Forest Avenue & Barrett Avenue

Forest Avenue and Barrett Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner is also named Edward R. Stanzione Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Northerleigh Park is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Barrett Av, is 30 feet away for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Forest Av/Barrett Av · S48, SIM30, SIM35
Within a walk
2 places
1 day care or pre-K site and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Barrett Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Barrett Av, 30 feet away, for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Barrett Av S48, SIM30, SIM35
    30 feet
    S48 SIM30 SIM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. SIM30 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Trantor Place & Dr M L King Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1252 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10302
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Edward R. Stanzione Place, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Edward R. Stanzione Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barrett Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Barrett Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Learn & Discover 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northerleigh Park
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    500 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,280 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barrett Avenue or Forest Avenue.

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