Forest Avenue & Veltman Avenue

Forest Avenue and Veltman Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Northerleigh Park is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Burnside Av, is 190 feet away for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Forest Av/Burnside Av · S48, SIM30, SIM35
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Veltman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Burnside Av, 190 feet away, for the S48, SIM30 and SIM35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Burnside Av S48, SIM30, SIM35
    190 feet
    S48 SIM30 SIM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. S48 …
  2. SIM30 …
  3. SIM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1252 Forest Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10302
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Veltman Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Veltman Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 508481 and 514398.

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 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Learn & Discover 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Brightside Training Trade or language school
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Northerleigh Park
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,150 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 11 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Veltman Avenue.

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