Lamoka Avenue & Cortelyou Avenue

Lamoka Avenue and Cortelyou Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about eight minutes on foot. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Eltingville
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Richmond Av/Bartlett Av · S59
Within a walk
About 600 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Lamoka Avenue & Cortelyou Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Bartlett Av, 0.3 miles away, for the S59.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Bartlett Av S59
    0.3 miles
    S59

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4275 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.5 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 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 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the red maple.

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 January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cortelyou Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    1,100 feet
  2. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cortelyou Avenue or Lamoka Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Finance and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.