Foster Road & Ramapo Avenue

Foster Road and Ramapo Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Princes Bay Finance Post Station is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Foster Rd/Woodrow Rd, is 340 feet away for the S56, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

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Foster Road & Ramapo Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Rd/Woodrow Rd, 340 feet away, for the S56.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Rd/Woodrow Rd S56
    340 feet
    S56

Next buses at this stop

  1. S56 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5929 Amboy Road Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10309
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
Elevation
141 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 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 1970 and 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Foster Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Foster Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 post offices

Schools and child care

  1. The Richmond Pre-K Center at 1275 Woodrow Road Pre-K center
    620 feet
  2. High Hopes of Staten Island Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Princes Bay Finance Post Station Post office
    880 feet
  2. Princess Bay Post Office
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and one food store.

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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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