Forest Avenue & Duer Lane
Forest Avenue and Duer Lane meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Forest Mall is 30 feet away, and the stele “General Kazimierz Pulaski” is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Oxford Pl, is 370 feet away for the S48, S98 and SIM30, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them parks.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Oxford Pl, 370 feet away, for the S48, S98 and SIM30.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Oxford Pl S48, S98, SIM30370 feetS48 S98 SIM30
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
- S98 …
- SIM30 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10301
- 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
- 267 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- 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 1930 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Forest Avenue
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Forest Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Silver Lake Park.
- General Kazimierz Pulaski Stele, 1926340 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 parks
- 1 community center
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Silver Lake Preparatory School250 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Mall30 feet
- Silver Lake Park150 feet
- Hero Park600 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Good Counsel Church House of worship1,270 feet
Community centers and public services
- JCC Aberlin North Shore Community center430 feet
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
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Silver Lake Road & Duer Lane 290 feet
- Forest Avenue & Oxford Place 320 feet
- Victory Boulevard & Forest Avenue 560 feet
- Duer Lane & Woodstock Avenue 670 feet
- Forest Avenue & Haven Esplanade 720 feet
- Castleton Avenue & Glen Avenue 740 feet
- Victory Boulevard & Louis Street 930 feet
- Oxford Place & Woodstock Avenue 980 feet
See every intersection along Duer Lane or Forest Avenue.