Richmond Avenue & Draper Place

Richmond Avenue and Draper Place meet at a three-way junction in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 2,993 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. William T Davis Wildlife Refuge in Freshkills Park is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Draper Pl South, is 130 feet away for the S44, S59, S94 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Richmond Av/Draper Pl South · S44, S59, S94, SIM4 +2
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Richmond Avenue & Draper Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Draper Pl South, 130 feet away, for the S44, S59, S94, SIM4 and two more.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Draper Pl South S44, S59, S94, SIM4 +2
    130 feet
    S44 S59 S94 SIM4 SIM4C SIM8

Next buses at this stop

  1. S44 …
  2. S59 …
  3. S94 …
  4. SIM4 …
  5. SIM4C …
  6. SIM8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway at Dr M L King Jr Expressway & Victory Boulevard, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2441 Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,993 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 63rd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,556 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Richmond Avenue2,6451,386
Southbound on Richmond Avenue348170
Total2,9931,556

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
51
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis

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 1970 and 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Draper Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Draper Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Richmond Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Jewish Community Center of Staten Island Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Richmond Preparatory Charter School
    330 feet
  3. Jewish Community Cntr Berman Early School
    400 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Excellence Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. William T Davis Wildlife Refuge in Freshkills Park Park feature
    80 feet
  2. Freshkills Park
    110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,190 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Heartland Village Shopping Center Shopping center
    220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Draper Place or Richmond Avenue.

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