Saxon Avenue & Ferndale Avenue

Saxon Avenue and Ferndale Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. P.S. 069 Daniel D. Tompkins is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merry Mount St/Travis Av, is 1,320 feet away for the S61 and S91, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings.

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Saxon Avenue & Ferndale Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merry Mount St/Travis Av, 1,320 feet away, for the S61 and S91.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merry Mount St/Travis Av S61, S91
    1,320 feet
    S61 S91

Next buses at this stop

  1. S61 …
  2. S91 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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
    1.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 August 2025.

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1984.

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
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ferndale Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ferndale Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Saxon Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Saxon Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie School
    390 feet
  2. P.S. 069 Daniel D. Tompkins School
    1,130 feet
  3. Little Excellence Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willowbrook Park
    1,130 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Heartland Village Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 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 Parks, NYC Health and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.