Sheldon Avenue & Foster Road

Sheldon Avenue and Foster Road meet at a four-way crossing in Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Foster Rd/Sinclair Av, is 160 feet away for the S56, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1985, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

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Sheldon Avenue & Foster Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Rd/Sinclair Av, 160 feet away, for the S56.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Rd/Sinclair Av S56
    160 feet
    S56

Next buses at this stop

  1. S56 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 5929 Amboy Road Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 4350 Arthur Kill Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2.3 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10309
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 3
City Council district
51
Police precinct
123
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow
Elevation
115 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Foster Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Foster Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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