Off to work and school: Vintage photos of buses on Staten Island

Editor’s note: A version of this story was originally published in 2019. It has been updated by Nicolette Cavallaro.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For decades, buses have played an integral role in transportation on Staten Island.

From city buses to school buses, Staten Island residents have long relied on the large, lumbering vehicles to travel within the borough and to other parts of the city — with Staten Island lacking the railway infrastructure of other nearby areas.

Continue scrolling to browse a collection of vintage photos of Staten Island buses throughout the decades.

Front view, 1952Front view of a Staten Island bus from 1952.Staten Island AdvanceCrowded bus terminal, 1954Crowds gather at a bus terminal, October 19, 1954.Advance/SILive.comBus leaving ferry terminal in heavy snowfall, 1964The Journey Out-A bus grimly sets out from the ferry terminal as the snowfall deepens.Staten Island AdvanceWaiting for the bus, 1967High school students waiting for a bus at Allendale Road and Hyland Boulevard in Grasmere in 1967.Staten Island AdvanceSchool bus in the snow, 1975School bus driving through approximately four inches of snow.Staten Island AdvanceSnug Harbor bus, 1976The nursing home staff waves goodbye as a bus carrying the old sailors out of Sailors Snug Harbor in Livingston.Staten Island AdvanceSome of the 29 seamen who left for their new home in Sea Level board a bus on the Harbor grounds.Staten Island AdvanceWaiting on Hylan Boulevard, 1977Riders waiting for the bus on Hylan Boulevard in Dongan Hills.Staten Island AdvanceNew bus, 1979Borough President Gaeta inspects a new General Motors Corp. bus at Willowbrook and Watchogue roads.Staten Island AdvanceInside the bus, 1980Safety Instructor Anthony Butkowski, left, and Maintenance Supervisor A.J. Moscola examine the inside of the new bus.Staten Island AdvanceStaten Island Culture Bus, 1982A group of people at the St. George ferry terminal after fog delays their ferry, causing them to miss the first run of the Staten Island Culture Bus tour, sponsored by Richmondtown Restoration.Staten Island AdvancePort Richmond flooding, 1982City bus drives through flooding in Port Richmond in 1982.Staten Island AdvanceLondon double decker, 1983British double-decker bus rolls down Bay Street in St. George to help promote the “Britain Salutes New York” festival in 1983.Staten Island AdvancePark and Ride, 1983David Gurin, left, helps former Borough President Gaeta put up the park and ride sign.Staten Island AdvanceArticulated bus, 1984The first of the new articulated buses gets a tryout on Staten Island.Staten Island AdvanceArticulated bus being tested on Staten Island.Staten Island AdvanceSnow at the terminal, 1984The St. George ferry terminal looking deserted as a bus and a commuter both try to make their way through the snow and wind.Staten Island AdvanceGuy V. Molinari on bus, 1985Former Congressman Guy V. Molinari on the bus.Staten Island AdvanceFlooded streets, 1991A bus plows its way through a flood on Broad Street in Stapleton following a water main break in 1991.Staten Island AdvanceSchool trip, 1993Students from PS 22, Graniteville, board a bus for their trip to classrooms at the Sunnyside campus of the College of Staten Island. Staten Island AdvanceStaten Island AdvanceHylan Boulevard and Rose Avenue, 1993A bus is up to its wheel wells navigating through this every-time-it-rains puddle on Hylan Boulevard and Rose Avenue in New Dorp.Staten Island Advance

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