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St. George Ferry Terminal
Opening date: 1886,1951 (current structure)
Number of routes: 14 local bus routes
Operated by: MTA and New York City Department of Transportation
Services: MTA MetroCard Vending Machines,
MTA MetroCard Booths,
Restrooms,
Newsstand,
Au Bon Pain Soup Shop

St. George Ferry Terminal is a park and ride and sea, railway, and bus transit center that is located in the St. George section of Staten Island, New York. It is located at the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Bay Street (Staten Island), near Staten Island Borough Hall, Richmond County Bank Ballpark and Richmond County Supreme Court.

Ferry Service

The St. George Ferry Terminal is one of two terminals of the Staten Island Ferry with the other being South Ferry which is located on the southern tip of Manhattan near Battery Park. The Staten Island Ferry runs 24 hour service between both terminals.

Today the Staten Island Ferry annually carries over 19 million passengers on a 5.2 mile (8.4 km) run that takes approximately 25 minutes each way. Service is provided 24 hours a day, every day. Each day approximately five boats transport about 75,000 passengers during 104 boat trips. Over 33,000 trips are made annually.

During rush hours, ferries usually run every 15 and 20 minute intervals, decreasing to 30 minutes during the mid-days and evenings. During very late or early morning hours (the midnight hours) a ferry is provided once every 60 minutes. During the weekends ferries run every 30 and 60 minutes. In November 2006, additional ferries running every 30 minutes were provided during the weekend morning hours - the most significant change in the ferry schedule for about 3 decades.

MTA Staten Island Railway Service

Main article: Saint George (Staten Island Railway station)

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's subsidiary New York City Transit operates the Staten Island Railway as its own subsidiary. Like the New York City Subway, its parent, the Staten Island Railway, formerly called the Staten Island Rapid Transit, operates 24 hours a day and requires Metrocard as its form of payment (fare collected at St. George and Tompkinsville Stations only). The Railway stretches along Staten Island's eastern shore from St. George to Tottenville. Up until 1953 the railway possessed two other lines as well. A North Shore Line adjacent Richmond Terrace that stretched to Arlington and a South Beach Line that stretched to Wentworth Avenue close to what is now Ocean Breeze Park, part of the site that was once proposed to become a campus of the College of Staten Island, a public college that is part of the City University of New York.

MTA New York City Bus service

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).

Departures are given below by loading bay.

Ramp A

Routes Destination Streets traveled Notes
S61 Local/
S91 Limited-Stop 		Staten Island Mall Victory Boulevard, Bradley
Avenue, Forest Hill Road
  • S61 full-time
  • S91 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S62 Local/
S92 Limited Stop 		Travis
via College of Staten Island 		Victory Boulevard
  • S62 all times.
  • S92 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S66 Local Port Richmond Victory Boulevard, Jewett Avenue
  • Weekdays only.
S67 Local Port Richmond Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road,
Willowbrook Road, Decker Avenue
  • PM rush-only service.

Ramp B

Routes Destination Streets traveled Notes
S51 Local/
S81 Limited-Stop 		Grant City via
South Beach 		Bay Street, Father Capodanno
Boulevard, Midland Avenue
  • S51 all times.
  • S81 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S74 Local/
S84 Limited-Stop 		Tottenville via
Rossville 		Van Duzer Street, Richmond Road,
Arthur Kill Road
  • S74 all times.
  • S84 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S76 Local/
S86 Limited-Stop 		Oakwood Bay Street, Vanderbilt Avenue,
Richmond Road, New Dorp Lane
  • S76 full-time.
  • S86 PM rush-only limited-stop service.

Ramp C

Routes Destination Streets traveled Notes
S42 Local New Brighton St. Marks Place, Jersey Street
  • To Arnold Street full-time.
  • To Forest Avenue weekdays only.
S46 Local/
S96 Limited-Stop 		West Shore Plaza Castleton Avenue, Walker
Street, South Avenue
  • S46 all times.
  • S96 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S48 Local/
S98 Limited-Stop 		Mariners Harbor Forest Avenue
  • S46 all times.
  • S96 PM rush-only limited-stop service.

Ramp D

Routes Destination Streets traveled Notes
S40 Local/
S90 Limited-Stop 		Howland Hook Richmond Terrace
  • S40 all times.
  • S90 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S44 Local/
S94 Limited-Stop 		Staten Island Mall via
Port Richmond 		Henderson Avenue, Cary Avenue,
Richmond Avenue
  • S44 full-time.
  • S94 PM rush-only limited-stop service.
S52 Local Staten Island
Hospital 		Jersey Street, Tompkins Avenue,
Father Capodanno Boulevard
S78 Local Tottenville via
Oakwood 		Tompkins Avenue, Hylan Boulevard

References

Catgory:Port of New York and New Jersey

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