North Railroad Avenue & Buel Avenue

North Railroad Avenue and Buel Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park is 320 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about three minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and four places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1976, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Dongan Hills
710 feet · 3 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
Richmond Rd/Buel Av · S74, S76, S86
Within a walk
4 places
1 community center, 1 nature area and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
North Railroad Avenue & Buel Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    710 feet
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson Av SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Rd/Buel Av, 1,140 feet away, for the S74, S76 and S86.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Rd/Buel Av S74, S76, S86 · Shelter
    1,140 feet
    S74 S76 S86
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …
  2. S76 …
  3. S86 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Buel Avenue.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1820 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 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 1950 and 1976.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Buel Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Buel Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Richmond Medical Center - Dongan School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park
    320 feet
  2. Last Chance Pond Park Nature area
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Berry Community Center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six food stores.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Buel Avenue or North Railroad Avenue.

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