Richmond Avenue & Rockland Avenue

Richmond Avenue and Rockland Avenue meet at a three-way junction in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Immanuel Lutheran Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Rockland Av, is 70 feet away for the S44, S59, S89 and four more, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Richmond Av/Rockland Av · S44, S59, S89, S94 +3
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Richmond Avenue & Rockland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Rockland Av, 70 feet away, for the S44, S59, S89, S94 and three more.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Rockland Av S44, S59, S89, S94 +3
    70 feet
    S44 S59 S89 S94 SIM4 SIM4C SIM8

Next buses at this stop

  1. S44 …
  2. S59 …
  3. S89 …
  4. S94 …
  5. SIM4 …
  6. SIM4C …
  7. SIM8 …

Live arrivals

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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1705 Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

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
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 1984.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Richmond Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rockland Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Little Excellence Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    90 feet
  2. Jewish Community Cntr Berman Early School
    970 feet
  3. Jewish Community Center of Staten Island Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Richmond Preparatory Charter School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willowbrook Park
    500 feet
  2. Freshkills Park
    900 feet
  3. William T Davis Wildlife Refuge in Freshkills Park Park feature
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Heartland Village Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Richmond Avenue or Rockland Avenue.

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