Loretto Street & Forest Lane

Loretto Street and Forest Lane meet at a three-way junction in Tottenville-Charleston, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Hybrid Oak Woods Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hylan Blvd/Sprague Av, is 1,270 feet away for the S59, S78, SIM2 and two more. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1988 and 1999, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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Loretto Street & Forest Lane Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hylan Blvd/Sprague Av, 1,270 feet away, for the S59, S78, SIM2, SIM25 and SIM26.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hylan Blvd/Sprague Av S59, S78, SIM2, SIM25 +1
    1,270 feet
    S59 S78 SIM2 SIM25 SIM26

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …
  2. S78 …
  3. SIM2 …
  4. SIM25 …
  5. SIM26 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the West Shore Expressway northbound at Boscombe Avenue, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6778 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.6 miles

No 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 June 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10307
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Tottenville-Charleston
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1988 and 1999.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hybrid Oak Woods Park Nature area
    1,150 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 14 corners 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.