Richmond Terrace & Van Name Avenue

Richmond Terrace and Van Name Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. Richmond Terrace Park is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Terr/Van Name Av, is 20 feet away for the S40, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Richmond Terrace & Van Name Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Terr/Van Name Av, 20 feet away, for the S40.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Terr/Van Name Av S40
    20 feet
    S40

Next buses at this stop

  1. S40 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Dr M L King Jr Expressway northbound at Morningstar Road & Dr MLK Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 11 Morningstar Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.2 miles

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10303
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
49
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Richmond Terrace

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Richmond Terrace Park Nature area
    70 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Van Name/Van Pelt Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    310 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, 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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