Richmond Avenue & Nome Avenue

Richmond Avenue and Nome Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island, at the edge of Freshkills Park (North). The corner is also named Firefighter Lou Arena Drive by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Freshkills Park is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Nome Av, is 150 feet away for the S44, S59, S94 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Richmond Av/Nome Av · S44, S59, S94, SIM4 +2
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Richmond Avenue & Nome Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Nome Av, 150 feet away, for the S44, S59, S94, SIM4 and two more.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Nome Av S44, S59, S94, SIM4 +2
    150 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

A marked bike lane runs on Nome Avenue.

  • 11 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024
  • Turn calming, July 2026

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; the corner is on the edge of the Freshkills Park (North) area
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Firefighter Lou Arena Drive, a co-naming enacted on February 18, 2003 (Local Law 15 of 2003).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 70 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 1990 and 1996.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Lou Arena Drive.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Nome Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Nome Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Richmond Avenue

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Jewish Community Center of Staten Island Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Richmond Preparatory Charter School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Heartland Village Shopping Center Shopping center
    90 feet
  2. Staten Island Mall Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nome Avenue or Richmond Avenue.

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