Forest Hill Road & Travis Avenue
Forest Hill Road and Travis Avenue meet at a three-way junction in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. The corner is also named Simeonette Mapes Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. LaTourette Park & Golf Course is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Travis Av/Bogota St, is 380 feet away for the S61, S91 and SIM31. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Travis Avenue.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Travis Av/Bogota St, 380 feet away, for the S61, S91 and SIM31.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Travis Av/Bogota St S61, S91, SIM31380 feetS61 S91 SIM31
Next buses at this stop
- S61 …
- S91 …
- SIM31 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Travis Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at South Gannon Avenue & Stewart Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 2441 Richmond Avenue Gas station1.6 miles
- 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024
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
- 176 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Simeonette Mapes Way, a co-naming enacted on July 9, 2014 (Local Law 34 of 2014).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1980 and 1993.
Trees
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Simeonette Mapes Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2015, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Forest Hill Road
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- LaTourette Park & Golf Course Park40 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, two of them within a three-minute walk:
- Travis Avenue & Bogota Street 280 feet
- Travis Avenue & Lewiston Street 550 feet
- Forest Hill Road & Leason Place 820 feet
- Travis Avenue & Beard Street 830 feet
- Klondike Avenue & Lewiston Street 940 feet
- Travis Avenue & Evans Street 1,100 feet
- Shale Street & Leason Place 1,200 feet
- Lewiston Street & Furness Place 1,200 feet
See every intersection along Forest Hill Road or Travis Avenue.