Richmond Terrace & Bement Avenue
Richmond Terrace and Bement Avenue meet at a three-way junction in West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill, Staten Island. The corner is also named Bobby McGhie Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Terr/Bement Av, is 10 feet away for the S40, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Terr/Bement Av, 10 feet away, for the S40.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Terr/Bement Av S4010 feetS40
Next buses at this stop
- S40 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Bayonne Bridge at Trantor Place & Bayonne Bridge, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 1320 Richmond Terrace Gas station240 feet
- 54 Central Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2025
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10310
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 49
- Police precinct
- 120
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Bobby McGhie Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 200 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 1920 and 1945.
Trees
Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the apple.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bobby McGhie Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2022 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Richmond Terrace
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Richmond Terrace
- Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
Landmarks and historic districts
One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1722.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 listed historic place
Libraries, museums and history
- Kreuzer-Pelton House Listed historic place640 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Richmond Terrace & Elizabeth Avenue 320 feet
- Richmond Terrace & Pelton Place 390 feet
- Richmond Terrace & Elm Street 420 feet
- Pelton Avenue & Pelton Place 560 feet
- Bement Avenue & Howard Court 640 feet
- Richmond Terrace & North Burgher Avenue 710 feet
- Richmond Terrace & Pelton Avenue 780 feet
- Bement Avenue & Harrison Place 900 feet
See every intersection along Bement Avenue or Richmond Terrace.