Sycamore Street & Retford Avenue
Sycamore Street and Retford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 868 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Calvary Assembly God Church is 640 feet away. The Eltingville station on the SIR is about nine minutes on foot. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredStaten Island Railway
The nearest Staten Island Railway station is Eltingville, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Eltingville SIR · Staten Island Railway0.4 milesSIR
Next trains at this station
Ferry
1 line- SIR …
South Shore
1 line- SIR …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Richmond Av/Sycamore St, 610 feet away, for the S59.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Sycamore St S59610 feetS59
Next buses at this stop
- S59 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Korean War Vets Parkway northbound at Drumgoole Road East & Richmond Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 4472 Amboy Road Gas station0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 2017.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 868 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 849th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 443 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 123
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 90 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1965 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Oakdale Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,130 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground850 feet
Houses of worship
- Calvary Assembly God Church House of worship640 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Sycamore Street & Lyndale Avenue 260 feet
- Sycamore Street & Preston Avenue 270 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Sycamore Street 520 feet
- Preston Avenue & Rankin Street 540 feet
- Preston Avenue & Eastman Street 540 feet
- Koch Boulevard & Retford Avenue 740 feet
- Oakdale Street & Retford Avenue 770 feet
- Preston Avenue & Osborne Street 800 feet
See every intersection along Retford Avenue or Sycamore Street.