South Railroad Avenue & Otis Avenue

South Railroad Avenue and Otis Avenue meet at a three-way junction in New Dorp-Midland Beach, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Grant City station on the SIR is about five minutes on foot. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest railway station
Grant City
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · SIR
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
New Dorp Ln/New Dorp Plaza · S76, S86
Within a walk
About 400 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
South Railroad Avenue & Otis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Staten Island Railway

The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Grant City, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Grant City SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Next trains at this station

Ferry
1 line
  1. SIR …
South Shore
1 line
  1. SIR …

Also within a walk

  1. New Dorp SIR · Staten Island Railway
    0.3 miles
    SIR

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Dorp Ln/New Dorp Plaza, 0.3 miles away, for the S76 and S86.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Dorp Ln/New Dorp Plaza S76, S86
    0.3 miles
    S76 S86

Next buses at this stop

  1. S76 …
  2. S86 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on South Railroad Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Slosson Avenue & Staten Island Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105 New Dorp Lane Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1976 Hylan Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 miles
  3. 920 Father Capodanno Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 July 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10306
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 2
City Council district
50
Police precinct
122
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
New Dorp-Midland Beach
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of South Railroad Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Within a walk

How places are listed

Supermarkets

  1. New HL Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Otis Avenue or South Railroad Avenue.

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