Willow Road East & Watchogue Road

Willow Road East and Watchogue Road meet at a four-way crossing in Westerleigh-Castleton Corners, Staten Island. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of one crash for a Staten Island corner. The nearest bus stop, Watchogue Rd/Willow Rd East, is 50 feet away for the SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1969 and 1986, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Staten Island Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Watchogue Rd/Willow Rd East · SIM3, SIM3C, SIM34
Within a walk
About 500 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
Willow Road East & Watchogue Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Watchogue Rd/Willow Rd East, 50 feet away, for the SIM3, SIM3C and SIM34.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Watchogue Rd/Willow Rd East SIM3, SIM3C, SIM34
    50 feet
    SIM3 SIM3C SIM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. SIM3 …
  2. SIM3C …
  3. SIM34 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Staten Island Expressway eastbound at Lamberts Lane & Staten Island Expressway at Astor Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 745 Port Richmond Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1445 Richmond Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of one crash for a Staten Island corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10314
Community board
Staten Island Community Board 1
City Council district
50
Police precinct
121
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Westerleigh-Castleton Corners
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • 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 1969 and 1986.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Watchogue Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Willow Road East

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Watchogue Road or Willow Road East.

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