Sand Lane & Oceanside Avenue

Sand Lane and Oceanside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The fountain “Fountain of the Dolphins” is 500 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sand Ln/Father Capodanno Blvd, is 390 feet away for the S52, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and six places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Sand Lane & Oceanside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sand Ln/Father Capodanno Blvd, 390 feet away, for the S52.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sand Ln/Father Capodanno Blvd S52
    390 feet
    S52

Next buses at this stop

  1. S52 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway westbound at Narrows Road North & Staten Island Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1416 Hylan Boulevard Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 625 Father Capodanno Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    0.8 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10305
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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sand Lane

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach.

  1. Fountain of the Dolphins Fountain by Steven Dickey, 1998
    500 feet
  2. Father Capodanno Memorial Stele, 1976
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Smiles Around US Academy School
    210 feet
  2. Kinder Island Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    380 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach Park
    490 feet
  2. Playland Playground
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    380 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and five 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.