Oakwood-Richmondtown

Neighborhood · Staten Island

Oakwood-Richmondtown reaches from Richmondtown, near the geographic center of Staten Island, east through Oakwood to Oakwood Beach on Lower New York Bay.

  • 2.01 square miles
  • 22,388 residents, 2020 Census
  • 370 street corners
  • 2 Staten Island Railway stations
  • 17 bus routes

Richmondtown, first known as Coccles Town for the shells in nearby waters, took its present name in 1728 and long served as the seat of Richmond County. Its historic core is preserved as Historic Richmond Town, a living history village and museum begun in 1958 by the Staten Island Historical Society and the City, with more than 30 buildings and sites. Oakwood, where farms once covered the higher ground and a resort lined the shore, was largely built up after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964.

Sources: Historic Richmond Town; Historic Richmond Town (Wikipedia); Richmondtown, Staten Island (Wikipedia); Oakwood, Staten Island (Wikipedia).

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Oakwood-Richmondtown borders four areas, and Amboy Road holds more of its corners than any other street, 28 of 370.

Street map of Oakwood-Richmondtown, Staten Island, outlined among New Dorp-Midland Beach, Great Kills-Eltingville, Great Kills Park and Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, with its two Staten Island Railway stations and Great Kills Park.New Dorp-Midland BeachGreat Kills ParkGreat Kills-EltingvilleTodt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights
  • Oakwood-Richmondtown
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Staten Island Railway stations

  • Oakwood Heights lines SIR
  • Bay Terrace lines SIR

Getting around

The Staten Island Railway stops at Bay Terrace and Oakwood Heights, and buses on 17 routes stop in or at the edge of Oakwood-Richmondtown.

  • 2 Staten Island Railway stations
  • 8 local bus routes
  • 9 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • S54
  • S57
  • S74
  • S76
  • S78
  • S79-SBS
  • S84
  • S86

Express bus routes

  • SIM1
  • SIM1C
  • SIM5
  • SIM6
  • SIM7
  • SIM9
  • SIM10
  • SIM11
  • SIM15

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Staten Island corner.

  • 502 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 1.4 a corner, on average
  • 2.2 the average Staten Island corner
  • 202 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 21 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
20
Leading pedestrian intervals
6
Safety Improvement Projects
2
Turn calming
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 8,427 school-zone speed camera tickets at ten corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
Hylan Boulevard & Guyon Avenue, 2,334

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 22,388 residents in Oakwood-Richmondtown, about 11,100 per square mile.

  • 8,568 homes, 2020 Census
  • 57 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 5,818 residential lots hold buildings from 1965 or earlier, and 7% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
157.2 acres of Great Kills Park, as NYC Parks maps it within Oakwood-Richmondtown
Designated landmark
Saint Patrick's Church

Streets and trees

Trees
5,690 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, Callery pear and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Amboy Road, with 28 of the area's 370
Height above sea level
From 3 feet at Cedar Grove Avenue & Tarlton Street to 88 feet at Amboy Road & Benton Court
Honorary street names
14 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools

The City lists five schools in Oakwood-Richmondtown.

Public schools
2
Charter and private schools
3

Public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work in Oakwood-Richmondtown: Egbertville World War Memorial (1920).

  • 1 work of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 83 major felonies at places in Oakwood-Richmondtown.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Oakwood-Richmondtown

  • 88 major felonies in 2024
  • 365 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Oakwood-Richmondtown, the NYPD recorded another 20 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 4.6 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Oakwood-Richmondtown.

Police precinct
122nd
Major felonies recorded at places in Oakwood-Richmondtown, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 32 major felonies at places in Oakwood-Richmondtown, against 44 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.