Foster Road & Valdemar Avenue

Foster Road and Valdemar Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The Prince's Bay station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and six places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 2001, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Prince's Bay
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Foster Rd/Albourne Av · S56, SIM25
Within a walk
1 place
1 day care or pre-K site, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Foster Road & Valdemar Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Prince's Bay, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Prince's Bay SIR · Staten Island Railway
    1,250 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Rd/Albourne Av, 380 feet away, for the S56 and SIM25.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Rd/Albourne Av S56, SIM25
    380 feet
    S56 SIM25

Next buses at this stop

  1. S56 …
  2. SIM25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2021.

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 2001.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Alphabet Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Foster Road or Valdemar Avenue.

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.