Port Richmond Avenue & Rainbow Avenue
Port Richmond Avenue and Rainbow Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Port Richmond, Staten Island. The corner is also named Pearl Harbor Cpl. Vincent Kechner Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. St Pauls St Lukes Lutheran Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Port Richmond Av/Blackford Av, is 230 feet away for the S59, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Port Richmond Av/Blackford Av, 230 feet away, for the S59.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Port Richmond Av/Blackford Av S59230 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 387 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station790 feet
- 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10302
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 121
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Port Richmond
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Pearl Harbor Cpl. Vincent Kechner Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 500 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 1910 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Pearl Harbor Cpl. Vincent Kechner Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Port Richmond Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 post office
- 1 religious building
Houses of worship
- St Pauls St Lukes Lutheran Church House of worship1,150 feet
Community centers and public services
- Port Richmond Post Office880 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,170 feet
Shopping centers
- Forest Avenue Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and ten food stores.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Port Richmond Avenue & Burden Avenue 70 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Laforge Avenue 140 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Catherine Street 230 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Homestead Avenue 260 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Blackford Avenue 320 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Hooker Place 400 feet
- Port Richmond Avenue & Clinton Place 540 feet
- Catherine Street & La Grange Place 570 feet
See every intersection along Port Richmond Avenue or Rainbow Avenue.