The waterway that Richmond Terrace runs parallel to is called Kill Van Kull. Kill Van Kull separates Staten Island from Bayonne, New Jersey, and is transversed by the Bayonne Bridge.

The other waterway that separates New Jersey from Staten Island (somewhat perpendicular to Kill Van Kull) is called Arthur Kill.

They share a water border, so, technically, the driving time is about 2 minutes. A tidal strait known as Kill Van Kull separates Bayonne, New Jersey from the northwest side of Staten Island. Kill Van Kull is transversed by the Bayonne Bridge.

On Staten Island's western side, it is separated from New Jersey by another tidal strait, known as Arthur Kill.

Less than half a mile. They share two water borders. Bayonne, New Jersey is directly across a tidal strait of New York Bay, known as Kill Van Kull, from the northwest side of Staten Island. The Bayonne Bridge transverses Kill Van Kull and connects Bayonne to Staten Island. The distance across Kill Van Kull is less than half a mile.

Perth Amboy, Sewaren, Carteret, Port Reading, Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey are directly across a tidal strait known as Arthur Kill from the west side of Staten Island. Again, the distance is less than half a mile.

• Hudson River
• Bronx River
• Harlem River
• East River
• Kill Van Kull

Bayonne is located south of Jersey City on a peninsula surrounded by New York Bay to the east, Newark Bay to the west, and the Kill van Kull to the south.