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> Staten Island and downtown What a ridiculous statement? Forgot about the free ferry? Once you get to South Ferry you have a wealth of connections, the 123 (7
by galdosdi 3y ago
> Staten Island and downtown
What a ridiculous statement? Forgot about the free ferry? Once you get to South Ferry you have a wealth of connections, the 123 (7th ave line), 456 (Lex ave line) and NQR (Broadway line).
- rappatic 3y agoThe ferry is definitely a lot less convenient when you don't live North Shore or mid-island. That said I don't have any personal experience, I'm only speaking secondhand for Staten Island.
- mike50 3y agoThe other suburban portions of the NYC metro have direct rail links to Manhattan not a stupid boat.
- marnett 3y agoIs there more context behind S.I’s lack of subway connections? It very well could be similar to Marin County, North of SF in the Bay Area - the community aggressively pushed back against a BART line going north on the Golden Gate Bridge to keep their community insular and disconnected from the urban riffraff.
- rappatic 3y agoThey’ve planned a connection before, but it’s now basically considered dead. The New York Times had a great article on it a few years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/nyregion/staten-island-subway-dreams.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/nyregion/staten-island-su....