New Dorp Lane is a northwest - southeast street in New York City

New York City

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 in the neighborhood of New Dorp

New Dorp, Staten Island

New Dorp – an anglicization of Nieuwe Dorp, Dutch for New Village – is a neighborhood in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States. The community lies near the foot of Todt Hill, with Grant City immediately to its north, Oakwood bordering to the south, and...

 in Staten Island

Staten Island

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, New York

New York

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. While it is not an especially long or wide avenue (running one lane in each direction, only 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long), the segment west of 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....

 is one of the densest, busiest commercial districts on the island, comparable to parts of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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.
It begins at 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,...

, runs for 0.2 mile (0.321868 km) until it reaches New Dorp Plaza, a pair of north-south side streets which are also commercial in character. The pair of streets flank the Staten Island Railway

Staten Island Railway

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's New Dorp

New Dorp (Staten Island Railway station)

New Dorp is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of New Dorp, Staten Island, New York. It is located on an open cut at New Dorp Lane and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and orange colored walls and railings. The northbound platform has a high concrete...

 Station on either side. It continues along, passing numerous shops, restaurants, banks and offices, and a library. At 0.6 mile (0.965604 km), it reaches 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 East Shore

East Shore, Staten Island

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's main north-south thoroughfare, here running northeast-southwest, at one of the most notoriously dangerous intersections on the island, one known for congestion and collisions. Continuing southwest, the avenue widens and is much less busy. It passes New Dorp High School

New Dorp High School

New Dorp High School, administered by the New York City Department of Education, is a public school located on the East Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island in the New Dorp neighborhood. The school is located at 465 New Dorp Lane next to Miller Field, an army airport turned park,...

, and then runs along the southwestern border of Miller Field

Miller Field (Staten Island)

Miller Field was a United States Air Force facility on Staten Island, New York, in New Dorp. It was founded in November 1919 and completed in 1921...

, terminating at 1.5 miles (2.4 km), on the beach along Raritan Bay

Raritan Bay

Raritan Bay is a bay located at the southern portion of Lower New York Bay between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey and is part of the New York Bight. The bay is bounded on the northwest by New York's Staten Island, on the west by Perth Amboy, New Jersey, on the south by the Raritan...

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Our Lady Queen of Peace, the area's major Catholic

Catholicism

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parish, is located on New Dorp Lane near its western end.

New Dorp Lane is served by the S76/S86 local buses.