewis Way, a co-naming enacted on December 29, 2008 (Local Law 64 of 2008).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1975 and 1986.
Trees
NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Police Officer Edmund F. Lewis Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Amber Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Clarke Avenue
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Clarke Avenue
- No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
Libraries, museums and history
- Richmondtown Library350 feet
Supermarkets
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.4 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Amber Street & West Cedarview Avenue 250 feet
- Amber Street & Boyce Avenue 270 feet
- Clarke Avenue & Wolverine Street 380 feet
- Boyce Avenue & Ilyse Court 390 feet
- Clarke Avenue & Cotter Avenue 400 feet
- Thomas Street & Amber Street 520 feet
- Boyce Avenue & Lyle Court 570 feet
- Wolverine Street & West Cedarview Avenue 630 feet
See every intersection along Amber Street or Clarke Avenue.