Forest Avenue & Lawrence Avenue

Forest Avenue and Lawrence Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Bobby Smith Court by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Our Saviour Lutheran Church is 530 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Lawrence Av, is 120 feet away for the S48, S98 and SIM30, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Forest Av/Lawrence Av · S48, S98, SIM30
Within a walk
2 places
1 religious building and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Lawrence Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Lawrence Av, 120 feet away, for the S48, S98 and SIM30.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Lawrence Av S48, S98, SIM30
    120 feet
    S48 S98 SIM30

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. S98 …
  3. SIM30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10310
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
144 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Bobby Smith Court, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).

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 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bobby Smith Court.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Forest Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lawrence Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Lawrence Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 507707, 507708 and 510790.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 045 John Tyler School
    690 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Saviour Lutheran Church House of worship
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    840 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    350 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and four 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Lawrence Avenue.

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