Montgomery Avenue & Fort Place

Montgomery Avenue and Fort Place meet at a three-way junction in St. George-New Brighton, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St George Theatre is 390 feet away. The St George station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, three of them courthouses, and ten places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
St George
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Saint Marks Pl/Fort Pl · S42, S52
Within a walk
18 places
3 courthouses, 3 schools and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Montgomery Avenue & Fort Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is St George, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. Tompkinsville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Marks Pl/Fort Pl, 230 feet away, for the S42 and S52.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. S42 …
  2. S52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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
    0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2022.

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
125 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Fort Place (north side).

South side of Fort Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Montgomery Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO SHERIFF'S OFFICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Montgomery Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 511803 and 514811.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Renaissance and French Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1904 and 1919.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Staten Island Courthouse.

  1. The Passage: A Moving Memorial Installation by Mary Miss, 2012
    460 feet
  2. Staten Island War Memorial Bas-relief by Albert Weinert, 1920
    750 feet
  3. Frank D. Paulo Statue by Amy Rachel Davidson, 1985
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 courthouses
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Career School of NY Trade or language school
    440 feet
  2. Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School
    520 feet
  3. Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 016 John J. Driscoll School
    1,050 feet
  2. The Learning Experience - Si, St. George Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Lia Playground
    550 feet
  2. Fort Hill Park Nature area
    770 feet
  3. Barrett Triangle
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. St. George Library Center Library
    800 feet
  2. Commodore John Barry Memorial Plaque Monument or memorial · landmark
    990 feet
  3. Staten Island Borough Hall and Richmond County Courthouse Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. St George Theatre Theater or concert hall
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brighton Heights Reformed Church Listed historic place
    150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond County Supreme Court Central Av Courthouse
    590 feet
  2. Criminal Court House Courthouse
    750 feet
  3. Richmond County Supreme Court Richmond Ter Courthouse · landmark
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. St George Post Office Ste 2 Post office
    1,290 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 ten places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fort Place or Montgomery Avenue.

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