Forest Avenue & Raymond Place
Forest Avenue and Raymond Place meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 424 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Clove Lakes Park is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Raymond Pl, is 140 feet away for the S48, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Raymond Pl, 140 feet away, for the S48.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Av/Raymond Pl S48140 feetS48
Next buses at this stop
- S48 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Trantor Place & Dr M L King Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 1230 Forest Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Turn calming, July 2025
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 424 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,286th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 355 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10310
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Port Richmond
- Elevation
- 68 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green Leaf' Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Forest Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Forest Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Raymond Place
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Landmarks and historic districts
One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1700 and 1750.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Blessed Sacrament School960 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Clove Lakes Park340 feet
- Saturn Play Equipment Playground980 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Scott-Edwards House Listed historic place930 feet
Houses of worship
- Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship500 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Raymond Place & Arcadia Place 250 feet
- Forest Avenue & Manor Road 250 feet
- Delafield Avenue & Raymond Place 530 feet
- Manor Road & Delafield Avenue 670 feet
- Forest Avenue & Greenleaf Avenue 680 feet
- Raymond Place & Floyd Street 690 feet
- Manor Road & Dore Court 720 feet
- Raymond Place & Disosway Place 780 feet
See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Raymond Place.