Richmond Avenue & Katan Avenue

Richmond Avenue and Katan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 042 Eltingville is 1,100 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1980, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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Richmond Avenue & Katan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Katan Av, 110 feet away, for the S59, S89, SIM1, SIM1C and three more.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Katan Av S59, S89, SIM1, SIM1C +3
    110 feet
    S59 S89 SIM1 SIM1C SIM7 SIM10 SIM22

Next buses at this stop

  1. S59 …
  2. S89 …
  3. SIM1 …
  4. SIM1C …
  5. SIM7 …
  6. SIM10 …
  7. SIM22 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4472 Amboy Road Gas station
    0.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 400 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 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Richmond Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Richmond Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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
    1,100 feet

Not on record for this corner: 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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