Milford Drive & Ocean Terrace at Staten Island Expressway

Milford Drive, Ocean Terrace and Staten Island Expressway meet at a four-way crossing in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Michael J. Petrides School is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Milford Dr/Ocean Terr, is 620 feet away for the S53 and S78, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Milford Drive & Ocean Terrace at Staten Island Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Milford Dr/Ocean Terr, 620 feet away, for the S53 and S78.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Milford Dr/Ocean Terr S53, S78
    620 feet
    S53 S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1222 Clove Road Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    1.7 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Elevation
195 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 1965 and 1980.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Milford Drive

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Milford Drive

  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ocean Terrace

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ocean Terrace

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Bridge Preparatory Charter School
    740 feet
  2. The Michael J. Petrides School
    740 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.