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). 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:

List of express bus routes in New York City: X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12, X14, X15, X17, X19, X22, X23, X24, X30, X31, and X42

1 Routes
- 1.1 Local service
- 1.2 Limited-stop service
2 Bus route history
3 References

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
S42 ^[2]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp D	↔	New Brighton Clyde Place and Arnold St	St. Marks Place, Brighton Avenue	Weekday rush hour and evening service only.
S44 ^[3]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp D	↔	New Springville Yukon Avenue and Forest Hill Road	Richmond Terrance, Henderson Avenue, Cary/Post Avenues, Richmond Avenue	No overnight service.
S46 ^[4]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp C	↔	Chelsea West Shore Plaza	Castleton Avenue, South Avenue
S48 ^[5]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp C	↔	Mariners Harbor Holland Avenue and Richmond Terrace	Victory Boulevard, Forest Avenue
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.
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 86 Street and 4 Avenue at 86th St ( R train)	Broadway, Clove Rd, McClean Av, Verrazano Narrows Bridge
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	Weekday service only.
S56 ^[10]	New Springville Ring Road and Marsh Avenue at Staten Island Mall	↔	Huguenot Luten Avenue and Eyelandt Street	Foster Road, Woodrow Road, Arden Avenue, Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue	Weekday service only.
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 St and Amboy Rd	Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue	No overnight service. Hylan Boulevard served rush hours only; all other times, use the S78.
S59 ^[12]	Port Richmond Richmond Terrace and Park Av	↔	Eltingville Hylan Blvd and Richmond Av	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]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp A	↔	Travis Wild Av and Victory Blvd	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]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp A	↔	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	Some buses terminate at Richmond Avenue during the PM rush.
S76 ^[17]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp B	↔	Oakwood Beach Mill Rd and Delwit Av	Bay Street, Vanderbilt Avenue, Richmond Road, New Dorp Lane	Weekday service only. Some buses terminate at Clove Road during the PM rush.
S78 ^[18]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp A	↔	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.
S79 ^[19]	New Springville Ring Road and Marsh Avenue at Staten Island Mall	↔	Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 86 Street and 4 Avenue at 86th Street ( R train)	Richmond Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, Verrazano Narrows Bridge	No overnight service.

Limited-stop service

These routes run weekdays rush hours only.

Route	Terminals			Major 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]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp B	→ PM	Charleston Bricktown Center	(See S74 local routing above)	S74	Began service in 2003 PM service only to Charleston.
S86 ^[17]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp B	→ 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 ^[20]	Eltingville Hylan Boulevard bus loop off Richmond Avenue	↔	Bayonne, New Jersey 34th St HBLR station	Richmond Avenue, Bayonne Bridge, Route 440	S59	Began service in September 2007 No stops between 34th Street HBLR station and Elm Park in Staten Island.
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.
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]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp A	← 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 ^[21]	Willowbrook College of Staten Island bus loop	↔	Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 87 Street and 4 Avenue near 86th St ( R train)	Victory Boulevard, Clove Road, Narrows Road, Verrazano Narrows Bridge	Parts of S53 and S62	Began service in 2001.
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	(See S46 local routing above)	S46	AM hours to St. George and PM hours to Chelsea.
S98 ^[5]	St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp C	← AM ---- → PM	Mariners Harbor Holland Avenue and Richmond Terrace	(See S48 local routing above)	S48	AM hours to St. George and PM hours to Mariners Harbor.

Bus route history

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

S4x: North Shore services
S5x: North-south cross-island services
S6x: Victory Boulevard services
S7x: South Shore services

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		Via	New route	History
R1	St. George Ferry	Port Ivory	Richmond Terrace	S40	Original western terminal was Port Ivory Western terminus swapped with S107 (now S48), and Port Ivory service discontinued.
R2	St. George Ferry	R2MB: Grant City R2SB: South Beach	R2MB: Bay Street, Seaside (Father Capodanno) Boulevard R2SB: Bay Street, McClean Avenue	S51	R2MB became the S51. R2SB discontinued. Arrochar segment merged into the S104.
R3	St. George Ferry	Elm Park	Caslteton Avenue, Richmond Terrace	S46	Extended into Mariners Harbor and later Chelsea.
R4	Port Richmond	Richmondtown	Richmond Avenue, Eltingville, Nelson Avenue, Giffords Lane	S59 S54	S59 assumed entire Richmond Avenue service. S54 assumed Nelson Avenue and Giffords Lane service (along with R110 service).
R5	St. George Ferry	Stapleton	Jersey Street, Cebra Avenue	S52	Current northern segment of the S52.
R6	St. George Ferry	Port Richmond	Victory Boulevard, Grymes Hill, Jewett Avenue	S66 S60	Originally a through route and a Grymes Hill shuttle. Through route designated S66, shuttle designated S60. Grymes Hill shuttle merged into the S66 in 2010.
R7	Bay Ridge, Brooklyn	Port Richmond	Clove Road, Broadway	S53	Sunnyside branch discontinued. Eventually replaced with the S93 in 2001 after the relocation of the College of Staten Island to Willowbrook (which took place in the mid-1990s).
R7A	Bay Ridge, Brooklyn	Midland Beach	Seaside Boulevard	N/A	Discontinued, not renumbered. Summer service only.
R8X	Downtown Brooklyn	Port Richmond	Clove Road, Broadway	N/A	Service discontinued in the 1990s. Clove Road serviced today by the X14.
R101	St. George Ferry	Silver Lake	Westervelt Avenue, Arnold Street	S42	Same route, new number.
R102	St. George Ferry	Port Richmond	Richmond Terrace, Henderson Avenue, Cary Avenue	S44	Extended southward to the Staten Island Mall in the early 1980s.
R103	St. George Ferry	Tottenville	Tompkins Avenue, Hylan Boulevard	S78 S79	Segment along Richmond Avenue to the Staten Island Mall initiated in the early 1980s. Staten Island Mall service rerouted to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in the 1990s. S78 extended to Bricktown Mall in 2011 with the opening of the Charleston Depot, which is behind the mall.
R104	St. George Ferry	South Beach	Tompkins Avenue	S52	Merged with R5 and Arrochar segment of R2MB. Extended to Staten Island Hospital in Midland Beach.
R106	St. George Ferry	Port Richmond	Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Willowbrook Road, Decker Avenue	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	Mariners Harbor Port Ivory	Forest Avenue	S48	Service to Old Place swapped with R1 (now S40). Service to Mariners Harbor extended to Arlington.
R108	St. George Ferry	Richmondtown	Targee Street, Richmond Road	S74	Short-turn of the R113 (see R113 below).
R109	St. George Ferry	Midland Beach	Richmond Road, Midland Avenue	S72	Discontinued in the early 1990s. S76 rerouted to Vanderbilt Ave; S51 extended to Midland Ave and Richmond Rd.
R110	West New Brighton	Seaview Hospital	Manor Road	S54	Extended to Eltingville via Richmondtown and Great Kills portion of R4 to form S54.
R111	Castleton Corners	New Dorp	Bradley Avenue, Rockland Avenue	S57	Service to Staten Island Ferry truncated at Victory Blvd, and extended over the western end of R106 to Port Richmond to form S57.
R112	St. George Ferry	Travis	Victory Boulevard	S62	Same route, new number. Originally a shuttle from St. George to Victory Blvd/Jewett Ave rush hours only. Extended the full length of Victory Blvd and S92 implemented early 1990s.
R113	St. George Ferry	Tottenville	Targee Street, Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road	S74	Extended to loop Rossville Ave, Woodrow Rd, and Bloomingdale Rd in the early 2000s. 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 Rd; S56 via Foster Rd, Rossville Ave and Arthur Kill Rd. S55 extended to Arthur Kill Correctional Facility via Amboy Rd and Bloomingdale Rd in 2007, then cut back to Veterans Rd in 2011 with the closing of the facility.
R117	St. George Ferry	Oakwood Heights	Targee Street, Richmond Road, New Dorp Lane	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.

References

MTA NYC Transit - Bus Service

^ ^a ^b S40/S90 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S42/S52 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S44/S94 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S46/S96 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S48/S98 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S51/S81 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S53 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S54 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S55 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S56 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S57 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S59 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S61/S91 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S62/S92 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S66 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S74/S84 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ ^a ^b S76/S86 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S78 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S79 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S89 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.
^ S93 bus schedule MTA Regional Bus Operations.

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List of bus routes in Staten Island

Contents

Routes

Local service

Limited-stop service

Bus route history

References