Forest Hill Road & Rockland Avenue
Forest Hill Road and Rockland Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. The corner is also named Brianna Gabrielle Gioia Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. LaTourette Park & Golf Course is 90 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Hill Rd/Rockland Av, is 180 feet away for the S61, S91 and SIM31, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Forest Hill Rd/Rockland Av, 180 feet away, for the S61, S91 and SIM31.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Forest Hill Rd/Rockland Av S61, S91, SIM31180 feetS61 S91 SIM31
Next buses at this stop
- S61 …
- S91 …
- SIM31 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Rockland Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at South Gannon Avenue & Stewart Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 2441 Richmond Avenue Gas station1.8 miles
- 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 10 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Safety Improvement Project, 2016
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
- 181 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Brianna Gabrielle Gioia Corner, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1998 and 2012.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Brianna Gabrielle Gioia Corner.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and July 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Forest Hill Road
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Rockland Avenue
- No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- LaTourette Park & Golf Course Park90 feet
- Willowbrook Park610 feet
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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Rockland Avenue & Latourette Lane 150 feet
- Rockland Avenue & Conrad Avenue 280 feet
- Rockland Avenue & Gwenn Loop 460 feet
- Greenway Avenue & Conrad Avenue 480 feet
- Forest Hill Road & Ashworth Avenue 500 feet
- Ashworth Avenue & Latourette Lane 620 feet
- Rockland Avenue & Anjali Loop 820 feet
- Rockland Avenue & Gwenn Loop 860 feet
See every intersection along Forest Hill Road or Rockland Avenue.