Retford Avenue & King Street
Retford Avenue and King Street 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. Olmsted-Beil House Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/King St, is 580 feet away for the S59, SIM1, SIM1C and three more, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/King St, 580 feet away, for the S59, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7 and two more.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/King St S59, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7 +2580 feetS59 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 SIM10 SIM22
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
- SIM1 …
- SIM1C …
- SIM7 …
- SIM10 …
- SIM22 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 4244 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 July 2015.
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
- 43 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 1955 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Crescent Beach Park Nature area880 feet
- Olmsted-Beil House Park890 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. Farmhouse Listed historic place1,110 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Lyndale Avenue & King Street 240 feet
- Preston Avenue & King Street 250 feet
- Richmond Avenue & King Street 490 feet
- King Street & Hales Avenue 500 feet
- Hylan Boulevard & Retford Avenue 690 feet
- King Street & Orchard Lane South 720 feet
- Ridgecrest Avenue & King Street 760 feet
- Kinghorn Street & Hales Avenue 770 feet
See every intersection along King Street or Retford Avenue.