Forest Avenue & Randall Avenue

Forest Avenue and Randall Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. 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 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/University Pl, is 80 feet away for the S48, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 14 places to eat.

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Forest Avenue & Randall Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/University Pl, 80 feet away, for the S48.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/University Pl S48
    80 feet
    S48

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
170 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1937.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Randall Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Silver Lake Park
    190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Israel Reform Congregation Listed historic place
    190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and one food store.

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:

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