List of bus routes in Staten Island

MTA New York City Bus #4017 on the S76 route in New Dorp.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) 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). Most of the routes run to the St. George Ferry Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry. At least one other route is operated by a private company.

This table gives details for the routes prefixed with "S" - in other words, those considered to run primarily in Staten Island by the MTA. For details on routes with other prefixes, see the following articles:

Routes

Routes S40, S46, S48, S51, S53, S62, S74, and S78 run 24 hours a day.

Local service

Route Terminals Major streets traveled Service notes
S40
[1]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp D
Old Place
Goethals Homes
Richmond Terrace, South Avenue, Forest Avenue
  • Peak direction buses start/terminate at South Avenue/Arlington Place when S90 is running.
S42
[2]
New Brighton
Clyde Place and Arnold Street
St. Marks Place, Brighton Avenue
  • Weekday rush hour and evening service only.
S44
[3]
New Springville
Yukon Avenue and Forest Hill Road
Richmond Terrace, Henderson Avenue, Cary Avenue, Post Avenue, Richmond Avenue
  • No overnight service.
S46
[4]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp C
Chelsea
West Shore Plaza or Teleport
Castleton Avenue, South Avenue
  • Also serves the Teleport in Bloomfield weekdays only.
S48
[5]
Arlington
Holland Avenue and Richmond Terrace
Victory Boulevard, Forest Avenue
  • Some buses start/end at Richmond Avenue during rush hours in the peak direction.
S51
[6]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp B
Grant City
Lincoln Avenue and Richmond Road
Bay Street, Father Capodanno Boulevard, Midland Avenue
  • Some trips run via Fort Wadsworth, 7 days a week.
  • Some AM rush trips and all PM rush trips start/end at South Beach in the peak direction.
S52
[2]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp D
South Beach
Staten Island University Hospital
Jersey Street, Tompkins Avenue, Fingerboard Road, Father Capodanno Boulevard
  • No overnight service.
S53
[7]
Port Richmond
Richmond Terrace and Park Avenue
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
86th Street and 4th Avenue
at 86th St ( R  train)
Broadway, Clove Road, McClean Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway (Brooklyn)
S54
[8]
West New Brighton
Richmond Terrace and Broadway
Eltingville
Richmond Avenue and Hylan Boulevard
Manor Road, Brielle Avenue, Arthur Kill Road, Giffords Lane, Nelson Avenue
  • Weekday service only.
S55
[9]
New Springville
Ring Road and Marsh Avenue
at Staten Island Mall
Rossville
Bloomingdale Road and Veterans Road East
Amboy Road, Annadale Road, Richmond Avenue
S56
[10]
Huguenot
Luten Avenue and Eyelandt Street
Foster Road, Woodrow Road, Arden Avenue, Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue
S57
[11]
Port Richmond
Richmond Terrace and Park Avenue
Oakwood Heights
Hylan Boulevard and Ebbitts Street
Amboy Road, Rockland Avenue, Bradley Avenue, Willowbrook Road
  • No overnight service.
  • Some buses run between Port Richmond and Brielle Avenue on school days, providing service to Susan Wagner High School.
S59
[12]
Port Richmond
Richmond Terrace and Park Av
Tottenville
Main Street and Amboy Road
Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue
  • No overnight service.
  • Tottenville served rush hours only.
  • Some trips serve Tottenville High School at Luten Avenue/Eylandt Street.
Eltingville
Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Avenue
Richmond Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue
S61
[13]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp A
New Springville
Yukon Avenue and Forest Hill Road
Victory Boulevard, Bradley Avenue, Forest Hill Road
  • Does not run to St. George during weekday AM rush hours, replaced by S91 bus.
  • No overnight service.
S62
[14]
Travis
Wild Avenue and Victory Boulevard
Victory Boulevard
  • Weekdays and Saturdays, short-turns run between St. George and the College of Staten Island. Late nights, buses bypass College of Staten Island loop.
S66
[15]
Port Richmond
Richmond Terrace and Park Avenue
Victory Boulevard, Howard Avenue, Jewett Avenue
  • Weekday service only.
  • Via Grymes Hill.
S74
[16]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp B
Charleston
Bricktown Mall
Van Duzer/Targee Streets, Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road
S76
[17]
Oakwood Beach
Mill Road and Delwit Avenue
Bay Street, Vanderbilt Avenue, Richmond Road, New Dorp Lane
  • Weekend service restored January 2013
  • Some buses terminate at Clove Road during the PM rush.
S78
[18]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp C
Charleston
Bricktown Mall
Tompkins Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, Arthur Kill Road
  • Some buses run between St. George Ferry and Luten Avenue on school days, providing service to Tottenville High School.
  • Some buses also start/end at Richmond Avenue
  • Longest local bus route in New York City, spanning 19.7 miles overall.[19]

S79 Select Bus Service

Operated as a Select Bus Service (SBS) route with specially-wrapped buses, the S79 provides full-time limited-stop service. Formerly a local route, the S79 was converted to an SBS route in 2012, with the number of stops cut by about three-quarters.

Route Terminals Streets traveled History and notes
S79
[20]
New Springville
Ring Road and Marsh Avenue
at Staten Island Mall
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
86th Street and 4th Avenue
at 86th Street ( R  train)
  • Staten Island: Richmond Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, Clove Road, Narrows Road
  • Brooklyn: 92nd Street, 4th Avenue, 86th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway
  • Started as a branch of the S78 to the SI Mall in the late 1980s.
  • Northern terminal moved to Bay Ridge on September 13, 1992.
  • Local service available on the S59 (Richmond Avenue) and S78 (Hylan Boulevard).
  • Transfers available from the S59 or S78 to the S79 Select without loss of the transfer.
  • Travels between Staten Island and Brooklyn via the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

Limited-stop service

The S93 runs weekdays from 6:00am to 10:00pm. Other routes run weekday rush hours only.

Route Terminals Streets traveled
Limited-stop
version of
History and notes
S81
[6]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp B

PM
Grant City
Lincoln Avenue and Richmond Road
(See S51 local routing above) S51
  • Began service in 2001
  • PM service only to Grant City.
  • All trips operate via Fort Wadsworth.
S84
[16]

PM
Charleston
Bricktown Mall
(See S74 local routing above) S74
  • Began service in 2002
  • PM service only to Charleston.
S86
[17]

PM
Oakwood Beach
Mill Road and Delwit Avenue
(See S76 local routing above) S76
  • Began service in 2003
  • PM service only to Oakwood Beach.
S89
[21]
Eltingville
Hylan Boulevard
and Richmond Avenue
Bayonne, New Jersey
34th Street (HBLR station)
Richmond Avenue, New Jersey Route 440 S59
  • Began service in September 2007
  • No stops between 34th Street HBLR station and Elm Park in Staten Island.
  • Travels between Staten Island and New Jersey via the Bayonne Bridge.
S90
[1]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp D

AM

PM
Old Place
Goethals Homes
(See S40 local routing above) S40
  • Began service in 1998
  • AM hours to St. George and PM hours to Goethals Homes.
  • Originally ran PM rush hours only.
  • AM rush hour service introduced in September 2006.
S91
[13]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp A

AM

PM
New Springville
Yukon Avenue and Forest Hill Road
(See S61 local routing above) S61
  • AM hours to St. George and PM hours
    to New Springville.
  • Replaces S61 service during AM rush hours.
S92
[14]

AM

PM
Travis
Wild Avenue and Victory Boulevard
(See S62 local routing above) S62
  • AM hours to St. George and PM hours to Travis.
S93
[22]
Willowbrook
College of Staten Island
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
87th Street and 4th Avenue
near 86th Street ( R  train)
Victory Boulevard, Narrows Road, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 86th Street Parts of
S53 and
S62
  • Began service in 2001
  • Travels between Staten Island and Brooklyn via the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.
  • Reverse-peak service (and additional stops along Narrows Road South/North) added September 2006
  • Extended further into the College of Staten Island Campus January 2013.
  • Midday and evening service added on September 2, 2014.
S94
[3]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp D

AM

PM
New Springville
Yukon Av and Forest Hill Rd
(See S44 local routing above) S44
  • AM hours to St. George and PM hours to New Springville.
S96
[4]
St. George Ferry Terminal
Ramp C

AM

PM
Chelsea
West Shore Plaza or Bloomfield
Teleport
(See S46 local routing above) S46
  • AM hours to St. George and PM hours to Chelsea.
  • Originally ran PM rush hours only.
  • AM rush hour service introduced in September 2006.
S98
[5]

AM

PM
Arlington
Holland Avenue and Richmond Terrace
(See S48 local routing above) S48
  • AM hours to St. George and PM hours to Arlington.

Bus route history

Except for the S61, all current Staten Island bus routes originally had different designations before they were renumbered by service patterns, as follows:

Old and new routes are given below, along with discontinued service patterns. In addition, prior to the late 1980s, routes were designated with R (for Richmond County) instead of S. The R designation is shown in the "Old Route" section.

Old route Terminals Streets traveled New route History
R1 St. George Ferry

Ramp "A"

Port Ivory Richmond Terrace S40
  • Original western terminal was Port Ivory (Procter & Gamble Plant on Western Avenue).
  • When the Howland Hook Container Port opened (also on Western Avenue), the service was extended to service that facility.
  • When the apartment buildings on Holland Ave were built, the end of the line was Holland Avenue & Richmond Terrace, with only certain trips to Howland Hook to accommodate the employees' work schedules.
  • A.M. rush hour service was supplemented by service from Andros Ave & Richmond Terrace to the ferry and Park Avenue & Richmond Terrace to the ferry.
  • P.M. rush hour service was also supplemented with the same destinations in reverse.
  • Western terminus swapped with S107 (now S48), and Port Ivory service discontinued (resulting in South Avenue receiving service from both routes).
R2 St. George Ferry

Ramp "B"

  • R2MB: Lincoln Avenue & Richmond Road, Grant City.
  • R2SB: Sand Lane & Seaside (now Father Capodanno) Boulevard, South Beach.
  • R2MB: Bay Street, Seaside (now Father Capodanno) Boulevard, Lincoln Avenue, Midland Avenue.
  • R2SB: Bay Street, McClean Avenue, Olympia Boulevard.
S51
  • R2MB became the S51.
  • R2MB Summer Service - certain trips were terminated & originated at Midland Beach Bus Loop (Jefferson Avenue & Seaside (now Father Capodanno) Boulevard).
  • Service from Midnight to 0500 was terminated at Midland Avenue & Kiswick Street.
  • R2SB discontinued. Arrochar segment merged into the S104.
R3 St. George Ferry

Ramp "C"

Walloon Street & Maple Parkway, Mariners' Harbor Castleton Avenue, Clove Road, Richmond Terrace, Nicholas Avenue, Innis Street, Morningstar Road, Walker Street. S46
  • Extended to Grandview & Forest Avenues, Mariners Harbor and later Chelsea.
  • The opening of the Teleport, on South Avenue, prompted limited service in conjunction with employee work hours.
  • A.M. & P.M. rush hour service was supplemented with additional trips to & from Clove Road & Richmond Terrace to the ferry and Park Avenue & Richmond Terrace to the ferry.
R4 Park Avenue & Richmond Terrace, Port Richmond Richmond Road & Rockland Avenue, Richmondtown Richmond Avenue, Eltingville, Nelson Avenue, Giffords Lane, Authur Kill Road, Richmond Road. S59
S54
  • S59 assumed entire Richmond Avenue service.
  • S54 assumed Nelson Avenue and Giffords Lane service (along with R110 service).
R5 St. George Ferry

Ramp "E"

Beach Street & Water Street, Stapleton Jersey Street, Cebra Avenue, Richmond Terrace S52
  • Current northern segment of the S52.
R6 St. George Ferry

Ramp "A"

Charles Avenue & Richmond (Port Richmond) Avenue, Port Richmond Victory Boulevard, Grymes Hill, Jewett Avenue S66
S60
  • Originally a through route and a Grymes Hill shuttle (S6S).
  • Through route designated S66,and destination changed to Richmond Terrace & Park Place.
  • S6S shuttle re-designated S60.
  • Grymes Hill shuttle merged into the S66 in 2010.
R7 95th Street & 4th Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Richmond Terrace & Park Avenue, Port Richmond Mclean Avenue, Sand Lane, Hylan Boulevard, Clove Road, Broadway, Castleton Avenue S53
  • The route began service on November 21, 1964, running over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which opened on the same date. The route operated from the 95th Street subway station to Clove Road and Victory Boulevard. Weekend passengers used the route seeking a scenic ride in its first year of operation.[23]
  • Sunnyside short-turn (to Seneca Ave and Victory Boulevard) discontinued. Eventually replaced with the S93 in 2001 after the relocation of the College of Staten Island to Willowbrook (which took place in 2001).
  • R7 Special - When the Sunnyside campus of the College of Staten Island first opened, heavy ridership demands were met with scheduled "limited stop" service at certain times of the day. The trips originated @ 95th & 4th & went express, along the Staten Island Expressway to Richmond Road, making a stop there & again @ Clove Road then onto the College to coincide with peak class times.
  • From November 1994 to January 1996 line was rerouted onto Old Town Road between Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Road due to the closing and replacement of the Clove Road-Staten Island Railway Overpass.[24][25]
R7A Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Midland Beach bus loop (Jefferson Avenue and Seaside (Father Capodanno) Boulevard) Seaside Boulevard N/A
  • Discontinued, not renumbered (Due to duplication with R7)
  • Summer service only.
R8X Adams Street and Fulton Street, Downtown Brooklyn Church Street and Richmond (Port Richmond) Avenue, Port Richmond Clove Road, Broadway N/A
  • Service discontinued in the 1990s.
  • Clove Road serviced today by the X14.
R101 St. George Ferry

Ramp "E"

2 destinations - Havenwood Road and Forest Avenue, Silver Lake; Clyde Place and Arnold street, New Brighton Central Avenue, Hyatt Street, St. Marks Place, Jersey Street, Brighton Avenue S42
  • Same route, new number. Silver Lake service discontinued in 2010 (except for school trippers) and never replaced.
R102 St. George Ferry

Ramp "D"

Park Avenue and Richmond Terrace, Port Richmond Richmond Terrace,Lafayette Street, Henderson Avenue, Cary Avenue Post Avenue, Richmond (Port Richmond) Avenue. S44
  • Rush Hour service to and from Post Avenue and Jewett Avenue.
  • Extended southward to the Staten Island Mall in the early 1980s.
R103 St. George Ferry

Ramp "E"

Craig Avenue and Amboy Road, Tottenville Tompkins Avenue, Hylan Boulevard S78
S79
  • Other Tottenville destination changes - Craig Avenue & Butler Place and Main Street & Amboy Road.
  • Alternate destination - Richmond Ave & Hylan Boulevard.
  • School Service - To & from Lindberg Avenue & Clawson Street (Old New Dorp High School), Huguenot Avenue & Hylan Boulevard (E. Berstein Intermedaite School, Yetman Avenue & Manhattan Street (Old Tottenville High School), Luten Avenue & Eylandt Street (New Tottenville High School), New Dorp Lane & Mill Road (New-New Dorp High School)
  • R103S - A summer only route, the Great Kills Park Shuttle ran from the park entrance at Hylan Boulevard to the main parking lot. The route was discontinued in the late 1980s
  • Segment along Richmond Avenue to the Staten Island Mall initiated in the early 1980s.
  • Staten Island Mall service rerouted to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 1992.
  • S78 extended to Bricktown Mall in 2011 with the opening of the Charleston Depot, which is behind the mall.
R104 St. George Ferry

Ramp "E"

Sand Lane and Seaside (now Father Capodanno Boulevard, South Beach) Tompkins Avenue, Fingerboard Road. S52
  • Merged with R5 and Arrochar segment of R2MB.
  • Extended to Staten Island Hospital in Midland Beach.
R106 Victory Boulevard and Watchogue Road, Castleton Corners Park Avenue & Richmond Terrace, Port Richmond Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Willowbrook Road, Decker Avenue
  • Rush hour service to & from Ramp "A", St. George Ferry to Port Richmond.
  • Later merged with the R111 and re-numbered S111/106 service between Port Richmond and Eltingville, some rush hour ferry service.
S57
S67
  • Entire routing became S67 upon renumbering. Discontinued 2010.
  • Northern segment (north of Victory Boulevard) became northern segment of extended R111, today's S57.
R107 St. George Ferry

Ramp "C"

  • Grandview and Forest Avenues, Mariners Harbor
  • Port Ivory
Victory Boulevard, Forest Avenue S48
  • Service to Old Place swapped with R1 (now S40).
  • Service to Mariners Harbor extended to Holland Avenue & Richmond Terrace, Arlington.
R108 St. George Ferry

Ramp "B"

Centre Street and St. Patricks Place, Richmondtown Bay Street, Broad Street,Targee Street, Richmond Road.

Mostly a rush hour service.

S74
  • Mostly a rush hour service.
  • Short-turn of the R113 (see R113 below).
R109 St. George Ferry

Ramp "B"

Patterson and Midland Avenues, Midland Beach Bay Street, Vanderbilt Avenue,Richmond Road, Midland Avenue S72
  • Discontinued in the early 1990s. S76 rerouted to Vanderbilt Avenue; S51 extended to Midland Avenue and Richmond Road.
R110 Richmond Terrace and Broadway, West New Brighton Seaview Hospital Manor Road S54
  • School sessions - extra service to/and from Brielle Avenue & Manor Road
  • Extended to Eltingville via Richmondtown and Great Kills portion of R4 to form the S54.
R111 Victory Boulevard and Watchouge Road, Castleton Corners Adalaide Avenue & Hylan Boulevard, Oakwood Bradley Avenue, Rockland Avenue, Richmond Road, Amboy Road, Guyon Avenue S57
  • Oakwood destination changed to Ebbits Street and Hylan Boulevard, New Dorp in the 1980s
  • Some rush hour service to and from Ramp "A", Staten Island Ferry.
  • School Service, to and from Msgr. Farrell High School.
  • Predecessor to the S57 was the R111/106 combination
  • Service to Staten Island Ferry truncated at Victory Boulevard, and extended over the western end of R106 to Port Richmond to form S57.
R112 Victory Boulevard and Watchouge Road, Castleton Corners End of Victory Boulevard, Travis Victory Boulevard S62
  • Same route, new number.
  • Originally a shuttle from St. George to Victory Boulevard/Jewett Avenue rush hours only, operating between Castleton Corners and Travis other times.
  • Limited weekend special service to Willowbrook State School from Ramp "A" St. George Ferry and return to coincide with visitor hours.
  • When the College of Staten Island campus first opened, limited trips to and from the campus entrance.
  • Extended the full length of Victory Boulevard and S92 implemented in the early 1990s.
R113 St. George Ferry

Ramp "B"

Craig Avenue & Butler Place, Tottenville Bay Street, Broad Street, Targee Street, Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road S74
  • Tottenville destination changed to Main Street and Amboy Road
  • Extended to loop Rossville Avenue, Woodrow Road, and Bloomingdale Road in 1995.
  • Service truncated from Tottenville to Bricktown Mall in 2011 with the opening of the Charleston Depot, which is behind the mall.
  • R108 was a short-turn of the R113.
R115 Princes Bay-Rossville-
Arden Heights loop
Foster Road, Arthur Kill Road, Arden
Avenue, Annadale Road, Huguenot Avenue
S55
S56
  • Split into S55 (clockwise) and S56 (counter-clockwise), as a loop service with layover at Tottenville High School.
  • Route restructured in the late 1980s to serve the Staten Island Mall; S55 via Annadale Road; S56 via Foster Road, Rossville Avenue and Arthur Kill Road.
  • S55 extended to Arthur Kill Correctional Facility via Amboy Road and Bloomingdale Road in 2007, then cut back to Veterans Road in 2011 with the closing of the facility.
R117 St. George Ferry

Ramp "B"

Tarlton Street and Foxbeach Avenue, Oakwood Beach Targee Street, Richmond Road, New Dorp Lane, Cedargrove Avenue, Ebbits Street, Mill Road S76
  • Rerouted in Clifton via Vanderbilt Avenue and Bay Street.
  • In Oakwood, buses no longer travel down Fox Beach Avenue and Tarlton Street due to narrowness of streets.
  • New terminal is located at Delwit Avenue and Mill Road.

References

  1. 1 2 S40/S90 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  2. 1 2 S42/S52 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  3. 1 2 S44/S94 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  4. 1 2 S46/S96 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  5. 1 2 S48/S98 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  6. 1 2 S51/S81 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  7. S53 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  8. S54 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  9. S55 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  10. S56 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  11. S57 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  12. S59 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  13. 1 2 S61/S91 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  14. 1 2 S62/S92 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  15. S66 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  16. 1 2 S74/S84 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  17. 1 2 S76/S86 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  18. S78 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  19. http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffbus.htm
  20. S79 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  21. S89 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  22. S93 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
  23. Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
  24. Eileen A.J. Connelly (13 November 1994). "Traffic Trouble Starts Tomorrow: Clove Road Bridge to Undergo a Facelift". New York: Advance Publishing.
  25. Eileen A.J. Connelly (23 January 1996). "Bridge Work Shifting to Fingerboard Road: Clove Road Span Reopening; Second Phase of Project to Take 18 Months". New York: Advance Publishing.
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