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A trolley terminal for the Staten Island Electric Company was formerly located above the ferryhouse. [11] [12] After the Municipal takeover of the Staten Island Ferry service, a new St. George Ferry Terminal Complex was designed by Carrère and Hastings and opened in 1905. [13] As part of this construction, the St. George tunnel was lengthened. [8]
The Staten Island Museum building, built in St. George in 1927 with an addition in 1999, is located at Wall Street and Stuyvesant Place two blocks northwest of the St. George Terminal. [62] [116] The museum explores the arts, natural science, and local history of the island. [62]
St. George Coast Guard Station, or the Staten Island Coast Guard Station, located adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry St. George Terminal, is a complex of 22 historic buildings and was best known for the invention and manufacturing of lighthouse equipment.
A new ferry and rail terminal at St. George's Landing [47] and an extension of the Staten Island Railway north from Vanderbilt's Landing had been proposed in the 1870s by the owners of the railroad (George Law, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Erastus Wiman) to replace the various ferry sites on the north and east shores of Staten Island. [189] [190 ...
The St. George–Whitehall ferry route continued to operate after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964, as the bridge's opening was expected to spur an influx of residents to Staten Island. [55] By 1967, the St. George–Whitehall route was the sole remaining ferry route in New York City. [56]
St. George: March 7, 1886 Staten Island Ferry: Tompkinsville: July 31, 1884 Stapleton: July 31, 1884 1936 Clifton: April 23, 1860 Vanderbilt's Landing Only three cars can platform at the St. George-bound platform. This station was the original northern terminal of the line. Grasmere: c. 1886 S53 bus to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: Old Town: 1937–1938 ...
[31] [better source needed] On October 25, 1905, New York City took ownership of the ferry and terminals and evicted the B&O from the Whitehall Street terminal. The St. George Terminal was then built by the city for $2,318,720, equivalent to $78,630,372 in 2023. [32]
The S51 and S81 constitute bus routes in Staten Island, New York running primarily on Bay Street, Father Capodanno Boulevard, and Midland Avenue, between St. George Ferry Terminal and Grant City. The S51 was originally a streetcar route, that was replaced with buses in 1934. The S81 was created in 2001 as a limited-stop version of the S51.