Forest Avenue & Dubois Avenue
Forest Avenue and Dubois Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. The corner is also named Emily Sankewich Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Blessed Sacrament Church is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Dubois Av, is 40 feet away for the S48, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 17 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Dubois Av, 40 feet away, for the S48.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Dubois Av S4840 feetS48
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 1230 Forest Avenue Gas station860 feet
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10310
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
- Elevation
- 51 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Emily Sankewich Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Emily Sankewich Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Forest Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Brightside Training Trade or language school1,050 feet
- Blessed Sacrament School1,170 feet
Houses of worship
- Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship700 feet
Bank branches
- Citizens Bank Bank branch510 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy760 feet
Shopping centers
- Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Forest Avenue & Mundy Avenue 270 feet
- Delafield Avenue & Dubois Avenue 430 feet
- Forest Avenue & Greenleaf Avenue 450 feet
- Forest Avenue & Llewellyn Place 510 feet
- Dubois Avenue & Floyd Street 680 feet
- Dubois Avenue & Egbert Avenue 710 feet
- Greenleaf Avenue & Arthur Court 780 feet
- Forest Avenue & Jewett Avenue 860 feet
See every intersection along Dubois Avenue or Forest Avenue.