Forest Hill Road & Richmond Hill Road

Forest Hill Road and Richmond Hill Road meet at a four-way crossing in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. The corner is also named Arthur C. Leahy Jr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 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, Travis Av/Bogota St, is 0.5 miles away for the S61, S91 and SIM31. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs through this corner.

Safety record
22 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.5 miles
Travis Av/Bogota St · S61, S91, SIM31
Within a walk
2 places
1 day care or pre-K site and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Hill Road & Richmond Hill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Travis Av/Bogota St, 0.5 miles away, for the S61, S91 and SIM31.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Travis Av/Bogota St S61, S91, SIM31
    0.5 miles
    S61 S91 SIM31

Next buses at this stop

  1. S61 …
  2. S91 …
  3. SIM31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at South Gannon Avenue & Stewart Avenue, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2441 Richmond Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 22 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50 and 51 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
121 and 122 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis
Elevation
137 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Arthur C. Leahy Jr. Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 190 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1982.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green Leaf' Norway maple.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Arthur C. Leahy Jr. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Hill Road

  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6PM-10PM

West side of Forest Hill Road

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Richmond Hill Road

  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Richmond Hill Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Early-19th century Vernacular, and built in 1810.

  1. Decker Farmhouse Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Where Little Minds Grow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaTourette Park & Golf Course Park
    80 feet

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Hill Road or Richmond Hill Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.