Clarke Avenue & Combs Avenue

Clarke Avenue and Combs Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Office Building stands 780 feet away. The Oakwood Heights station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and four places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Oakwood Heights
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Clarke Av/Wilder Av · SIM15
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Clarke Avenue & Combs Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Oakwood Heights, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clarke Av/Wilder Av, 700 feet away, for the SIM15.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clarke Av/Wilder Av SIM15
    700 feet
    SIM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

  1. 3310 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1947 and 1955.

  1. Frederick Douglass Memorial Park Office Building Designated landmark
    780 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amundsen Circle
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarke Avenue or Combs Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.