Richmond Avenue & Wainwright Avenue
Richmond Avenue and Wainwright Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner is also named Dave Brennan’s Elks Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Brookfield Park is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Gurley Av, is 470 feet away for the S59, and 19 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks, and eight places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Gurley Av, 470 feet away, for the S59.
- 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Gurley Av S59470 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway southbound at Drumgoole Road West & Richmond Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 3143 Richmond Avenue Gas station280 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.
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
- 15 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Dave Brennan’s Elks Way, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).
The streets
- Up to six travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
Homes
About 130 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 1987 and 2001.
Trees
Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dave Brennan’s Elks Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Richmond Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Wainwright Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Wainwright Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 bus terminal
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brookfield Park380 feet
- Freshkills Park390 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket60 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Greenridge Plaza Shopping center110 feet
Other places
- Eltingville Transit Center Bus terminal410 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Wainwright Avenue & Eltingville Transit Center Driveway 300 feet
- Arthur Kill Road & Richmond Avenue 310 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Drumgoole Road East 420 feet
- Drumgoole Road East & Andrea Court 550 feet
- Arthur Kill Road & Eltingville Transit Center Driveway 670 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Brandis Avenue 680 feet
- Gurley Avenue & Bartlett Avenue 680 feet
- Drumgoole Road East & Sally Court 700 feet
See every intersection along Richmond Avenue or Wainwright Avenue.