Milford Drive & Ocean Terrace at Witteman Place

Milford Drive, Ocean Terrace and Witteman Place meet at a four-way crossing in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Michael J. Petrides School is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Milford Dr/Ocean Terr, is 820 feet away for the S53 and S78, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them schools.

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Milford Drive & Ocean Terrace at Witteman Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Milford Dr/Ocean Terr, 820 feet away, for the S53 and S78.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Milford Dr/Ocean Terr S53, S78
    820 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, 0.6 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
    1.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024

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
234 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 200 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 1975.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and June 2025, 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 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ocean Terrace

  • No standing 14 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, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Bridge Preparatory Charter School
    70 feet
  2. The Michael J. Petrides School
    70 feet
  3. The Richard H. Hungerford School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Deere Park Nature area
    1,140 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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