Oakdale Street & Ridgecrest Avenue

Oakdale Street and Ridgecrest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. South Shore YMCA is 400 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about six minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1990, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Eltingville
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Richmond Av/Oakdale St · S59
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Oakdale Street & Ridgecrest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

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

  1. Eltingville 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 Richmond Av/Oakdale St, 390 feet away, for the S59.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Oakdale St S59 · Shelter
    390 feet
    S59
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4472 Amboy Road Gas station
    1,050 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1990.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Oakdale Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Oakdale Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ridgecrest Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival, and built in 1865.

  1. Saint Alban's Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Oakdale Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Assembly God Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. Bethel Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Shore YMCA Recreation center
    400 feet
  2. Eltingville Post Office
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,010 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Oakdale Street or Ridgecrest Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.