Forest Avenue & Kissel Avenue

Forest Avenue and Kissel Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Temple Israel Reform Congregation is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Walbrooke Av, is 200 feet away for the S48, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Forest Av/Walbrooke Av · S48
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Kissel Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Walbrooke Av, 200 feet away, for the S48.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Walbrooke Av S48
    200 feet
    S48

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 525 Forest Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
154 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1920 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and March 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Forest Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Forest Avenue

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kissel Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 507471 and 507714.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Jewish Community Center of Staten Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Saviour Lutheran Church House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Temple Israel Reform Congregation Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue, Kissel Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.