Richmond Road & Buel Avenue

Richmond Road and Buel Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The Engine 159 firehouse is 620 feet away. The Dongan Hills station on the SIR is about seven minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 15 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Dongan Hills
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Richmond Rd/Buel Av · S74, S76, S86
Within a walk
5 places
1 community center, 1 fire station and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Richmond Road & Buel Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Dongan Hills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Dongan Hills SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson Av SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.5 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Rd/Buel Av, 130 feet away, for the S74, S76 and S86.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Rd/Buel Av S74, S76, S86 · Shelter
    130 feet
    S74 S76 S86
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. S74 …
  2. S76 …
  3. S86 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1820 Richmond Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 1232 Hylan Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10304
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1960.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the Zumi crabapple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Richmond Road

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Richmond Medical Center - Dongan School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dongan Hills Library
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Berry Community Center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 159 Fire station
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Buel Avenue or Richmond Road.

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