Oakwood, Staten Island
Oakwood is a neighborhood located in east central Staten Island, New York City, near the South Shore.
Oakwood is a neighborhood located in east central Staten Island, New York City, near the South Shore. It is bordered by Tysens Lane (north); the Atlantic Ocean (east); Great Kills Park (south); Kensico Street, and Clarke Avenue (west).
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Worth seeing in and around Oakwood, Staten Island
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively enclosed New York Harbor with Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only fixed crossing of the Narrows.
8.1 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia - 02Bayonne Bridge
The Bayonne Bridge is a steel through arch bridge that spans the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border at the river’s center.
9.3 km · arch bridge connecting Staten Island, NY with Bayonne, NJ · Wikipedia - 03Fresh Kills Landfill
The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres in the borough of Staten Island in New York City, United States. The name comes from the landfill's location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island.
6 km · landfill site · Wikipedia - 04Todt Hill
Todt Hill is a 401-foot-tall hill formed of serpentine rock on Staten Island, New York. It is the highest natural point in the five boroughs of New York City and the highest elevation on the entire Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod.
4.7 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 05Wagner College
Wagner College is a private college in Staten Island, New York, United States. It was established in 1883 and, as of the 2023–2024 academic year, it enrolled approximately 1,932 students, including 1,592 undergraduates and 340 graduates.
6.4 km · private college in Staten Island, New York, United States · Wikipedia - 06Staten Island Zoo
The Staten Island Zoo is an 8-acre urban zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City. The zoo is open year-round except on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
7.2 km · suburban zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City · Wikipedia - 07New York's 11th congressional district
New York's 11th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, south western Gravesend, western Sheepshead Bay, and parts of southern Bensonhurst.
900 m · U.S. House district in Staten Island, NY · Wikipedia - 08Freshkills Park
Freshkills Park is a public park being built atop a former landfill on Staten Island. At about 2,200 acres, it will be the largest park developed in New York City since the 19th century.
6.3 km · park on Staten Island · Wikipedia - 09Old Orchard Shoal Light
Old Orchard Shoal Light was a sparkplug lighthouse in Lower New York Bay marking a large shoal area. It was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.
5.6 km · lighthouse in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 10West Bank Light
West Bank Light, officially West Bank Front Range Light, is a lighthouse in Lower New York Bay, within New York City, and acts as the front range light for the Ambrose Channel. It is currently active and not open to the public.
7 km · lighthouse in New York, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Oakwood, Staten Island
- Airports
- Newark Liberty (EWR), 15 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 30 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 32 km
- Stations
- Bay Ridge – 95th Street, 9.7 km · Annadale, 5.4 km · Eltingville, 4.2 km · Pleasant Plains, 9.3 km · Bay Terrace, 1.5 km
- Philadelphia → Oakwood, Staten Island112 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · $10–14
- Hartford → Oakwood, Staten Island179 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · $17–23
- Albany → Oakwood, Staten Island234 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · $21–29
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No local-transport research exists yet for Oakwood, Staten Island
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Oakwood, Staten Island. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNY Waterway offers ferry service from NYC to Belford, NJ and other destinations on the Jersey shore.
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Next door to Oakwood, Staten Island
Oakwood, Staten Island is 2 km from Staten Island, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Staten Islandborough of New York City, New York, United States of America2.6 km
- The Narrowsstrait in New York City, USA8.5 km
- Sea Gategated community in Brooklyn, New York City, United States of America9.6 km
- Arthur Killtidal strait and a kill separating Staten Island, New York City from mainland New Jersey7.9 km
- New Brightonneighborhood on Staten Island, New York9.4 km
- New Dorpneighborhood of Staten Island, New York City, USA1.5 km