From the ferry to Tottenville: Staten Island bus lines (Then and Now) - SILive.com

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — All of Staten Island’s bus routes initially took the prefix “R” for the borough of Richmond. The “R” was changed to “S” when the borough was officially named Staten Island in 1975. Around 1989, the route numbers were changed. Here is a list of the original bus numbers with the new numbers as well.

Islanders form a line at South and Forest avenues in Mariners Harbor to catch a ride with the private bus firm Domenico, which did brisk business during the 1980 strike. (Staten Island Advance) Staten Island Advance

Staten Island’s largest trolley or street railway companies were the Richmond Light & Railroad Co., and the Staten Island Midland Railway, which operated a few routes.

In 1980, few motorists seem aware that they can use the bus ramps at the ferry to discharge passengers. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

Staten Island Midland Railway was suspended in the 1920s, and the streetcar lines were then run by the New York City Department of Plant and Structures, which also started some trolleybus routes, beginning in 1921.

Here's a 1952 front view of a #5 Jersey Street bus. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

In 1925, the Tompkins Bus Co. came along and was granted a franchise to run gasoline buses on Staten Island. Buses replaced the streetcar and trolleybus routes, and new bus routes were formed serving earlier unserved areas.

The S103 bus takes on passengers on Hylan Boulevard in 1984. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

In 1927, the Richmond Light & Railroad Co. was renamed Richmond Railways. In 1933, a Richmond Railways subsidiary Staten Island Coach Co. began running buses, replacing the Richmond Railways streetcar routes. The two separate bus systems continued to operate until 1937, when the Staten Island Coach Co. began running the Tompkins Bus Co. routes. The former Tompkins Bus Co. routes were given new route numbers in the 100′s.

A very busy St. George bus stop at Bay Street is shown, as buses line up in 1966. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

The Staten Island Coach Co. went out of business in 1946. The Isle Transportation Co., a company organized by some Staten Island Coach Co. employees, began operating the buses on Staten Island. However, the Isle Transportation Co. went bankrupt in 1947, and the city took over the buses on Feb. 23 of that year. This was the first city-operated bus service, other than the Williamsburg Bridge line.

In Feb 2021, an MTA bus on Richmond Avenue rolls by after snow fell on Staten Island. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)Staten Island Advance

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) now operates the bus routes on Staten Island.

The St. George Ferry terminal hub is where there are connections to the Staten Island Ferry, local trains, and many Staten Island bus routes.

This 1984 photo shows an articulated bus on Staten Island. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

In May 2017, there was a MTA study done called ‘Reimagining Express Buses,’ which found that “the express bus network evolved through piecemeal changes over several decades,” and suggested that “to make substantial improvements, a comprehensive examination of the network as a whole was required, focusing on street corridors rather than specific routes.”

About this time, we saw dedicated bus lanes pop up all over Staten Island.

The MTA rolled out its line of vintage GM buses for holiday nostalgia in December 2010. (Staten Island Advance) Staten Island Advance

I love the look of the old rounded bus designs of the 1930s. As years went on, bus design became more streamlined. The use of buses on Staten Island has been a constant since the end of trolleys.

In a 1951 photo, a woman checks out the bus listings at the ferry terminal. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

A Staten Island Transit Authority bus looks more like a Staten Island ferry as it plows through the surf on Hylan Boulevard near Delaware Avenue, Dongan Hills, in 1980.(Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

This undated photo shows the Port Richmond bus garage at Castleton and Jewett Avenues. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

A bus, loaded with gifts, departs the bus depot, heading to Staten Island University Hospital North to deliver gifts to pediatric units as a part of the 40th annual Kids Against Cancer, Inc. toy drive on Dec. 19, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/ Alexandra Salmieri) Staten Island Advance

A bus travels down Hylan Boulevard through the snow on Dec. 17, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Rebeka Humbrecht)Staten Island Advance

A bus driver on Forest Avenue allows a rider to enter the front door on Aug. 21, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/ Jan Somma-Hammel)Staten Island Advance

Passengers in this 1981 photo seem unfazed by the ride down Memory Lane as they ride the S61, NYCTA #1059, a 1961 GM Model 5301 bus that originally operated from 1961 to 1981. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

Deirdre Litland, an MTA bus operator from Annadale, has been selected as one of this year's Staten Island Advance Women of Achievement for her work on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. (Staten Island Advance/Erik Bascome) Staten Island Advance

During the pandemic, a man gets on an express bus after waiting 45 minutes for the SIM3. (Staten Island Advance/Annalise Knudson) Staten Island Advance

NYC buses seem to have been rerouted to Front Street from traveling along Bay Street in Stapleton in July 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)Staten Island Advance

People sit and stand on the S79 bus heading east in Grasmere, on June 22, 2020, which marked the beginning of Phase 2 during the pandemic in New York City, (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Staten Island Advance

Although the vintage buses ran here from 1961 through 1981, some were still rolling as late as the mid-1990s. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

Taking a closer look at one of the new buses in 1969 from a commuter's eye view are Borough President Robert Connor; William Reuschle, assistant general superintendent of the Transit Authority's surface division, and William Mangus, president of the Island bus drivers' union. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

A transit routine engine and fuel check takes place in 1964 at the West Brighton bus garage. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

Two men wipe down a bus before it enters a washer in 1964. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

Commuters board a bus in the snow at Victory Boulevard and Highland Avenue in 1970. (Staten Island Advance/Tony Carannante)Staten Island Advance

In 1964, a bus grimly sets out from the ferry terminal as the snowfall deepens.(Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

In 1964, passenger buses enter an automatic car wash. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

The first bus in 11 days pulls out of the Castleton Avenue garage shortly after midnight, and the strike of 1980 is over! (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

In this undated photo, a bus makes a stop on Victory Boulevard near Bay Street in Tompkinsville. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

A Manhattan-bound bus leaves New Dorp in 1965.(Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

A bus is stuck on Howard Avenue near Campus Road in 1967, unable to make it up the hill. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance

A Tompkins Bus Company sample bus hits the road in 1933. (Staten Island Advance)

An era in the Island transit ended in 1937, when these Tompkins Bus Company vehicles, stored in a coal yard in Grasmere, were put up for sale after the company stopped operating its Island routes. (Staten Island Advance)

A 1963 street scene in Tompkinsville shows Victory Boulevard traffic before a bus lane was placed on the street. (Staten Island Advance)

A 1972 photo shows Arthur Kill Road at Ridgewood Avenue in Eltingville, where there are no sidewalks for bus riders waiting for the bus. (Staten Island Advance)

In 1966, Manhattan-bound Islanders, faced with the loss of public transportation, board a Domenico bus at Hylan Boulevard and Clove Road, Grasmere. (Staten Island Advance)

A Public Transportation bus is shown in 1970. (Staten Island Advance)

City transit buses get repaired in a bus barn in 1953. (Staten Island Advance)

In 1965, G. Thomas DiDomenico, owner of the Domenico Bus Company of Bayonne, stands before one of his buses. (Staten Island Advance)

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