Forest Avenue & Bement Avenue

Forest Avenue and Bement Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Lou Marli Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Austin J. McDonald Playground is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Bement Av, is 90 feet away for the S48 and SIM30, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Forest Av/Bement Av · S48, SIM30
Within a walk
2 places
1 day care or pre-K site and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Bement Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Bement Av, 90 feet away, for the S48 and SIM30.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Bement Av S48, SIM30 · Shelter
    90 feet
    S48 SIM30
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. SIM30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 741 Forest Avenue Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
Elevation
150 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lou Marli Corner, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lou Marli Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bement Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bement Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Forest Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Forest Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 511246, 512023 and 514184.

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 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Hugs & Kiddies of Staten Island N.y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Austin J. McDonald Playground
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bement 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.