Sycamore Street & Ridgecrest Avenue
Sycamore Street and Ridgecrest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Great Kills-Eltingville, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, the median for a Staten Island corner. South Shore YMCA is 1,130 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 day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 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, 400 feet away, for the S59.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Richmond Av/Sycamore St S59400 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 4472 Amboy Road Gas station0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, the median for a Staten Island corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 10312
- Community board
- Staten Island Community Board 3
- City Council district
- 51
- Police precinct
- 122
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Great Kills-Eltingville
- Elevation
- 78 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Ridgecrest Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 recreation center
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Oakdale Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,150 feet
- Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,290 feet
Houses of worship
- Calvary Assembly God Church House of worship260 feet
Community centers and public services
- South Shore YMCA Recreation center1,130 feet
Shopping centers
- Eltingville Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
- Amboy Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Sycamore Street & Winchester Avenue 260 feet
- Richmond Avenue & Sycamore Street 310 feet
- Sycamore Street & Thornycroft Avenue 510 feet
- Sycamore Street & Lyndale Avenue 570 feet
- Ridgecrest Avenue & Crest Loop 690 feet
- Oakdale Street & Ridgecrest Avenue 730 feet
- Sycamore Street & Pacific Avenue 760 feet
- Sycamore Street & Retford Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along Ridgecrest Avenue or Sycamore Street.