Monroe Avenue & Fort Place

Monroe Avenue and Fort Place meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Brighton Heights Reformed Church is 370 feet away. The St George station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
St George
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Saint Marks Pl/Fort Pl · S42, S52
Within a walk
16 places
4 schools, 2 courthouses and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Monroe Avenue & Fort Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is St George, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. St George SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. Tompkinsville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Marks Pl/Fort Pl, 460 feet away, for the S42 and S52.

  • 22 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Marks Pl/Fort Pl S42, S52
    460 feet
    S42 S52

Next buses at this stop

  1. S42 …
  2. S52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Little Clove Road & Cayuga Avenue, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 151 Victory Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 54 Central Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10301
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
120
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. George-New Brighton
Elevation
134 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Fort Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Monroe Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Staten Island Courthouse.

  1. The Passage: A Moving Memorial Installation by Mary Miss, 2012
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School
    590 feet
  2. Career School of NY Trade or language school
    670 feet
  3. Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 016 John J. Driscoll School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 74 Future Leaders Elementary School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Hill Park Nature area
    540 feet
  2. Lt. Lia Playground
    630 feet
  3. Barrett Triangle
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. George Library Center Library
    1,030 feet
  2. Commodore John Barry Memorial Plaque Monument or memorial
    1,220 feet
  3. Staten Island Borough Hall and Richmond County Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St George Theatre Theater or concert hall
    610 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Heights Reformed Church Listed historic place
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av Courthouse
    820 feet
  2. Criminal Court House Courthouse
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Empire Outlets Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fort Place or Monroe Avenue.

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