Oakdale Street & Ramblewood Avenue
Oakdale Street and Ramblewood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named FDNY Lt. Matt Ambelas Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 879 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Great Kills Veterans Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nelson Av/Amboy Rd, is 0.4 miles away for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6. Within a five-minute walk are two public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nelson Av/Amboy Rd, 0.4 miles away, for the S54, SIM5 and SIM6.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nelson Av/Amboy Rd S54, SIM5, SIM60.4 milesS54 SIM5 SIM6
Next buses at this stop
- S54 …
- SIM5 …
- SIM6 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 4275 Amboy Road Gas station0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 December 2022.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 879 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 842nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 407 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10308
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
This corner is also named FDNY Lt. Matt Ambelas Way, a co-naming enacted on February 5, 2015 (Local Law 15 of 2015).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1974.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on FDNY Lt. Matt Ambelas Way.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 8 Shirlee Solomon School1,130 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Great Kills Veterans Playground970 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Oakdale Street & Cloverdale Avenue 250 feet
- Oakdale Street & Acacia Avenue 250 feet
- Oakdale Street & Holly Avenue 500 feet
- Oakdale Street & Elmwood Avenue 500 feet
- Sycamore Street & Ramblewood Avenue 720 feet
- Oakdale Street & Montvale Place 750 feet
- Armstrong Avenue & Oakdale Street 750 feet
- Oakdale Street & Seeley Lane 810 feet
See every intersection along Oakdale Street or Ramblewood Avenue.