Forest Avenue & Oxford Place
Forest Avenue and Oxford Place meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Mark B. Herman Way 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. Silver Lake Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Oxford Pl, is 50 feet away for the S48, S98 and SIM30, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them parks.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Oxford Pl, 50 feet away, for the S48, S98 and SIM30.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Oxford Pl S48, S98, SIM3050 feetS48 S98 SIM30
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
- S98 …
- SIM30 …
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.
- 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.
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
- 266 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Mark B. Herman Way (Local Law 92 of 2016, enacted on August 3, 2016) and Olympic Silver Medalist Abel Kiviat Way (Local Law 92 of 2016, enacted on August 3, 2016).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Forest Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Silver Lake Park.
- General Kazimierz Pulaski Stele, 1926520 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 parks
- 1 community center
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Silver Lake Preparatory School560 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Silver Lake Park60 feet
- Forest Mall260 feet
- Hero Park270 feet
Show all 4
- Silver Lake Park Tot Lot Playground1,050 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Good Counsel Church House of worship950 feet
Community centers and public services
- JCC Aberlin North Shore Community center230 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Victory Boulevard & Forest Avenue 240 feet
- Forest Avenue & Duer Lane 320 feet
- Victory Boulevard & Louis Street 600 feet
- Silver Lake Road & Duer Lane 620 feet
- Oxford Place & Woodstock Avenue 650 feet
- Victory Boulevard & Woodstock Avenue 850 feet
- Forest Avenue & Haven Esplanade 940 feet
- Duer Lane & Woodstock Avenue 990 feet
See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Oxford Place.