Forest Avenue & Goethals Road North at Staten Island Expressway

Forest Avenue, Goethals Road North and Staten Island Expressway meet at a five-way junction in Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Joseph Manna Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Goethals Rd North, is 180 feet away for the S40, S90 and SIM30. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them nature areas. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here. Within 820 feet are two homes.

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Forest Avenue & Goethals Road North at Staten Island Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Goethals Rd North, 180 feet away, for the S40, S90 and SIM30.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Goethals Rd North S40, S90, SIM30
    180 feet
    S40 S90 SIM30

Next buses at this stop

  1. S40 …
  2. S90 …
  3. SIM30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Forest Avenue and Goethals Road North.

By car

A ramp to the Staten Island Expressway starts at this corner.

  1. 2151 Forest Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.1 miles

No 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 December 2017.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10303
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are two homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Goethals Road North

  • No standing 23 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Goethals Road North

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nature areas
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Manna Park
    40 feet
  2. Graniteville Swamp Park Nature area
    140 feet
  3. Forest Grove Nature area
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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