Forest Hill Road & Platinum Avenue

Forest Hill Road and Platinum Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. LaTourette Park & Golf Course is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Yukon Av/Watchmans Office, is 1,160 feet away for the S59, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and four places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Korean War Vets Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Yukon Av/Watchmans Office · S59
Within a walk
1 place
1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Hill Road & Platinum Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Yukon Av/Watchmans Office, 1,160 feet away, for the S59.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Yukon Av/Watchmans Office S59
    1,160 feet
    S59

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2441 Richmond Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
51
Police precinct
121
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Forest Hill Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Platinum Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaTourette Park & Golf Course Park
    80 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Pergament Mall Shopping center
    690 feet
  2. Staten Island Mall Shopping center
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat.

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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Hill Road or Platinum Avenue.

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