Forest Green & Birch Lane
Forest Green and Birch Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Arden Heights-Rossville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Arden Woods is 640 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Arden Av/Forest Green, is 450 feet away for the S56, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Arden Av/Forest Green, 450 feet away, for the S56.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Arden Av/Forest Green S56450 feetS56
Next buses at this stop
- S56 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway northbound at Arthur Kill Road & Veterans Road East, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1781 Arthur Kill Road Gas station0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2014.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Arden Heights-Rossville
- Elevation
- 46 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1970 and 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Arden Woods Nature area640 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
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
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The five nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:
- Arden Avenue & Forest Green 560 feet
- Arden Avenue & Hampton Green 1,070 feet
- Arden Avenue & Dover Green 0.3 miles
- Arden Avenue & Nedra Lane 0.3 miles
- Dover Green & Kyle Court 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Forest Green.