Forest Avenue & Goethals Road North

Forest Avenue and Goethals Road North (north-west) meet at a four-way crossing in Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Joseph Manna Park is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Goethals Rd North, is 600 feet away for the S40, S90 and SIM30. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them nature areas. About 130 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1984, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Forest Avenue & Goethals Road North Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Goethals Rd North, 600 feet away, for the S40, S90 and SIM30.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. S40 …
  2. S90 …
  3. SIM30 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Gulf Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1120 South Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    2.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 130 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1984.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet.

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
    100 feet
  2. Graniteville Swamp Park Nature area
    550 feet
  3. Forest Grove Nature area
    1,190 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
  • 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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