Penn Avenue & 8th Street
Penn Avenue and 8th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Oakwood Heights station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Oakwood Heights, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- Oakwood Heights SIR · Staten Island Railway0.3 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Amboy Rd/Tysens LN, 0.3 miles away, for the S57 and SIM15.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Amboy Rd/Tysens LN S57, SIM150.3 milesS57 SIM15
Next buses at this stop
- S57 …
- SIM15 …
By car
- 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station0.9 miles
- 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
- 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10306
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakwood-Richmondtown
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are 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 in 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Within a walk
How places are listedShopping centers
- Tysens Park Shopping Center Shopping center0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner:
- 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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 8th Street & Peter Avenue 260 feet
- Tysens Lane & 8th Street 270 feet
- 8th Street & Clarence Place 370 feet
- Penn Avenue & 10th Street 510 feet
- South Railroad Avenue & Penn Avenue 520 feet
- 8th Street & Reno Avenue 580 feet
- 10th Street & Peter Avenue 760 feet
- Tysens Lane & 10th Street 770 feet
See every intersection along 8th Street or Penn Avenue.