Richmond Avenue & Genesee Avenue

Richmond Avenue and Genesee Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 95 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 042 Eltingville is 560 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Genesee Av, is 40 feet away for the S59 and S79 SBS, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.

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Richmond Avenue & Genesee Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Genesee Av, 40 feet away, for the S59 and S79 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Genesee Av S59, S79 SBS · Shelter
    40 feet
    S59 S79 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …
  2. S79 SBS …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3143 Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

In 2025, 95 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,765th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10312
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
122 and 123 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Great Kills-Eltingville
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1965 and 1989.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Genesee Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Parallel parking only 3 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

East side of Richmond Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Richmond Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 042 Eltingville School
    560 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Greenridge Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.