Koch Boulevard & Retford Avenue
Koch Boulevard and Retford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Koch Blvd, is 610 feet away for the S59, S89, SIM1 and four more, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Koch Blvd, 610 feet away, for the S59, S89, SIM1, SIM1C and three more.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Koch Blvd S59, S89, SIM1, SIM1C +3610 feetS59 S89 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 SIM10 SIM22
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
- S89 …
- SIM1 …
- SIM1C …
- SIM7 …
- SIM10 …
- SIM22 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 4472 Amboy Road Gas station0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 88 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1955 and 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 055 Henry M. Boehm School920 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground320 feet
Houses of worship
- Calvary Assembly God Church House of worship1,100 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Koch Boulevard & Lyndale Avenue 260 feet
- Koch Boulevard & Preston Avenue 270 feet
- Preston Avenue & Osborne Street 500 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Koch Boulevard 530 feet
- Koch Boulevard & Hales Avenue 540 feet
- Retford Avenue & Shirley Avenue 660 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Park Road 730 feet
- Sycamore Street & Retford Avenue 740 feet
See every intersection along Koch Boulevard or Retford Avenue.