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'''St. George Terminal''' is a [[ferry]], [[railway]], [[bus]], and [[park and ride]] transit center in the [[St. George, Staten Island|St. George]] neighborhood of [[Staten Island]], [[New York City]]. It is located at the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Bay Street, near [[Staten Island Borough Hall]], [[Richmond County Bank Ballpark]] and [[Richmond County Courthouse (Staten Island)|Richmond County Supreme Court]]. St. George is one of the few remaining rail-boat connections in the United States.
'''St. George Terminal''' is a [[ferry]], [[railway]], [[bus]], and [[park and ride]] transit center in the [[St. George, Staten Island|St. George]] neighborhood of [[Staten Island]], [[New York City]]. It is located at the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Bay Street, near [[Staten Island Borough Hall]], [[SIUH Community Park]] and [[Richmond County Courthouse (Staten Island)|Richmond County Supreme Court]]. St. George is a rare example of a rail-boat connection in the United States.{{Efn|On the west coast, [[Vallejo Station|Vallejo]] station is an example of a rail-boat connection, with another proposed to be built in neighboring [[Hercules station|Hercules]], California.}}


==History==
== History ==
[[File:St. George Terminal td (2022-07-04) 009 - Arch.jpg|thumb|left|The arch gate above the terminal, constructed during the 200s renovations.]]
[[File:St. George Terminal td (2022-07-04) 009 - Arch.jpg|thumb|left|The arch gate above the terminal, constructed during the 2000s renovations.]]
A new ferry and rail terminal at the St. George site (then called '''St. George's Landing''')<ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeLanding-1886">{{cite web|title=Rapid Transit on Staten Island|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/01/17/103950064.pdf|website=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 24, 2015|date=January 17, 1886}}</ref> and an extension of the [[Staten Island Railway]] (then called Staten Island Rapid Transit or SIRT) north from Vanderbilt's Landing (today's [[Clifton (Staten Island Railway station)|Clifton Station]]) had been proposed in the 1870s by the owners of the Staten Island Railroad, [[George Law (financier)|George Law]], [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], and [[Erastus Wiman]], to replace the various ferry sites on the north and east shores of Staten Island.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name="NYTimes-SIFerryAnxious-1893">{{cite web|title=Staten Islanders Worried: Anxious to Know Who Will Run the Ferryboats to This City|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/05/25/106825946.pdf|website=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 24, 2015|date=May 25, 1893}}</ref> St. George was selected due to it being the closest point from Staten Island to Manhattan, about a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=on}} distance.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /> The terminal and the local neighborhood were renamed to St. George in honor of Law, allegedly as a concession by Wiman in order to build the terminal and connecting tunnel on land owned by Law.<ref name="michaelminn.net">{{cite web|last1=Minn|first1=Michael|title=History and Future of the North Shore Rail Line on Staten Island|url=http://michaelminn.net/newyork/infrastructure/north_shore_railroad/north-shore-web.pdf|website=michaelminn.net|access-date=August 1, 2015|date=December 18, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601011108/http://michaelminn.net/newyork/infrastructure/north_shore_railroad/north-shore-web.pdf|archive-date=June 1, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Staten Island Ferry Terminal Named to 'Canonize' George Law|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/05/26/91798618.pdf|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 8, 2015|date=May 26, 1929}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Waite|first1=Thomas L.|title=IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN; ST. GEORGE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-st-george.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 8, 2015|date=July 19, 1987}}</ref> An extension of the line to [[Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tompkinsville]] was opened in 1884, and the tunnel between Tompkinsville and the terminal was constructed from 1884 to 1885.<ref name=SIRTImages /> The ferry terminal was opened in early 1886, while the rail terminal opened in March of that year.<ref name=NYTIMES-SIRT-StGeorge-1886 /><ref name=NYTimes-StGeorgeLanding-1886/><ref name="SIAdvance-EWinman-2011">{{cite web|author1=Staten Island Advance|title=For Erastus Wiman, St. George was a golden opportunity|url=http://www.silive.com/specialreports/index.ssf/2011/03/for_erastus_wiman_st_george_wa.html|website=[[SILive.com]]|publisher=[[Staten Island Advance]]|access-date=October 8, 2015|location=[[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|date=March 27, 2011|author1-link=Staten Island Advance}}</ref> The terminal's entrance building would be opened in 1897.<ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory />
A ferry and rail terminal at the St. George site (then called '''St. George's Landing''')<ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeLanding-1886">{{cite web|title=Rapid Transit on Staten Island|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/01/17/103950064.pdf|website=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 24, 2015|date=January 17, 1886}}</ref> and an extension of the [[Staten Island Railway]] (then called Staten Island Rapid Transit) north from Vanderbilt's Landing (today's [[Clifton (Staten Island Railway station)|Clifton Station]]) had been proposed in the 1870s by the owners of the Staten Island Railroad, [[George Law (financier)|George Law]], [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], and [[Erastus Wiman]], to replace the various ferry sites on the north and east shores of Staten Island.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name="NYTimes-SIFerryAnxious-1893">{{cite web|title=Staten Islanders Worried: Anxious to Know Who Will Run the Ferryboats to This City|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/05/25/106825946.pdf|website=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 24, 2015|date=May 25, 1893}}</ref> St. George was selected due to it being the closest point from Staten Island to Manhattan, about a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=on}} distance.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /> The terminal and the local neighborhood were renamed to St. George in honor of Law, allegedly as a concession by Wiman in order to build the terminal and connecting tunnel on land owned by Law.<ref name="michaelminn.net">{{cite web|last1=Minn|first1=Michael|title=History and Future of the North Shore Rail Line on Staten Island|url=http://michaelminn.net/newyork/infrastructure/north_shore_railroad/north-shore-web.pdf|website=michaelminn.net|access-date=August 1, 2015|date=December 18, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601011108/http://michaelminn.net/newyork/infrastructure/north_shore_railroad/north-shore-web.pdf|archive-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Staten Island Ferry Terminal Named to 'Canonize' George Law|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/05/26/91798618.pdf|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 8, 2015|date=May 26, 1929}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Waite|first1=Thomas L.|title=If You're Thinking of Living in: St. George|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-st-george.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 8, 2015|date=July 19, 1987}}</ref> An extension of the line to [[Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tompkinsville]] was opened in 1884, and the tunnel between Tompkinsville and the terminal was constructed from 1884 to 1885.<ref name=SIRTImages /> The ferry terminal was opened in early 1886, while the rail terminal opened in March of that year.<ref name=NYTIMES-SIRT-StGeorge-1886 /><ref name=NYTimes-StGeorgeLanding-1886 /><ref name="SIAdvance-EWinman-2011">{{cite web|author1=Staten Island Advance|title=For Erastus Wiman, St. George was a golden opportunity|url=http://www.silive.com/specialreports/index.ssf/2011/03/for_erastus_wiman_st_george_wa.html|website=[[SILive.com]]|publisher=[[Staten Island Advance]]|access-date=October 8, 2015|location=[[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|date=March 27, 2011|author1-link=Staten Island Advance}}</ref> The terminal's entrance building would be opened in 1897.<ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory />


The St. George rail terminal as originally built was constructed of wood, with no overhead obstructions.<ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans/> Adjacent to the station was a large freight terminal called the '''St. George Yard''', where the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s freight operations exchanged with [[car float]]s to other terminals in the [[New York Harbor]].<ref name=SIRTImages /> The B&O also operated the SIRT and ferries under a 99-year lease signed in 1885.<ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /> A trolley terminal for the Staten Island Electric Company was formerly located above the ferryhouse.<ref name="BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans">{{cite web|title=The City of New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment: The Narrows Tunnel|url=http://brooklynrail.net/images/unbuilttunnels/narrows_tunnel_const_plans_1925.pdf|website=[[Brooklyn Historic Railway Association|brooklynrail.net]]|publisher=[[New York City Board of Estimate]], [[Brooklyn Historic Railway Association]]|access-date=August 21, 2015|date=1925}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Two Fires on Staten Island: Ferryhouse at St. George and Overhead Trolley Structure Badly Damaged—Blaze at Cricket Club|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/11/13/102534746.pdf|website=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 31, 2015|date=November 13, 1899}}</ref>
The St. George rail terminal as originally built was constructed of wood, with no overhead obstructions.<ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans /> Adjacent to the station was a large freight terminal called the '''St. George Yard''', where the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s freight operations exchanged with [[car float]]s to other terminals in the [[New York Harbor]].<ref name=SIRTImages /> The B&O also operated the Staten Island Rapid Transit and ferries under a 99-year lease signed in 1885.<ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /> A trolley terminal for the Staten Island Electric Company was formerly located above the ferryhouse.<ref name="BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans">{{cite web|title=The City of New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment: The Narrows Tunnel|url=http://brooklynrail.net/images/unbuilttunnels/narrows_tunnel_const_plans_1925.pdf|website=[[Brooklyn Historic Railway Association|brooklynrail.net]]|publisher=[[New York City Board of Estimate]], [[Brooklyn Historic Railway Association]]|access-date=August 21, 2015|date=1925}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Two Fires on Staten Island: Ferryhouse at St. George and Overhead Trolley Structure Badly Damaged—Blaze at Cricket Club|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/11/13/102534746.pdf|website=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 31, 2015|date=November 13, 1899}}</ref>


The St. George tunnel was lengthened in 1905.<ref name=SIRTImages /> It was built with two portals at its north end; one on the geographic east side currently in use by the SIR, and an additional western portal intended for the [[Staten Island Tunnel]], which would have traveled across [[the Narrows]] and connected to the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line]] in [[Brooklyn]].<ref name=SIRTImages /> In 1923 an excavation shaft for the Narrows tunnel was constructed at the south end of the terminal near Shore Road, though construction was halted in 1925.<ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /><ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans /><ref>{{cite news|title=Hylan Swings Pick at Shaft Opening; Formally Starts Work at the Staten Island End of Narrows Tunnel|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/07/20/105923910.pdf|access-date=September 6, 2016|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|date=July 20, 1923}}</ref> In 1930, civic leaders proposed a $2.5 million ferry terminal to replace the existing complex, with an underground train terminal below a 26-story office development. However, this plan was never carried out.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/02/11/archives/staten-island-asks-2500000-terminal-commerce-chamber-presents-plan.html|title=STATEN ISLAND ASKS $2,500,000 TERMINAL; Commerce Chamber Presents Plan for 26-Story Ferry and Rail Station at St. George. RENTALS WOULD FINANCE IT Upper Stories Designed as Borough Offices--Shops to Line 350Foot Arcade. Would Enlarge Approaches. Train Terminal Underground.|date=1930-02-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
After the Municipal takeover of the Staten Island Ferry service, a new St. George Ferry Terminal Complex was designed by Carrère and Hastings and opened in 1905.<ref name="auto">"Terminal Death Toll 3; Ferries Using Pier Six", Staten Island Advance, June 26, 1946.</ref> As part of this construction, the St. George tunnel was lengthened.<ref name=SIRTImages /> It was built with two portals at its north end; one on the geographic east side currently in use by the Staten Island Railway, and an additional western portal intended for the [[Staten Island Tunnel]], which would have traveled across [[the Narrows]] and connected to the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line]] in [[Brooklyn]].<ref name=SIRTImages /> In 1923 an excavation shaft for the Narrows tunnel was constructed at the south end of the terminal near Shore Road, though construction was halted in 1925.<ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /><ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans /><ref>{{cite news|title=Hylan Swings Pick at Shaft Opening; Formally Starts Work at the Staten Island End of Narrows Tunnel|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/07/20/105923910.pdf|access-date=September 6, 2016|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|date=July 20, 1923}}</ref> In 1930, civic leaders proposed a $2.5 million ferry terminal to replace the existing complex, with an underground train terminal below a 26-story office development. However, this plan was never carried out.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/02/11/archives/staten-island-asks-2500000-terminal-commerce-chamber-presents-plan.html|title=Staten Island Asks $2,500,000 Terminal – Commerce Chamber Presents Plan for 26-Story Ferry and Rail Station at St. George – Rentals Would Finance It – Upper Stories Designed as Borough Offices—Shops to Line 350 Foot Arcade|date=February 11, 1930|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 24, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


On June 25, 1946, a large fire destroyed both the wooden ferry and rail terminals, killing three people.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barron|first=James|date=1983-12-05|title=Fire at Staten I. Ferry Terminal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/05/nyregion/fire-at-staten-i-ferry-terminal.html|access-date=2020-05-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Full service was restored in July of that year.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /><ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans /> A new facility was built by the city, opening on June 8, 1951, which led the tunneling shaft to be filled in.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /><ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans /><ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeFerry-Jun1951">{{cite news|title=New Ferry Depot Will 'Open' Today: Mayor to Dedicate Terminal at Staten Island That Has Been Used in Part for Year|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/06/08/306314622.pdf|work=The New York Times|date=June 8, 1951|access-date=2020-03-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The new facility cost $21 million.<ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeFerry-Jun1951"/> The former freight yard was replaced by a [[NYCDOT]] Municipal Parking Lot when the new terminal opened, and is now the site of [[Richmond County Bank Ballpark]].<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=michaelminn.net /><ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeFerry-Jun1951"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Matteo|first1=Thomas|title=Our Changing Island: Site of former B&O rail yards, St. George|url=http://blog.silive.com/memories_column/2014/11/our_changing_island_site_of_former_bo_rail_yards_st_george.html|website=[[SILive.com]]|publisher=[[Staten Island Advance]]|access-date=October 8, 2015|location=[[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|date=November 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYCDOT-MunicipalParking">{{cite web|title=Municipal Parking Facilities|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/parkinglist.shtml|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]}}</ref>
On June 25, 1946, a large fire destroyed both the wooden ferry and rail terminals, killing three people.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barron|first=James|date=December 5, 1983|title=Fire at Staten I. Ferry Terminal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/05/nyregion/fire-at-staten-i-ferry-terminal.html|access-date=May 5, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="auto" /> Full service was restored in July of that year.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /><ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans /> A new facility was built by the city, opening on June 8, 1951, which led the tunneling shaft to be filled in.<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory /><ref name=BrooklynRail-SITunnel-OriginalPlans /><ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeFerry-Jun1951">{{cite news|title=New Ferry Depot Will 'Open' Today: Mayor to Dedicate Terminal at Staten Island That Has Been Used in Part for Year|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/06/08/306314622.pdf|work=The New York Times|date=June 8, 1951|access-date=March 28, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The new facility cost $21 million.<ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeFerry-Jun1951" /> The former freight yard was replaced by a [[New York City Department of Transportation]] municipal parking lot when the new terminal opened; the parking lot has since been replaced by [[Richmond County Bank Ballpark]].<ref name=WheelsDroveNY-2012 /><ref name=michaelminn.net /><ref name="NYTimes-StGeorgeFerry-Jun1951" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Matteo|first1=Thomas|title=Our Changing Island: Site of former B&O rail yards, St. George|url=http://blog.silive.com/memories_column/2014/11/our_changing_island_site_of_former_bo_rail_yards_st_george.html|website=[[SILive.com]]|publisher=[[Staten Island Advance]]|access-date=October 8, 2015|location=[[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]|date=November 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYCDOT-MunicipalParking">{{cite web|title=Municipal Parking Facilities|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/parkinglist.shtml|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]}}</ref>


The station served as the northern (eastern) terminus for the SIR [[North Shore Branch (Staten Island Railway)|North Shore Branch]] to [[Arlington (Staten Island Railway station)|Arlington]] and [[Port Ivory (Staten Island Railway station)|Port Ivory]] until its closure in 1953. The line used tracks 11 and 12 on the north end of the terminal, which are currently unused.<ref name="NYSenate-SavinoSIRReport-2013">{{cite web|author1=Office of [[Diane Savino|Diane J. Savino]]|title=State Senator Diane J. Savino's 2013 Staten Island Railway Rider Report|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/Savino%20Staten%20Island%20Railway%20Report.pdf|website=[[New York State Senate|nysenate.gov]]|publisher=[[New York State Senate]]|access-date=July 31, 2015|date=2013}}</ref><ref name=SIRTImages /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory />
The station served as the northern (eastern) terminus for the Staten Island Railway [[North Shore Branch (Staten Island Railway)|North Shore Branch]] to [[Arlington (Staten Island Railway station)|Arlington]] and [[Port Ivory (Staten Island Railway station)|Port Ivory]] until its closure in 1953. The line used tracks 11 and 12 on the north end of the terminal, which are currently unused.<ref name="NYSenate-SavinoSIRReport-2013">{{cite web|author1=Office of [[Diane Savino|Diane J. Savino]]|title=State Senator Diane J. Savino's 2013 Staten Island Railway Rider Report|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/Savino%20Staten%20Island%20Railway%20Report.pdf|website=[[New York State Senate|nysenate.gov]]|publisher=[[New York State Senate]]|access-date=July 31, 2015|date=2013}}</ref><ref name=SIRTImages /><ref name=SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory />


Plans for a renovation of the ferry terminal were announced in March 1997,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/20/nyregion/sleeker-design-for-staten-island-ferry-terminal-is-unveiled.html|title=Sleeker Design for Staten Island Ferry Terminal Is Unveiled|last=Chen|first=David W.|date=1997-03-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-11-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and it received renovations in the 2000s as part of a $300 million renovation of several ferry terminals in the area, including the St. George and Whitehall Terminals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/realestate/launching-a-flotilla-of-ferry-terminals.html|title=Launching a Flotilla of Ferry Terminals|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=April 7, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 23, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/downloads/pdf/neighborhood/spotlight_stgeorge.pdf|title=St. George, Staten Island: THE BOROUGH'S TRANSIT, CIVIC AND CULTURAL HUB|date=August 2011|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Economic Development Corporation]]|page=2}}</ref> St. George's direct rail-boat connection is one of a few remaining in the United States.<ref name=NYSenate-SavinoSIRReport-2013/>
Plans for a renovation of the ferry terminal were announced in March 1997,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/20/nyregion/sleeker-design-for-staten-island-ferry-terminal-is-unveiled.html|title=Sleeker Design for Staten Island Ferry Terminal Is Unveiled|last=Chen|first=David W.|date=March 20, 1997|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 14, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and it received renovations in the 2000s as part of a $300 million renovation of several ferry terminals in the area, including the St. George and Whitehall Terminals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/realestate/launching-a-flotilla-of-ferry-terminals.html|title=Launching a Flotilla of Ferry Terminals|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=April 7, 2002|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 23, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/downloads/pdf/neighborhood/spotlight_stgeorge.pdf|title=St. George, Staten Island: The Borough's Transit, Civic and Cultural Hub|date=August 2011|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Economic Development Corporation]]|page=2}}</ref> St. George's direct rail-boat connection is one of a few remaining in the United States.<ref name=NYSenate-SavinoSIRReport-2013 />


The MTA announced in late 2022 that it would open customer service centers at 15 stations; the centers would provide services such as travel information and [[OMNY]] farecards. The first six customer service centers, including one at St. George Terminal, were to open in early 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Garcia | first=Deanna | title='Customer Service Centers' to open at 15 subway stations | website=Spectrum News NY1 New York City | date=December 14, 2022 | url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2022/12/14/-customer-service-centers--to-open-at-15-subway-stations | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Chasan | first=Aliza | title=MTA opening subway customer service centers | website=PIX11 | date=December 15, 2022 | url=https://pix11.com/news/local-news/mta-opening-subway-customer-service-centers/ | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref> St. George Terminal's customer service center opened at the beginning of March 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bascome | first=Erik | title=New MTA Customer Service Center opens at St. George Ferry Terminal | website=silive | date=March 1, 2023 | url=https://www.silive.com/news/2023/03/new-mta-customer-service-center-opens-at-st-george-ferry-terminal.html | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Parry | first=Bill | title=MTA opens new customer service center at Main Street-Flushing transit hub | website=QNS.com | date=March 7, 2023 | url=https://qns.com/2023/03/main-street-flushing-transit-hub-customer-service-mta/ | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref>
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==Ferry terminal==

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== Ferry terminal ==
[[File:Staten Island Ferry - St George Terminal (9739253316).jpg|thumb|left|275px|Entrance to the ferry portion of the St. George Terminal]]
[[File:Staten Island Ferry - St George Terminal (9739253316).jpg|thumb|left|275px|Entrance to the ferry portion of the St. George Terminal]]


{{Anchor|Staten Island Ferry}}St. George Terminal is the southern terminal of the [[Staten Island Ferry]]; it runs only to [[Whitehall Terminal]], on the southern tip of [[Manhattan]] near [[Battery Park]]. The Staten Island Ferry runs a 24-hour service between the terminals. Ferries usually run at 15-to-20-minute intervals during rush hours and every 30 minutes at other times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/staten_island_ferry_service_increase.html#incart_related_stories|title=Staten Island Ferry expected to run at least every 30 minutes starting this fall|last=Sanders|first=Anna|date=May 6, 2015|work=SILive.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508033450/http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/staten_island_ferry_service_increase.html#incart_related_stories|archive-date=2015-05-08|url-status=dead|access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/nyregion/staten-island-ferry-to-add-more-early-morning-weekend-trips.html|title=Staten Island Ferry to Add More Early Morning Trips|last=Fitzsimmons|first=Emma G.|date=2015-04-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
St. George Terminal is the southern terminal of the [[Staten Island Ferry]]; it runs only to [[Whitehall Terminal]], on the southern tip of [[Manhattan]] near [[Battery Park]]. The Staten Island Ferry runs a 24-hour service between the terminals. Ferries usually run at 15-to-20-minute intervals during rush hours and every 30 minutes at other times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/staten_island_ferry_service_increase.html#incart_related_stories|title=Staten Island Ferry expected to run at least every 30 minutes starting this fall|last=Sanders|first=Anna|date=May 6, 2015|work=SILive.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508033450/http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/05/staten_island_ferry_service_increase.html#incart_related_stories|archive-date=May 8, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=May 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/nyregion/staten-island-ferry-to-add-more-early-morning-weekend-trips.html|title=Staten Island Ferry to Add More Early Morning Trips|last=Fitzsimmons|first=Emma G.|date=April 1, 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 19, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


In January 2019, [[NYC Ferry]] announced that it would start operating its St. George route in 2020. The route was originally supposed to run from the St. George Terminal to [[Battery Park City Ferry Terminal]] and [[West Midtown Ferry Terminal]] in Manhattan.<ref name="st-george">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/st-george/|title=Routes and Schedules: St. George|publisher=NYC Ferry}}</ref><ref name=":29">{{cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-ferry-routes-1.25782023|title=NYC Ferry is adding 2 new routes|date=January 10, 2019|website=am New York|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Plitt 2019">{{cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/1/10/18177078/nyc-ferry-transportation-staten-island-coney-island|title=NYC Ferry will launch service to Staten Island, Coney Island|last=Plitt|first=Amy|date=January 10, 2019|website=Curbed NY|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYC Ferry Expansion 2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.ferry.nyc/nycferry-2020-2021-service-route-expansion/|title=2020-2021 Expansion|website=New York City Ferry Service|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> However, due to concerns that the massive Staten Island Ferry boats and the small NYC Ferry craft might not be able to share a dock, the [[New York City Economic Development Corporation]] announced in January 2020 that a NYC Ferry dock would instead be built close to the existing terminal, on the opposite side of [[Empire Outlets]] closer to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark.<ref>{{cite web | last=Michel | first=Clifford | title=NYC Ferry's a No-Go at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal | website=The City | date=January 30, 2020 | url=http://thecity.nyc/2020/01/nyc-ferrys-a-no-go-at-the-staten-island-ferry-terminal.html | access-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref> NYC Ferry service began operating in August 2021.<ref name="Gartland 2021">{{cite web|last=Gartland|first=Michael|date=2021-08-23|title=De Blasio touts NYC Ferry from Staten Island to Manhattan|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-de-blasio-staten-island-ferry-service-20210823-zxqum6wihvb5ji735jdy4mulea-story.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=New York Daily News}}</ref><ref name="Liotta 2021">{{cite web|last=Liotta|first=Paul|date=2021-08-23|title=NYC fast ferry is finally citywide as St. George route launches|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2021/08/nyc-fast-ferry-is-finally-citywide-as-st-george-route-launches.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=silive}}</ref>
In January 2019, [[NYC Ferry]] announced that it would start operating its St. George route in 2020. The route was originally supposed to run from the St. George Terminal to [[Battery Park City Ferry Terminal]] and [[West Midtown Ferry Terminal]] in Manhattan.<ref name="st-george">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/st-george/|title=Routes and Schedules: St. George|publisher=NYC Ferry}}</ref><ref name=":29">{{cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-ferry-routes-1.25782023|title=NYC Ferry is adding 2 new routes|last=Barone|first=Vincent|date=January 10, 2019|website=am New York|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Plitt 2019">{{cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/1/10/18177078/nyc-ferry-transportation-staten-island-coney-island|title=NYC Ferry will launch service to Staten Island, Coney Island|last=Plitt|first=Amy|date=January 10, 2019|website=Curbed NY|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYC Ferry Expansion 2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.ferry.nyc/nycferry-2020-2021-service-route-expansion/|title=2020–2021 Expansion|website=New York City Ferry Service|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> However, due to concerns that the massive Staten Island Ferry boats and the small NYC Ferry craft might not be able to share a dock, the [[New York City Economic Development Corporation]] announced in January 2020 that a NYC Ferry dock would instead be built close to the existing terminal, on the opposite side of [[Empire Outlets]] closer to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark.<ref>{{cite web | last=Michel | first=Clifford | title=NYC Ferry's a No-Go at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal | website=The City | date=January 30, 2020 | url=http://thecity.nyc/2020/01/nyc-ferrys-a-no-go-at-the-staten-island-ferry-terminal.html | access-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref> NYC Ferry service began operating in August 2021.<ref name="Gartland 2021">{{cite web|last=Gartland|first=Michael|date=August 23, 2021|title=De Blasio touts NYC Ferry from Staten Island to Manhattan|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-de-blasio-staten-island-ferry-service-20210823-zxqum6wihvb5ji735jdy4mulea-story.html|access-date=August 24, 2021|website=New York Daily News}}</ref><ref name="Liotta 2021">{{cite web|last=Liotta|first=Paul|date=August 23, 2021|title=NYC fast ferry is finally citywide as St. George route launches|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2021/08/nyc-fast-ferry-is-finally-citywide-as-st-george-route-launches.html|access-date=August 24, 2021|website=silive}}</ref>


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=={{anchor|St. George Station|Saint George Station|Staten Island Railway}} Staten Island Railway station==
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| image_caption = Staten Island Railway station platform in St. George Terminal.
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| code = 501
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The railroad station, which is known as the '''St. George station''', opened on March 7, 1886. It is the northern terminus of the main line of the [[Staten Island Railway]], which operates [[24/7 service|24/7]]. It is also one of two stations that require the [[US$]]2.75 fare on entry and exit, the other being [[Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tompkinsville]]. This station is [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|handicapped-accessible]].<ref name="darlington">{{cite web | title = North Shore line | url = http://www.stationreporter.net/nshore.htm | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082818/http://stationreporter.net/nshore.htm | archive-date = July 24, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="mta_strip_map">{{cite web | url = http://web.mta.info/nyct/sir/sirmap.htm | title = MTA NYC Transit - Staten Island Railway Strip map (including bus transfers and parking) | access-date = February 26, 2009}}</ref>
The railroad station, which is known as the '''St. George station''', opened on March 7, 1886. It is the northern terminus of the main line of the [[Staten Island Railway]], which operates [[24/7 service|24/7]]. It is also one of two stations that require the [[US$]]2.90 fare on entry and exit, the other being [[Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tompkinsville]]. This station is [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|handicapped-accessible]].<ref name="darlington">{{cite web | title = North Shore line | url = http://www.stationreporter.net/nshore.htm | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082818/http://stationreporter.net/nshore.htm | archive-date = July 24, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="mta_strip_map">{{cite web | url = http://web.mta.info/nyct/sir/sirmap.htm | title = MTA NYC Transit – Staten Island Railway Strip map (including bus transfers and parking) | access-date = February 26, 2009}}</ref>


[[File:Ferry Terminal, St. George, Staten Island, N.Y. (buildings with trains and r.r. tracks) (NYPL b15279351-104684).tiff|thumb|left|Early 20th century]]
[[File:Ferry Terminal, St. George, Staten Island, N.Y. (buildings with trains and r.r. tracks) (NYPL b15279351-104684).tiff|thumb|left|Early 20th century]]


This station is situated in an open cut below street level, with a four-lane bus terminal and parking lot above it. The station has five active platforms and ten tracks, numbered 1 through 10 from east to west. All tracks end at [[bumper block]]s at their railroad northern (geographic eastern) ends. There is also a sixth island platform with two additional tracks (11 and 12) to the west (geographic north) no longer in revenue service, which historically served the SIRT's North Shore Branch.<ref name="NorthShoreFeasibility-2004">{{cite web|title=Feasibility Study of the North Shore Railroad Right-of-Way Project Assessment Report March 2004|url=http://library.wagner.edu/SI_Reports/SIBoroughPresPubs/nsrr_study_complete2.pdf|website=[[Wagner College|library.wagner.edu]]|publisher=[[Borough president#Richmond/Staten Island Borough Presidents|Office of the Staten Island Borough President]], [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]], [[URS Corporation|URS]], [[SYSTRA]]|access-date=August 6, 2015|date=March 2004}}</ref> It currently acts as a passageway to the North Municipal Parking Field on Richmond Terrace, and towards [[Richmond County Bank Ballpark]], one of two access points to this station. The track ballast is present through this construction zone. The mezzanine area has separate fare control areas: the east side for passengers entering, and the west side is for passengers exiting. Station booths and [[MetroCard]] vending machines are located on both sides. Just before each platform bay are the old destination indicators to the left and right of each platform entrance, corresponding to each departing track. There are green bulbs above these displays that indicate where the next train will be leaving from. This station originally opened with nothing overhead; no bus bays and no ramps.<ref name="SIRTImages">{{cite book |last=Pitanza |first=Marc |title=Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOSsCQAAQBAJ&q=staten+island+rapid+transit&pg=PA7 |isbn=978-1-4671-2338-9}}</ref> It was the site of a 1946 fire that nearly destroyed the terminal.<ref name="SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory">{{cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=Irvin|last2=Matus|first2=Paul|title=State Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History|url=http://thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt1.html|website=thethirdrail.net|publisher=The Third Rail Online|access-date=June 27, 2015|date=January 2002}}</ref><ref name="WheelsDroveNY-2012">{{cite book|author1=Roger P. Roess|author2=Gene Sansone|title=The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfZ0VxuLoc0C&pg=PA416|date=August 23, 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-30484-2|pages=416–}}</ref>
This station is situated in an open cut below street level, with a four-lane bus terminal and parking lot above it. The station has five active platforms and ten tracks, numbered 1 through 10 from east to west. All tracks end at [[bumper block]]s at their railroad northern (geographic eastern) ends. There is also a sixth island platform with two additional tracks (11 and 12) to the west (geographic north) no longer in revenue service, which historically served the Staten Island Rapid Transit's North Shore Branch.<ref name="NorthShoreFeasibility-2004">{{cite web|title=Feasibility Study of the North Shore Railroad Right-of-Way Project Assessment Report March 2004|url=http://library.wagner.edu/SI_Reports/SIBoroughPresPubs/nsrr_study_complete2.pdf|website=[[Wagner College|library.wagner.edu]]|publisher=[[Borough president#Richmond/Staten Island Borough Presidents|Office of the Staten Island Borough President]], [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]], [[URS Corporation|URS]], [[SYSTRA]]|access-date=August 6, 2015|date=March 2004}}</ref> It currently acts as a passageway to the North Municipal Parking Field on Richmond Terrace, and towards [[Richmond County Bank Ballpark]], one of two access points to this station. The track ballast is present through this construction zone. The mezzanine area has separate fare control areas: the east side for passengers entering, and the west side is for passengers exiting. Station booths and [[MetroCard]] and [[OMNY]] vending machines are located on both sides. Just before each platform bay are the old destination indicators to the left and right of each platform entrance, corresponding to each departing track. There are green bulbs above these displays that indicate where the next train will be leaving from. This station originally opened with nothing overhead; no bus bays and no ramps.<ref name="SIRTImages">{{cite book |last=Pitanza |first=Marc |title=Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOSsCQAAQBAJ&q=staten+island+rapid+transit&pg=PA7 |isbn=978-1-4671-2338-9}}</ref> It was the site of a 1946 fire that nearly destroyed the terminal.<ref name="SIRapidTransit-EssentialHistory">{{cite web|last1=Leigh|first1=Irvin|last2=Matus|first2=Paul|title=State Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History|url=http://thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt1.html|website=thethirdrail.net|publisher=The Third Rail Online|access-date=June 27, 2015|date=January 2002}}</ref><ref name="WheelsDroveNY-2012">{{cite book|author1=Roger P. Roess|author2=Gene Sansone|title=The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfZ0VxuLoc0C&pg=PA416|date=August 23, 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-30484-2|pages=416–}}</ref>


Just south of the station towards [[Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tompkinsville]], the SIR runs in the system's only tunnel, known as the St. George Tunnel.<ref name=SIRTImages /><ref name="NYCDCP-SIROpenCut">{{cite web|title=6.5: TRANSIT AND RAILROAD OPEN CUTS: STATEN ISLAND|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck07.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|access-date=August 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606140318/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck07.pdf|archive-date=June 6, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Just south of the station towards [[Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tompkinsville]], the Staten Island Railway runs in the system's only tunnel, known as the St. George Tunnel.<ref name=SIRTImages /><ref name="NYCDCP-SIROpenCut">{{cite web|title=6.5: Transit and Railroad Open Cuts: Staten Island|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck07.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|access-date=August 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606140318/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck07.pdf|archive-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>


===Station layout===
=== Station layout ===
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{| class="toccolours collapsible" style="min-width:30em; background:inherit"
{| class="toccolours collapsible" style="min-width:30em; background:inherit"
! Station layout{{anchor|Station layout}}
! Station layout
|-
|-
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=450|Exit/entrance, buses, [[Staten Island Ferry]]<br>{{NYCS Platform Layout access}}
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=450|Exit/entrance, buses, [[Staten Island Ferry]]<br />{{NYCS Platform Layout access}}
|-
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=18 valign=top|'''P'''<br>Platform level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=18 valign=top|'''P'''<br />Platform level
|'''Track 12'''
|'''Track 12'''
|No passenger service <small>({{stl|Staten Island Railway|Richmond County Bank Ballpark}})</small>
|No passenger service <small>({{stl|Staten Island Railway|Richmond County Bank Ballpark}})</small>
Line 166: Line 176:
|}
|}


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{{Clear}}


==New York City Bus==
== New York City Bus ==
<!-- template "New York City Bus" linked from infobox-->
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{{See also|List of bus routes in Staten Island}}
{{See also|List of bus routes in Staten Island}}
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! Notes
! Notes
|-
|-
!rowspan=4|''A''
!rowspan=3|''A''
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S61|S61 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S91|S91 Limited]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S61|S61 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S91|S91 Limited]]
| '''[[Staten Island Mall]]'''
| '''[[Staten Island Mall]]'''
|
|
* S61 full-time
* S61 all times.
* S91 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
* S91 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
|-
|-
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S62|S62 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S92|S92 Limited]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S62|S62 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S92|S92 Limited]]
| '''[[Travis, Staten Island|Travis]]''' <br>via [[College of Staten Island]]
| '''[[Travis, Staten Island|Travis]]''' <br />via [[College of Staten Island]]
|
|
* S62 all times.
* S62 all times.
Line 203: Line 213:
* Weekdays only.
* Weekdays only.
* Via Grymes Hill.
* Via Grymes Hill.
⚫
|-
⚫
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S78|S78]]
⚫
| '''[[Charleston, Staten Island|Charleston]]'''<br>Bricktown Center Mall
⚫
|
⚫
* S78 all times.
⚫
* Stopped at Ramp D prior to June 27, 2010 service reductions
|-
|-
! rowspan=3|''B''
! rowspan=3|''B''
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S51|S51 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S81|S81 Limited]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S51|S51 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S81|S81 Limited]]
| '''[[Grant City, Staten Island|Grant City]]'''<br>via [[South Beach, Staten Island|South Beach]]
| '''[[Grant City, Staten Island|Grant City]]'''<br />via [[South Beach, Staten Island|South Beach]]
|
|
* S51 all times.
* S51 all times.
Line 218: Line 222:
|-
|-
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S74|S74 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S84|S84 Limited]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S74|S74 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S84|S84 Limited]]
| '''[[Charleston, Staten Island|Charleston]]'''<br>Bricktown Center Mall
| '''[[Charleston, Staten Island|Charleston]]'''<br />Bricktown Center Mall
|
|
* S74 all times.
* S74 all times.
Line 229: Line 233:
* S86 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
* S86 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
|-
|-
! rowspan=2|''C''
! rowspan=3|''C''
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S46|S46 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S96|S96 Limited]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S46|S46 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S96|S96 Limited]]
| '''[[Chelsea, Staten Island|Chelsea]]'''<br>West Shore Plaza
| '''[[Chelsea, Staten Island|Chelsea]]'''<br />West Shore Plaza
|
|
* S46 all times.
* S46 all times.
Line 241: Line 245:
* S48 all times.
* S48 all times.
* S98 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
* S98 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
⚫
|-

⚫
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S78|S78]]
⚫
| '''[[Charleston, Staten Island|Charleston]]'''<br />Bricktown Center Mall
⚫
|
⚫
* S78 all times.
⚫
* Stopped at Ramp D prior to June 27, 2010 service reductions, then Ramp A.
|-
|-
! rowspan=4|''D''
! rowspan=4|''D''
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S40|S40 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S90|S90 Limited]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S40|S40 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S90|S90 Limited]]
| '''[[Bloomfield, Staten Island|Bloomfield]]'''<br>via Goethals Homes
| '''[[Bloomfield, Staten Island|Bloomfield]]'''<br />via Goethals Homes
|
|
* S40 all times.
* S40 all times.
* S90 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
* S90 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
⚫
|-
⚫
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S44|S44 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S94|S94 Limited]]
⚫
| '''[[Staten Island Mall]]'''<br>via Port Richmond
⚫
|
⚫
* S44 full-time.
⚫
* S94 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
|-
|-
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S42|S42]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S42|S42]]
| '''[[New Brighton, Staten Island|New Brighton]]'''
| '''[[New Brighton, Staten Island|New Brighton]]'''
|
|
*Runs rush hours and evenings only
* Runs rush hours and evenings only.
*Stopped at Ramp C prior to June 27, 2010 service reductions
* Stopped at Ramp C prior to June 27, 2010 service reductions.
⚫
|-
⚫
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S44|S44 Local]]<hr>[[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S94|S94 Limited]]
⚫
| '''[[Staten Island Mall]]'''<br />via Port Richmond
⚫
|
⚫
* S44 all times.
⚫
* S94 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
|-
|-
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S52|S52]]
! [[List of bus routes in Staten Island#S52|S52]]
| '''[[South Beach, Staten Island|South Beach]]'''<br>[[Staten Island University Hospital]]
| '''[[South Beach, Staten Island|South Beach]]'''<br />[[Staten Island University Hospital]]
|
|
* No overnight service.
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Nearby attractions==
== Nearby attractions ==
* [[National Lighthouse Museum]]
* [[National Lighthouse Museum (New York City)|National Lighthouse Museum]]
* [[St. George Theatre]]
* [[St. George Theatre]]
* [[Postcards (memorial)|Staten Island September 11th Memorial]]
* [[Postcards (memorial)|Staten Island September 11 Memorial]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
== External links ==
{{commons category|St. George Terminal}}
{{Commons category|St. George Terminal}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100301090547/http://siferry.com/SIFerry_Current_Ferries.aspx Staten Island current ferry fleet]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100301090547/http://siferry.com/SIFerry_Current_Ferries.aspx Staten Island current ferry fleet]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.644853,-74.074277&spn=0.005251,0.009645&sll=40.643771,-74.074159&sspn=0.002743,0.004823&t=m&layer=c&cbll=40.644931,-74.074326&panoid=VbRGcjnGl67kXZV8YSHiYQ&cbp=12,105.28,,1,-0.78&z=17 Entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.644853,-74.074277&spn=0.005251,0.009645&sll=40.643771,-74.074159&sspn=0.002743,0.004823&t=m&layer=c&cbll=40.644931,-74.074326&panoid=VbRGcjnGl67kXZV8YSHiYQ&cbp=12,105.28,,1,-0.78&z=17 Entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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[[Category:Transit centers in New York City]]
[[Category:Bus stations in New York City]]
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St. George Terminal
Intermodal transit center
Main concourse
General information
StandortOne Bay Street
Staten Island, New York
United States
Coordinates40°38′36″N 74°4′27″W / 40.64333°N 74.07417°W / 40.64333; -74.07417 (St. George station)
Operated byNYCDOT
Line(s)Staten Island Ferry
Connections
Bauwesen
AccessibleYes
Ferry services
Preceding station NYCDOT Following station
Terminus Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal
Terminus
Preceding station NYC Ferry Following station
Terminus St. George Battery Park City
toward West Midtown
Standort
Map

St. George Terminal is a ferry, railway, bus, and park and ride transit center in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City. It is located at the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Bay Street, near Staten Island Borough Hall, SIUH Community Park and Richmond County Supreme Court. St. George is a rare example of a rail-boat connection in the United States.[a]

History

[edit]
The arch gate above the terminal, constructed during the 2000s renovations.

A ferry and rail terminal at the St. George site (then called St. George's Landing)[1] and an extension of the Staten Island Railway (then called Staten Island Rapid Transit) north from Vanderbilt's Landing (today's Clifton Station) had been proposed in the 1870s by the owners of the Staten Island Railroad, George Law, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Erastus Wiman, to replace the various ferry sites on the north and east shores of Staten Island.[2][3] St. George was selected due to it being the closest point from Staten Island to Manhattan, about a 5-mile (8.0 km) distance.[2][4] The terminal and the local neighborhood were renamed to St. George in honor of Law, allegedly as a concession by Wiman in order to build the terminal and connecting tunnel on land owned by Law.[5][6][7] An extension of the line to Tompkinsville was opened in 1884, and the tunnel between Tompkinsville and the terminal was constructed from 1884 to 1885.[8] The ferry terminal was opened in early 1886, while the rail terminal opened in March of that year.[9][1][10] The terminal's entrance building would be opened in 1897.[4]

The St. George rail terminal as originally built was constructed of wood, with no overhead obstructions.[11] Adjacent to the station was a large freight terminal called the St. George Yard, where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's freight operations exchanged with car floats to other terminals in the New York Harbor.[8] The B&O also operated the Staten Island Rapid Transit and ferries under a 99-year lease signed in 1885.[4] A trolley terminal for the Staten Island Electric Company was formerly located above the ferryhouse.[11][12]

After the Municipal takeover of the Staten Island Ferry service, a new St. George Ferry Terminal Complex was designed by Carrère and Hastings and opened in 1905.[13] As part of this construction, the St. George tunnel was lengthened.[8] It was built with two portals at its north end; one on the geographic east side currently in use by the Staten Island Railway, and an additional western portal intended for the Staten Island Tunnel, which would have traveled across the Narrows and connected to the New York City Subway's BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn.[8] In 1923 an excavation shaft for the Narrows tunnel was constructed at the south end of the terminal near Shore Road, though construction was halted in 1925.[4][11][14] In 1930, civic leaders proposed a $2.5 million ferry terminal to replace the existing complex, with an underground train terminal below a 26-story office development. However, this plan was never carried out.[15]

On June 25, 1946, a large fire destroyed both the wooden ferry and rail terminals, killing three people.[16][13] Full service was restored in July of that year.[2][4][11] A new facility was built by the city, opening on June 8, 1951, which led the tunneling shaft to be filled in.[2][4][11][17] The new facility cost $21 million.[17] The former freight yard was replaced by a New York City Department of Transportation municipal parking lot when the new terminal opened; the parking lot has since been replaced by Richmond County Bank Ballpark.[2][5][17][18][19]

The station served as the northern (eastern) terminus for the Staten Island Railway North Shore Branch to Arlington and Port Ivory until its closure in 1953. The line used tracks 11 and 12 on the north end of the terminal, which are currently unused.[20][8][4]

Plans for a renovation of the ferry terminal were announced in March 1997,[21] and it received renovations in the 2000s as part of a $300 million renovation of several ferry terminals in the area, including the St. George and Whitehall Terminals.[22][23] St. George's direct rail-boat connection is one of a few remaining in the United States.[20]

The MTA announced in late 2022 that it would open customer service centers at 15 stations; the centers would provide services such as travel information and OMNY farecards. The first six customer service centers, including one at St. George Terminal, were to open in early 2023.[24][25] St. George Terminal's customer service center opened at the beginning of March 2023.[26][27]

Ferry terminal

[edit]
Entrance to the ferry portion of the St. George Terminal

St. George Terminal is the southern terminal of the Staten Island Ferry; it runs only to Whitehall Terminal, on the southern tip of Manhattan near Battery Park. The Staten Island Ferry runs a 24-hour service between the terminals. Ferries usually run at 15-to-20-minute intervals during rush hours and every 30 minutes at other times.[28][29]

In January 2019, NYC Ferry announced that it would start operating its St. George route in 2020. The route was originally supposed to run from the St. George Terminal to Battery Park City Ferry Terminal and West Midtown Ferry Terminal in Manhattan.[30][31][32][33] However, due to concerns that the massive Staten Island Ferry boats and the small NYC Ferry craft might not be able to share a dock, the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced in January 2020 that a NYC Ferry dock would instead be built close to the existing terminal, on the opposite side of Empire Outlets closer to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark.[34] NYC Ferry service began operating in August 2021.[35][36]

Staten Island Railway station

[edit]
St. George
Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
Staten Island Railway station platform in St. George Terminal.
General information
StandortOne Bay Street
St. George, Staten Island
Coordinates40°38′36″N 74°4′27″W / 40.64333°N 74.07417°W / 40.64333; -74.07417
Platforms6 island platforms (5 in regular service)
Tracks12 (10 in regular service)
Connections
Bauwesen
Structure typeOpen-cut[37]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code501
History
OpenedMarch 7, 1886; 138 years ago (1886-03-07)[9]
Services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station
Terminus Tompkinsville
toward Tottenville
Former services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station
Richmond County Bank Ballpark
Closed 2010
Terminus
 Tompkinsville
toward Tottenville
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station
Terminus Tottenville – St. George Tompkinsville
toward Tottenville
New Brighton
Closed 1953
toward Port Ivory
 North Shore Branch Terminus
Standort
Map

The railroad station, which is known as the St. George station, opened on March 7, 1886. It is the northern terminus of the main line of the Staten Island Railway, which operates 24/7. It is also one of two stations that require the US$2.90 fare on entry and exit, the other being Tompkinsville. This station is handicapped-accessible.[38][39]

Early 20th century

This station is situated in an open cut below street level, with a four-lane bus terminal and parking lot above it. The station has five active platforms and ten tracks, numbered 1 through 10 from east to west. All tracks end at bumper blocks at their railroad northern (geographic eastern) ends. There is also a sixth island platform with two additional tracks (11 and 12) to the west (geographic north) no longer in revenue service, which historically served the Staten Island Rapid Transit's North Shore Branch.[40] It currently acts as a passageway to the North Municipal Parking Field on Richmond Terrace, and towards Richmond County Bank Ballpark, one of two access points to this station. The track ballast is present through this construction zone. The mezzanine area has separate fare control areas: the east side for passengers entering, and the west side is for passengers exiting. Station booths and MetroCard and OMNY vending machines are located on both sides. Just before each platform bay are the old destination indicators to the left and right of each platform entrance, corresponding to each departing track. There are green bulbs above these displays that indicate where the next train will be leaving from. This station originally opened with nothing overhead; no bus bays and no ramps.[8] It was the site of a 1946 fire that nearly destroyed the terminal.[4][2]

Just south of the station towards Tompkinsville, the Staten Island Railway runs in the system's only tunnel, known as the St. George Tunnel.[8][41]

Station layout

[edit]
Station layout
G Street level Exit/entrance, buses, Staten Island Ferry
Disabled access North side elevator (Elevator PE-W) accesses bus/taxi, ferry, and SIR platform levels. South side elevator (Elevator PE-S) accesses passenger drop-off and ferry levels.
P
Platform level 		Track 12 No passenger service (Richmond County Bank Ballpark)
Island platform, not in service Disabled access
Track 11 No passenger service (Richmond County Bank Ballpark)
Track 10 No regular service
Island platform, not in service Disabled access
Track 9 No regular service
Track 8 No regular service
Island platform, not in service Disabled access
Track 7 No regular service
Track 6 ← rush hours toward Tottenville (Great Kills)
Island platform Disabled access
Track 5 ← rush hours toward Tottenville (Great Kills)
Track 4 ← toward Great Kills rush hours, Tottenville other times (Tompkinsville)
Island platform Disabled access
Track 3 ← toward Great Kills rush hours, Tottenville other times (Tompkinsville)
Track 2 ← toward Great Kills rush hours, Tottenville other times (Tompkinsville)
Island platform Disabled access
Track 1 ← toward Great Kills rush hours, Tottenville other times (Tompkinsville)

New York City Bus

[edit]
See also: List of bus routes in Staten Island

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates a number of bus routes in Staten Island, New York, United States. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Staten Island).

S51 bus at St. George Ferry Terminal
A bus parked at St. George

Departures are given below by loading bay.

Ramp Routes Destination Notes
A S61 Local
S91 Limited 		Staten Island Mall
  • S61 all times.
  • S91 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S62 Local
S92 Limited 		Travis
via College of Staten Island
  • S62 all times.
  • S92 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S66 Port Richmond
  • Weekdays only.
  • Via Grymes Hill.
B S51 Local
S81 Limited 		Grant City
via South Beach
  • S51 all times.
  • S81 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S74 Local
S84 Limited 		Charleston
Bricktown Center Mall
  • S74 all times.
  • S84 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S76 Local
S86 Limited 		Oakwood
  • S76 weekdays only.
  • S86 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
C S46 Local
S96 Limited 		Chelsea
West Shore Plaza
  • S46 all times.
  • S96 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S48 Local
S98 Limited 		Arlington
  • S48 all times.
  • S98 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S78 Charleston
Bricktown Center Mall
  • S78 all times.
  • Stopped at Ramp D prior to June 27, 2010 service reductions, then Ramp A.
D S40 Local
S90 Limited 		Bloomfield
via Goethals Homes
  • S40 all times.
  • S90 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S42 New Brighton
  • Runs rush hours and evenings only.
  • Stopped at Ramp C prior to June 27, 2010 service reductions.
S44 Local
S94 Limited 		Staten Island Mall
via Port Richmond
  • S44 all times.
  • S94 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S52 South Beach
Staten Island University Hospital
  • No overnight service.

Nearby attractions

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Notes

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  1. ^ On the west coast, Vallejo station is an example of a rail-boat connection, with another proposed to be built in neighboring Hercules, California.

References

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