Forest Avenue & Pelton Avenue
Forest Avenue and Pelton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Det. Raymond “Pally” Taylor Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. Our Saviour Lutheran Church is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Pelton Av, is 80 feet away for the S48, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 18 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Pelton Av, 80 feet away, for the S48.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Pelton Av S48 · Shelter80 feetS48
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
Cycling
- 14 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 525 Forest Avenue Gas station580 feet
- 30 Bay Street Landing Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024
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
- 147 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Det. Raymond “Pally” Taylor Way, a co-naming enacted on March 7, 2012 (Local Law 14 of 2012).
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 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Det. Raymond “Pally” Taylor Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
- 5 active meters
- 4 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Forest Avenue
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
South side of Forest Avenue
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
East side of Pelton Avenue
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Pelton Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 508632, 509318, 511228 and 511449.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 045 John Tyler School1,050 feet
- Hugs & Kiddies of Staten Island N.y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Saviour Lutheran Church House of worship1,060 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch620 feet
- Santander Bank Bank branch1,150 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy870 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Forest Avenue & Regan Avenue 120 feet
- Forest Avenue & Oakland Avenue 260 feet
- Forest Avenue & Davis Avenue 300 feet
- Pelton Avenue & Morrison Avenue 520 feet
- Forest Avenue & Lawrence Avenue 520 feet
- Forest Avenue & Bement Avenue 550 feet
- Oakland Avenue & Morrison Avenue 640 feet
- Forest Avenue & North Mada Avenue 680 feet
See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Pelton Avenue.