Street Description
Richmond Avenue begins as a one-way street to Willow Road West. Two blocks to the east, it becomes a two-way street at an intersection with Forest Avenue and Morningstar Road in Graniteville. Goethals Road North, a road that parallels the Staten Island Expressway, begins to the left 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south of Forest Avenue. After crossing the Staten Island Expressway, Richmond Avenue intersects with Lamberts Lane, a road with access to 278 north. At 1.5 miles (2.4 km), Victory Boulevard intersects on its way towards Forest Avenue. Rockland Avenue intersects at 2.3 miles (3.7 km) with Draper Place in New Springville. At 4.7 miles (7.6 km), the Korean War Veterans Parkway (formerly the Richmond Parkway), comes to an end at Richmond Avenue. A tenth of a mile later, Arthur Kill Road intersects. At 6.8 miles (10.9 km), Hylan Boulevard crosses before it becomes a divided highway. 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the south, Richmond Avenue comes to an end at Tennyson Drive.
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