Forest Avenue & Oakland Avenue

Forest Avenue and Oakland Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Firefighter Stephen G. Siller Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 045 John Tyler is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Bement Av, is 230 feet away for the S48 and SIM30, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Forest Av/Bement Av · S48, SIM30
Within a walk
2 places
1 day care or pre-K site and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Oakland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Bement Av, 230 feet away, for the S48 and SIM30.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Bement Av S48, SIM30 · Shelter
    230 feet
    S48 SIM30
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. SIM30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 May 2017.

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
148 feet above sea level

This corner carries three co-namings: Firefighter Stephen G. Siller Way (Local Law 34 of 2003, enacted on June 3, 2003), Santina Distefano Way (Local Law 81 of 2024, enacted on July 20, 2024) and Stanley Jay Way (Local Law 15 of 2015, enacted on February 5, 2015).

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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Forest Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Forest Avenue

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

East side of Oakland Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Oakland Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 508632, 510924, 511449 and 514021.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Hugs & Kiddies of Staten Island N.y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 045 John Tyler School
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and eight 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Oakland 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.