Forest Avenue & Crystal Avenue

Forest Avenue and Crystal Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 163 red-light and 8,243 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Mission Christian Rebohot is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Decker Av, is 40 feet away for the S48, S98, SIM30 and SIM35, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Forest Av/Decker Av · S48, S98, SIM30, SIM35
Within a walk
4 places
1 park, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Crystal Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Decker Av, 40 feet away, for the S48, S98, SIM30 and SIM35.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Decker Av S48, S98, SIM30, SIM35 · Shelter
    40 feet
    S48 S98 SIM30 SIM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. S98 …
  3. SIM30 …
  4. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 745 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 163 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 163rd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,617 more were issued.

In 2025, 8,243 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 80th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,409 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1930 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crystal Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Crystal Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Decker Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 15 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Port Richmond School for Visionary Learning School
    410 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Egbert Triangle
    820 feet
  2. Markham Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mission Christian Rebohot House of worship
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    150 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    770 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and four food stores.

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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crystal Avenue, Decker Avenue or Forest Avenue.

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