Forest Avenue & Burnside Avenue

Forest Avenue and Burnside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner is also named John A. Nappi Flag Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Northerleigh Park is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Barrett Av, is 100 feet away for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 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
100 feet
Forest Av/Barrett Av · S48, SIM30, SIM35
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Burnside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Barrett Av, 100 feet away, for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Barrett Av S48, SIM30, SIM35
    100 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 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 John A. Nappi Flag Way, a co-naming enacted on July 17, 2009 (Local Law 46 of 2009).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese tree lilac and the hedge maple.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on John A. Nappi Flag Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Burnside Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Burnside Avenue

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

South side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 508279 and 513984.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Learn & Discover 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Brightside Training Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northerleigh Park
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    380 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    380 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, a signal or safety change 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 Burnside Avenue or Forest Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.