Oakdale Street & Ross Lane

Oakdale Street and Ross Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bethel Evangelical Free Church is 1,290 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.4 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, 0.3 miles away, for the S59.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Oakdale St S59
    0.3 miles
    S59

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 4472 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.4 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1965 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Oakdale Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Oakdale Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ross Lane

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ross Lane

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Oakdale Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Blue Heron Park Nature area
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethel Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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