Rockland Avenue & Shepard Avenue

Rockland Avenue and Shepard Avenue meet at a three-way junction in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Richmond Av/Rockland Av, is 1,300 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.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Dr M L King Jr Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,300 feet
Richmond Av/Rockland Av · S44, S59, S89, S94 +3
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockland Avenue & Shepard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Rockland Av, 1,300 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
    1,300 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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

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.

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
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willowbrook Park
    770 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
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Rockland Avenue or Shepard Avenue.

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.