Richmond Hill Road & Merrymount Street

Richmond Hill Road and Merrymount Street meet at a four-way crossing in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. In 2025, 6,025 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Hill Rd/Vassar St, is 160 feet away for the S61, S91, SIM4 and two more, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and three places to eat.

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Richmond Hill Road & Merrymount Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Hill Rd/Vassar St, 160 feet away, for the S61, S91, SIM4, SIM4C and SIM8.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Hill Rd/Vassar St S61, S91, SIM4, SIM4C +1 · Countdown sign
    160 feet
    S61 S91 SIM4 SIM4C SIM8
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. S61 …
  2. S91 …
  3. SIM4 …
  4. SIM4C …
  5. SIM8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Merrymount Street.

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, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

In 2025, 6,025 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 129th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,786 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1982 and 1988.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2026 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Richmond Hill Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Richmond Hill Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. The Richmond Pre-K Center at 2389 Richmond Ave Pre-K center
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    930 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Staten Island Mall Shopping center
    490 feet
  2. Heartland Village Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

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