STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Five Staten Island intersections were listed among the 118 most dangerous in New York City, according to crash data released Tuesday by safe-streets advocates — a tally that comes as the City Council weighs a controversial bill to improve intersection safety.
Transportation Alternatives, a nonprofit that advocates for public transit and safer streets, released data on Tuesday highlighting the most dangerous intersections. As indicated on its website, the nonprofit’s mission is “to reclaim New York City from cars, transforming our streets into safe, sustainable, and equitable places to walk, bike, take transit, gather, and thrive.”
According to its data, there are 118 intersections where five or more New Yorkers have been killed or seriously injured since Jan. 1, 2022.
The intersection of Victory Boulevard and Clove Road in Sunnyside is one of the most dangerous intersections on Staten Island, according to data collected by Transportation Alternatives since Jan. 1, 2022. This photo shows the intersection on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
While the intersection of Hunton Street and Richmond Road was deemed “the most dangerous obstructed intersection” on Staten Island, the group identified a handful of crossroads where at least five people suffered injuries since the start of 2022.
Here are the five most dangerous intersections on Staten Island, according to Transportation Alternatives:
- Victory Boulevard and Loop Road in Willowbrook: 8 fatalities/serious injuries
- Victory Boulevard and Canterbury Avenue in Willowbrook: 8 fatalities/serious injuries
- Victory Boulevard and Clove Road in Sunnyside: 8 fatalities/serious injuries
- Hunton Street and Richmond Road in Dongan Hills: 7 fatalities/serious injuries
- Goethals Road North and South Avenue in Mariners Harbor: 6 fatalities/serious injuries
The intersection of Victory Boulevard and Canterbury Avenue in Willowbrook is one of the most dangerous intersections on Staten Island, according to data collected by Transportation Alternatives since Jan. 1, 2022. This photo shows the intersection on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)
In New York, a “serious injury” includes death, dismemberment, significant disfigurement, fractures, and other conditions. It also includes injuries that prevent someone from doing their normal daily activities for at least 90 days within a 180-day period.”
A spokesperson for Transportation Alternatives told the Advance/SILive.com that serious injury data is taken from the Department of Transportation; fatality data is tracked by the nonprofit and regularly cross-checked with the Department of Transportation and the NYPD.
In February, the Advance/SILive.com identified the 10 most dangerous intersections in the borough in 2024. Those intersections were previously ranked by the number of reported vehicle collisions that resulted in at least one injury. The intersection of Victory Boulevard and Clove Road was the only junction highlighted by Transportation Alternatives that made the February ranking.
The intersection of Richmond Road and Hunton Street in Dongan Hills is one of the most dangerous intersections on Staten Island, according to data collected by Transportation Alternatives since Jan. 1, 2022. This photo shows the intersection on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)The fate of universal daylighting
This latest data from Transportation Alternatives comes as the City Council has less than two weeks left in this term to consider a bill that would require universal daylighting at every intersection in the city.
The bill in question, Intro 1138, would ban parking within a certain distance of any intersection with a crosswalk — a process known as daylighting.
“We can’t afford to wait any longer for safe intersections,” said Ben Furnas, executive director at Transportation Alternatives. “Every day, over a million students go to schools across New York City, and every day they have to cross dangerous intersections. Speaker [Adrienne] Adams is sitting on legislation that could transform our city into one where it’s safer for everyone to get around, but she needs to call the vote. It’s time to decide: does she want her legacy to be obstruction and danger, or better and safer streets for children.”
There has yet to be a vote on the legislation since the introduction of the bill in December of 2024, as noted by Transportation Alternatives. In that time, over 1,800 New Yorkers have been killed or seriously injured at intersections, the nonprofit added.
The intersection of Goethals Road N and South Avenue in Mariners Harbor is one of the most dangerous intersections on Staten Island, according to data collected by Transportation Alternatives since Jan. 1, 2022.(Google)
Those against the bill, such as Borough President Vito Fossella, argue that while daylighting may be necessary at certain intersections, applying it everywhere is a “one-size-fits-all” solution.
Opponents have pointed out that the Department of Transportation already daylights problematic intersections on a case-by-case basis, which is how they say the safety upgrades should be implemented.
Of the intersections identified by Transportation Alternatives, Hunton Street and Richmond Road was the most dangerous intersection that could be subject to daylighting; the intersections ranked higher are either already daylit or ineligible for daylighting, a spokesperson for the nonprofit said.