Retford Avenue & Shirley Avenue
Retford Avenue and Shirley Avenue 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. Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Shirley Av, is 600 feet away for the S59, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, 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/Shirley Av, 600 feet away, for the S59.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Shirley Av S59600 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 4244 Hylan Boulevard Gas station0.6 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 June 2020.
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
- 65 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 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground990 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Lyndale Avenue & Shirley Avenue 280 feet
- Preston Avenue & Shirley Avenue 290 feet
- Shirley Avenue & Hales Avenue 550 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Shirley Avenue 580 feet
- Koch Boulevard & Retford Avenue 660 feet
- Shirley Avenue & Orchard Lane 790 feet
- Hales Avenue & Oban Street 800 feet
- Koch Boulevard & Lyndale Avenue 860 feet
See every intersection along Retford Avenue or Shirley Avenue.