North Railroad Avenue & Fremont Avenue
North Railroad Avenue and Fremont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. The corner is also named Major Joseph R. Sciacca Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. St Christophers RC Church is 1,020 feet away. The Grant City station on the SIR is about a minute on foot. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grant City, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- Grant City SIR · Staten Island Railway30 feetSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av, 340 feet away, for the S51 and S81.
- 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Lincoln Av/South Railroad Av S51, S81340 feetS51 S81
Next buses at this stop
- S51 …
- S81 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on North Railroad Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station0.5 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.2 miles
- 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median 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 April 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2019
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- New Dorp-Midland Beach
- Elevation
- 35 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Major Joseph R. Sciacca Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1964.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Major Joseph R. Sciacca Way.
Places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
Houses of worship
- St Christophers RC Church House of worship1,020 feet
Supermarkets
- Gourmet Island Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- South Railroad Avenue & Fremont Avenue 140 feet
- North Railroad Avenue & Lincoln Avenue 270 feet
- North Railroad Avenue & Greeley Avenue 270 feet
- South Railroad Avenue & Lincoln Avenue 370 feet
- South Railroad Avenue & Greeley Avenue 410 feet
- North Railroad Avenue & Prescott Avenue 530 feet
- North Railroad Avenue & Colfax Avenue 570 feet
- Lincoln Avenue & Lisbon Place 590 feet
See every intersection along Fremont Avenue, Fremont Avenue Footbridge or North Railroad Avenue.