North Railroad Avenue & West Fingerboard Road

North Railroad Avenue and West Fingerboard Road meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. The Grasmere station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1999, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Grasmere
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd · S53, S78
Within a walk
About 300 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
North Railroad Avenue & West Fingerboard Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grasmere, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Grasmere SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd, 1,210 feet away, for the S53 and S78.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clove Rd/West Fingerboard Rd S53, S78
    1,210 feet
    S53 S78

Next buses at this stop

  1. S53 …
  2. S78 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1098 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and one fast charger
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 August 2023.

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
101 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1999.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of North Railroad Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of West Fingerboard Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along North Railroad Avenue or West Fingerboard Road.

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