Forest Hill Road & Walcott Avenue

Forest Hill Road and Walcott Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner lies on the edge of the New York City Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Forest Hill Rd/Steers St, is 300 feet away for the S61, S91 and SIM31, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Forest Hill Rd/Steers St · S61, S91, SIM31
Within a walk
About 200 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Forest Hill Road & Walcott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Hill Rd/Steers St, 300 feet away, for the S61, S91 and SIM31.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Hill Rd/Steers St S61, S91, SIM31
    300 feet
    S61 S91 SIM31

Next buses at this stop

  1. S61 …
  2. S91 …
  3. SIM31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at South Gannon Avenue & Stewart Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2509 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Elevation
171 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 200 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 1965 and 1970.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Walcott Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the New York City Farm Colony-Seaview Hospital Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 21 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1941.

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 listed public place within a five-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Forest Hill Road or Walcott Avenue.

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