St. George Terminal
Main concourse
General information
Location	One Bay Street Staten Island,New York United States
Coordinates	40°38′36″N74°4′27″W / 40.64333°N 74.07417°W /40.64333; -74.07417 (St. George station)
Operated by	NYCDOT
Line	Staten Island Ferry
Connections	Staten Island Railway atSt. George NYCT Bus:S40,S42,S44,S46,S48,S51,S52,S61,S62,S66,S74,S76,S78,S81,S84,S86,S90,S91,S92,S94,S96,S98
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Ferry services
Preceding station NYCDOT Following station Terminus Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal Terminus Preceding station NYC Ferry Following station Bay Ridge towardPier 11/Wall Street St. George Battery Park City towardWest Midtown
Location

St. George Terminal (also known asSt. George Ferry Terminal) is aferry,railway,bus, andpark and ride transit center in theSt. George neighborhood ofStaten Island,New York City. It is located at the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Bay Street, nearStaten Island Borough Hall,SIUH Community Park andRichmond County Supreme Court. St. George is a rare example of a rail-boat connection in the United States.^[a]

A ferry and rail terminal at the St. George site (then calledSt. George's Landing)^[1] and an extension of theStaten Island Railway (then called Staten Island Rapid Transit) north from Vanderbilt's Landing (today'sClifton Station) had been proposed in the 1870s by the owners of the Staten Island Railroad,George Law,Cornelius Vanderbilt, andErastus Wiman, to replace the various ferry sites on the north and east shores of Staten Island.^[2][3] St. George was selected due to it being the closest point from Staten Island to Manhattan, about a 5-mile (8.0 km) distance.^[2][4] 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.^[5][6][7] An extension of the line toTompkinsville was opened in 1884, and the tunnel between Tompkinsville and the terminal was constructed from 1884 to 1885.^[8] The ferry terminal was opened in early 1886, while the rail terminal opened in March of that year.^[9][1][10] The terminal's entrance building would be opened in 1897.^[4]

The St. George rail terminal as originally built was constructed of wood, with no overhead obstructions.^[11] Adjacent to the station was a large freight terminal called theSt. George Yard, where theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad's freight operations exchanged withcar floats to other terminals in theNew York Harbor.^[8] The B&O also operated the Staten Island Rapid Transit and ferries under a 99-year lease signed in 1885.^[4] 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] 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 theStaten Island Tunnel, which would have traveled acrossthe Narrows and connected to theNew York City Subway'sBMT Fourth Avenue Line inBrooklyn.^[8] 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.^[4][11][14] 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 was never carried out.^[15]

On June 25, 1946, a large fire destroyed both the wooden ferry and rail terminals, killing three people.^[16][13] Full service was restored in July of that year.^[2][4][11] A new facility was built by the city, opening on June 8, 1951, which led the tunneling shaft to be filled in.^{[2][4][11][17]} The new facility cost $21 million.^[17] The former freight yard was replaced by aNew York City Department of Transportation municipal parking lot when the new terminal opened; the parking lot has since been replaced byRichmond County Bank Ballpark.^{[2][5][17][18][19]}

The station served as the northern (eastern) terminus for the Staten Island RailwayNorth Shore Branch toArlington andPort Ivory until its closure in 1953. The line used tracks 11 and 12 on the north end of the terminal, which are currently unused.^[20][8][4]

Plans for a renovation of the ferry terminal were announced in March 1997,^[21] and it received renovations in the 2000s as part of a $300 million renovation of several ferry terminals in the area, including the St. George and Whitehall Terminals.^[22][23] St. George's direct rail-boat connection is one of a few remaining in the United States.^[20]

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 andOMNY farecards. The first six customer service centers, including one at St. George Terminal, were to open in early 2023.^[24][25] St. George Terminal's customer service center opened at the beginning of March 2023.^[26][27] In 2025, the U.S. federal government provided a $5.75 million grant for the replacement of bus ramps and chillers at St. George Terminal, with assistance from U.S. RepresentativeNicole Malliotakis.^[28][29]

St. George Terminal is the southern terminal of theStaten Island Ferry; it runs only toWhitehall Terminal, on the southern tip ofManhattan nearBattery 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.^[30][31]

In January 2019,NYC Ferry announced that it would start operating its St. George route in 2020. The route was originally supposed to run from the St. George Terminal toBattery Park City Ferry Terminal andWest Midtown Ferry Terminal in Manhattan.^{[32][33][34][35]} 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, theNew York City Economic Development Corporation announced in January 2020 that a NYC Ferry dock would instead be built close to the existing terminal, on the opposite side ofEmpire Outlets closer to the Richmond County Bank Ballpark.^[36] NYC Ferry service began operating in August 2021.^[37][38]

St. George
Staten Island Railway station platform in St. George Terminal.
General information
Location	One Bay Street St. George,Staten Island
Coordinates	40°38′36″N74°4′27″W / 40.64333°N 74.07417°W /40.64333; -74.07417
Platforms	6island platforms (5 in regular service)
Tracks	12 (10 in regular service)
Connections	Staten Island Ferry (atSt. George Terminal) NYCT Bus:S40,S42,S44,S46,S48,S51,S52,S61,S62,S66,S74,S76,S78,S81,S84,S86,S90,S91,S92,S94,S96,S98
Construction
Structure type	Open-cut[39]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	501
History
Opened	March 7, 1886; 139 years ago (1886-03-07)[9]
Services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station Terminus Tompkinsville towardTottenville
Former services Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station Richmond County Bank Ballpark Closed 2010 Terminus Tompkinsville towardTottenville Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station Terminus Tottenville – St. George Tompkinsville towardTottenville New Brighton Closed 1953 towardPort Ivory North Shore Branch Terminus
Track layout Legend toBallPark (employees only) toTompkinsville
Location

The railroad station, which is known as theSt. George station, opened on March 7, 1886. It is the northern terminus of the main line of theStaten Island Railway, which operates24/7. It is also one of two stations that require theUS$2.90 fare on entry and exit, the other beingTompkinsville. This station ishandicapped-accessible.^[40][41]

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 atbumper blocks at their railroad northern (geographic eastern) ends. There is also a sixth island platform with two additional tracks (11 and 12) to the west (geographic north) no longer in revenue service, which historically served the Staten Island Rapid Transit's North Shore Branch.^[42] It currently acts as a passageway to the North Municipal Parking Field on Richmond Terrace, and towardsRichmond 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: the east side for passengers entering, and the west side is for passengers exiting. Station booths andOMNY 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.^[8] It was the site of a 1946 fire that nearly destroyed the terminal.^[4][2]

Just south of the station towardsTompkinsville, the Staten Island Railway runs in the system's only tunnel, known as the St. George Tunnel.^[8][43]

Station layout

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses,Staten Island Ferry North side elevator (Elevator PE-W) accesses bus/taxi, ferry, and SIR platform levels. South side elevator (Elevator PE-S) accesses passenger drop-off and ferry levels. P Platform level Track 12 No passenger service(Richmond County Bank Ballpark) Island platform, not in service Track 11 No passenger service(Richmond County Bank Ballpark) Track 10 No regular service Island platform, not in service Track 9 No regular service Track 8 No regular service Island platform, not in service Track 7 No regular service Track 6 ← rush hours towardTottenville(Great Kills) Island platform Track 5 ← rush hours towardTottenville(Great Kills) Track 4 ← towardGreat Kills rush hours,Tottenville other times(Tompkinsville) Island platform Track 3 ← towardGreat Kills rush hours,Tottenville other times(Tompkinsville) Track 2 ← towardGreat Kills rush hours,Tottenville other times(Tompkinsville) Island platform Track 1 ← towardGreat Kills rush hours,Tottenville other times(Tompkinsville)

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Departures are given below by loading bay.

• National Lighthouse Museum
• St. George Theatre
• Staten Island September 11 Memorial

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