Maple Parkway & De Ruyter Place
Maple Parkway and De Ruyter Place meet at a three-way junction in Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Principal Rhonda Whitfield Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 044 Thomas C. Brown is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, De Ruyter Pl/Van Pelt Av, is 310 feet away for the S46 and S96, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is De Ruyter Pl/Van Pelt Av, 310 feet away, for the S46 and S96.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- De Ruyter Pl/Van Pelt Av S46, S96310 feetS46 S96
Next buses at this stop
- S46 …
- S96 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Morningstar Road & Dr MLK Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1881 Forest Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10303
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 121
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville
- Elevation
- 35 feet above sea level
This corner carries two co-namings: Principal Rhonda Whitfield Way (Local Law 45 of 2017, enacted on March 18, 2017) and Educator Lawrence E. Ambrosino Way (Local Law 54 of 2022, enacted on January 15, 2022).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2015, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Maple Parkway
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Maple Parkway
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 044 Thomas C. Brown School260 feet
Supermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Forest Commons Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Van Pelt Avenue & De Ruyter Place 320 feet
- Maple Parkway & Walloon Street 410 feet
- Van Pelt Avenue & Montana Court 480 feet
- De Hart Avenue & Walloon Street 600 feet
- Walker Street & Van Pelt Avenue 610 feet
- Union Avenue & Continental Place 810 feet
- Union Avenue & Walloon Street 890 feet
- Netherland Avenue & Maple Parkway 940 feet
See every intersection along De Ruyter Place or Maple Parkway.