Amboy Road is a major north-south artery along the South-
East Shore of the New York City borough of
Staten Island. It is approximately long. Amboy Rd. was originally part of an extensive Native American trail system used by
Algonquian peoples during prehistoric times. Along with parts of
Richmond Road and all of
Vanderbilt Avenue
Vanderbilt Avenue is the name of three thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island. They were named after Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), the builder of Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.
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, Amboy Road forms the last leg of Staten Island's colonial-era eastern corridor that predates the newer, straighter, and wider
Hylan Boulevard
Hylan Boulevard is a major northeast-southwest boulevard in the New York City borough of Staten Island, and the longest street in the city. It is approximately long, and runs from the North Shore neighborhood of Rosebank, then along the enti ...
. The three roads that make up the corridor share a common numbering system, i.e. Richmond Road's numbers start where Vanderbilt Avenue's leave off and Amboy Road's numbers start where Amboy Road forks away from Richmond Road. This numbering system includes the numerically highest of street addresses in New York City.
Other roads that fork off of this corridor are:
St. Paul's Avenue, Van Duzer Street, Targee Street,
Rockland Avenue,
Bloomingdale Road, and
Richmond Valley Road
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
. Amboy Road also runs within blocks of the
Staten Island Railway for the majority of its length.
Amboy Road is served by the
SIM15 express bus and
S57 local bus in the northern section of the road, and the
SIM26 express bus and
S55 local bus in the southern section of the road.
References
Streets in Staten Island
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