Morningstar Road & Dr MLK Expressway

Morningstar Road and Dr MLK Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Morningstar Rd/Walker St, is 130 feet away for the S44, S89 and S94, and 17 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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Morningstar Road & Dr MLK Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Morningstar Rd/Walker St, 130 feet away, for the S44, S89 and S94.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Morningstar Rd/Walker St S44, S89, S94
    130 feet
    S44 S89 S94

Next buses at this stop

  1. S44 …
  2. S89 …
  3. S94 …

Live arrivals

By car

A ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound starts at this corner.

  1. 11 Morningstar Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.5 miles

Between 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 June 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)
Port Richmond
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the apple and the pin oak.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Learning Clubhouse Preschool · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. P.S. 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park School
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and seven food stores.

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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