Rensselaer Avenue & Foster Road

Rensselaer Avenue and Foster Road meet at a four-way crossing in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Foster Rd/Ratbun Av, is 370 feet away for the S56 and SIM25, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1975 and 1985, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

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Rensselaer Avenue & Foster Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Rd/Ratbun Av, 370 feet away, for the S56 and SIM25.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Rd/Ratbun Av S56, SIM25
    370 feet
    S56 SIM25

Next buses at this stop

  1. S56 …
  2. SIM25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5929 Amboy Road Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10309
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
Elevation
99 feet above sea level

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 1975 and 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Foster Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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