Forest Avenue & Willowbrook Road

Forest Avenue and Willowbrook Road meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Markham Playground is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Willowbrook Rd/Forest Av, is 50 feet away for the S57, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and 20 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
14 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
1,030 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Willowbrook Rd/Forest Av · S57
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Willowbrook Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Willowbrook Rd/Forest Av, 50 feet away, for the S57.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Willowbrook Rd/Forest Av S57
    50 feet
    S57

Next buses at this stop

  1. S57 …

Live arrivals

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, 1,030 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 745 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station
    170 feet
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Willowbrook Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Egbert Triangle.

  1. Egbert Memorial Stone monument, 1958
    160 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Port Richmond School for Visionary Learning School
    420 feet
  2. I.S. 051 Edwin Markham School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Egbert Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Markham Playground
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mission Christian Rebohot House of worship
    320 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and two food stores.

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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Willowbrook Road.

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