Amboy Road is a major north-south artery along the South-East Shore

East Shore, Staten Island

The term East Shore is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods along the Lower New York Bay and the Raritan Bay and within New York City's borough of Staten Island....

 of the New York City borough of Staten Island

Staten Island

Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...

. It is approximately 9.1 miles (14.6 km) long.
Along with parts of Richmond Road

Richmond Road (Staten Island)

Richmond Road is a major north-south artery along the East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Concord, Grymes Hill, Emerson Hill, Grasmere, Old Town, Dongan Hills, Grant City, Todt Hill, New Dorp, Egbertville,...

 and all of Vanderbilt Avenue

Vanderbilt Avenue (Staten Island)

Vanderbilt Avenue is a major northeast-southwest artery along the East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Clifton, Stapleton Heights, Concord, and Grymes Hill...

, 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

Hylan Boulevard is a major northeast-southwest boulevard in the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long , and runs from the North Shore neighborhood of Rosebank to the South Shore neighborhood of Tottenville....

. 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

St. Paul's Avenue

St. Paul's Avenue is a secondary north-south artery along the North-East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Tompkinsville, Stapleton Heights, and Ward Hill....

, Van Duzer Street

Van Duzer Street

Van Duzer Street is a secondary north-south artery along the North-East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Grymes Hill, and Clifton....

, Targee Street

Targee Street

Targee Street is a primary north-south artery along the East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Stapleton, Clifton, Concord, Old Town, and Dongan Hills....

, Rockland Avenue

Rockland Avenue

Rockland Avenue is a major east-west artery in central Staten Island, New York City. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of New Dorp, Lighthouse Hill, Egbertville, Willowbrook, and New Springville....

, Bloomingdale Road, and Richmond Valley Road. Amboy Road also runs within blocks of the Staten Island Railway

Staten Island Railway

The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the lone rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA...

for the majority of its length.

Amboy Road is served by the X15 express bus and S57 local bus in the northern section of the road, and the X22 express bus and S55 local bus in the southern section of the road.