Rockland Avenue & Ferndale Avenue

Rockland Avenue and Ferndale Avenue meet at a three-way junction in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Rockland Av, is 1,310 feet away for the S44, S59, S89 and four more, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings.

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Rockland Avenue & Ferndale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Rockland Av, 1,310 feet away, for the S44, S59, S89, S94 and three more.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Richmond Av/Rockland Av S44, S59, S89, S94 +3
    1,310 feet
    S44 S59 S89 S94 SIM4 SIM4C SIM8

Next buses at this stop

  1. S44 …
  2. S59 …
  3. S89 …
  4. S94 …
  5. SIM4 …
  6. SIM4C …
  7. SIM8 …

Live arrivals

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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1705 Richmond Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 1441 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.6 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

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 two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of Rockland Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie School
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willowbrook Park
    780 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Heartland Village Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

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 11 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 NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.