Hylan Boulevard is a major northeast-southwest boulevard in the New York City borough of Staten Island , and the longest street in a single borough in the city. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) long, and runs from the North Shore neighborhood of Rosebank , then along the entire East Shore , to the South Shore neighborhood of Tottenville . It was renamed in 1923 for New York City mayor John F. Hylan , before which it was known as Southfield Boulevard and the northern segment as Pennsylvania Avenue .
26-509: McFarlane–Bredt House is a historic home at 30 Hylan Boulevard in Rosebank , Staten Island, New York . It was built about 1840 and is a two-story, wood-frame clapboard house in the Italian Villa style. The house, located atop a hill on Staten Island's North Shore , faces New York Harbor to the northeast. It consists of four sections: the original, two-story central section built about 1840;
52-572: A new St. George Ferry Terminal Complex was designed by Carrère and Hastings and opened in 1905. As part of this construction, the St. George tunnel was lengthened. 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
78-509: 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 ferry and rail terminal at
104-496: Is known to be one of Staten Island's worst intersections in terms of traffic and collisions. Continuing southwest from there, it intersects Tysens Lane (5.2 miles), reverse-curves at approximately 5.6 miles (9.0 km), and then continues straight southwest again past Great Kills Park . Major intersections include Buffalo Street (6.1 miles) and Nelson Avenue (7.5 miles). At 8.2 miles (13.2 km), Hylan intersects with Richmond Avenue , another major Island thoroughfare. Continuing,
130-570: The Alice Austen House (address: 2 Hylan Blvd.), the historical home of native Island photographer Alice Austen and one of the few remaining Dutch Colonial structures on the Island. Commercial establishments of various kinds line the boulevard's north-central stretch, with larger shopping centers in and around the New Dorp neighborhood. At Buffalo Street is the entrance to Great Kills Park , part of
156-772: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 's freight operations exchanged with car floats to other terminals in the New York Harbor . The B&O also operated the Staten Island Rapid Transit and ferries under a 99-year lease signed in 1885. A trolley terminal for the Staten Island Electric Company was formerly located above the ferryhouse. After the Municipal takeover of the Staten Island Ferry service,
182-489: The 1990s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Hylan Boulevard Hylan Boulevard is one of Staten Island's busiest thoroughfares, carrying over 44,000 vehicles per day. The increased volume, built up over decades, has resulted in the road becoming New York City's newest "Boulevard of Death" according to Transportation Alternatives . Hylan Boulevard begins at Alice Austen House at
208-569: The 2000s as part of a $ 300 million renovation of several ferry terminals in the area, including the St. George and Whitehall Terminals. St. George's direct rail-boat connection is one of a few remaining in the United States. 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. St. George Terminal's customer service center opened at
234-607: The Narrows and connected to the New York City Subway 's BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn . 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. 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
260-565: The St. George site (then called St. George's Landing ) 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. St. George
286-549: The beginning of March 2023. 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. In January 2019, NYC Ferry announced that it would start operating its St. George route in 2020. The route
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#1733085802282312-591: The current Staten Island Railway never crosses Hylan's path, it largely parallels the boulevard. Many stations along the line are half a mile to a mile and a half (one or two km) further inland, with the closest being the Old Town station . The former South Beach Branch of the railway did cross the boulevard just east of Rosebank station . The entire route is in the New York City borough of Staten Island . St. George Terminal St. George Terminal
338-506: 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. It
364-601: The existing terminal, on the opposite side of Empire Outlets closer to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark. NYC Ferry service began operating in August 2021. 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,
390-524: The extension to the original section built about 1860; a wind added about 1870; and a three-story western addition completed in the 1890s. The McFarlane–Bredt House served as the headquarters of the New York Yacht Club from 1869 to 1871. The New York City government acquired the adjoining McFarlane–Bredt and Alice Austen houses in 1970 and proposed renovating the McFarlane–Bredt House in
416-542: The larger Gateway National Recreation Area . In the neighborhood of Great Kills there are more businesses, but south of Richmond Avenue , the boulevard is almost entirely residential or parkland. The road was part of the Jersey Coast Highway , running from the Staten Island Ferry's St. George Terminal to Cape May, New Jersey . Hylan Boulevard is served by many MTA NYCT bus routes, local and express, including service to Brooklyn and Manhattan : While
442-525: The last portion of divided roadway ends at Arden Avenue (8.7 miles), and the boulevard continues westward through the neighborhoods of the South Shore, ending at Conference House Park in Tottenville. As an integral artery of Staten Island, Hylan Boulevard is a commercial corridor and a heavily trafficked roadway. At the northernmost end is Buono Beach , a small park with views of New York Harbor, as well as
468-400: The neighborhood of Arrochar . Steuben joins Hylan again at 2.0 miles (3.2 km). Half a mile later, Hylan intersects with Old Town Road and Quintard Street, at which point it begins a predominantly straight southwesterly run. Major intersections following include Seaview Avenue (3.2 miles) and Midland Avenue (4.0 miles). At 4.6 miles (7.4 km), Hylan intersects with New Dorp Lane at what
494-607: The new terminal opened; the parking lot has since been replaced by Richmond County Bank Ballpark . 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. Plans for a renovation of the ferry terminal were announced in March 1997, and it received renovations in
520-457: The other being Tompkinsville . This station is handicapped-accessible . 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
546-526: The southeast end of Edgewater Street in Rosebank , its first major intersection coming at 0.2 miles (0.3 km), with Bay Street. It becomes divided by street markings at Tompkins Avenue , but then splits at 0.8 miles (1.3 km) and crosses the Staten Island Expressway over two separate overpasses.(one northbound, one southbound). Upon merging again, it becomes Steuben Street, and Hylan Boulevard continues east of there, snaking further through
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#1733085802282572-406: The terminal was constructed from 1884 to 1885. The ferry terminal was opened in early 1886, while the rail terminal opened in March of that year. The terminal's entrance building would be opened in 1897. The St. George rail terminal as originally built was constructed of wood, with no overhead obstructions. Adjacent to the station was a large freight terminal called the St. George Yard , where
598-502: The west (geographic north) no longer in revenue service, which historically served the Staten Island Rapid Transit's North Shore Branch. 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:
624-494: Was never carried out. On June 25, 1946, a large fire destroyed both the wooden ferry and rail terminals, killing three people. Full service was restored in July of that year. A new facility was built by the city, opening on June 8, 1951, which led the tunneling shaft to be filled in. The new facility cost $ 21 million. The former freight yard was replaced by a New York City Department of Transportation municipal parking lot when
650-605: Was originally supposed to run from the St. George Terminal to Battery Park City Ferry Terminal and West Midtown Ferry Terminal in Manhattan. 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
676-422: Was selected due to it being the closest point from Staten Island to Manhattan, about a 5-mile (8.0 km) distance. 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. An extension of the line to Tompkinsville was opened in 1884, and the tunnel between Tompkinsville and
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