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At Hylan Boulevard, most buses terminate, while weekday daytime S59 service continues west towards Tottenville. At Forest Avenue, the S59 heads east towards the Port Richmond Terminal, while the S89 continues on Morningstar Road towards Bayonne, New
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The two express routes also run between Richmond Hill Road and either Lamberts Lane (Manhattan-bound SIM4/Huguenot-bound SIM8), Goethals Road North (Manhattan-bound SIM8), or Staten Island Expressway’s westbound Richmond Avenue exit (Annadale-bound
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0.8 miles (1.3 km) north, where the median divider of Richmond Avenue ends. This is the northern terminus of Richmond Avenue as a major two-way street. North of Forest Avenue, most traffic continues north to
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in 1972, the roadway was widened. The roadway from Rockland Avenue to Forest Hill Road has been widened to an eight-lane thoroughfare (four lanes each way), while other sections are two and three lanes wide.
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The road is one of the older ones on Staten Island, presumably dating back to the early-to-mid-19th century. Early writings and periodicals refer to Richmond Avenue as the road from
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Prior to the construction of any expressway on Staten Island, Richmond Avenue, north of Drumgoole Boulevard, was designated New York Route 440, which it held until the
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via Morningstar Road, while Richmond Avenue diverges to the east as a narrow one-way residential street. Richmond Avenue ends at Willow Road West, a service road for
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At Hylan, the former heads east for Manhattan via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the latter heads west to terminate at Woods of Arden Road.
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The portion between Forest Avenue and Yukon Avenue (SI Mall) or Independence Avenue (St. George Ferry) is served by the
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divided Richmond Avenue into two sections, the northern segment being later renamed Port Richmond Avenue.
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No northbound exit; access via Drumgoole Road West; northern terminus of Korean War Veterans Parkway
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Additional weekday service between Platinum Avenue and Drumgoole Road West is provided by the
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is the first major intersection, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the north. After intersecting
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continues to Arthur Kill Road and heads west toward Manhattan via Goethals Bridge.
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Overview Map of Richmond Avenue/Forest Avenue/Morningstar Road intersection
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Richmond Avenue begins at Tennyson Drive and Crescent Beach Park bordering
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on the Fresh Kills Bridge, gains a median divider, and passes between the
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runs between Victory Boulevard and Forest Avenue, and is joined with the
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In the 1920s and 1930s, most of Richmond Avenue, particularly south of
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Overview Map of Richmond Avenue and Hylan Boulevard intersection
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run to the Eltingville Transit Center and terminate, while the
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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The portion south of Platinum Avenue is also served by the
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Overview Map of Richmond Avenue-Goethals Road North length
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north of Deppe Place. Only the SIM3 heads east on Forest.
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Richmond Avenue continues north to the intersection with
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Richmond Avenue is served by the following bus routes:
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New Springville
City of New York
NYCDOT
Staten Island
New York
40°34′50.4″N 74°10′9.64″W / 40.580667°N 74.1693444°W / 40.580667; -74.1693444
Eltingville
Graniteville
Staten Island, New York
South Shore
Eltingville
North Shore
Graniteville
Raritan Bay
Hylan Boulevard
Amboy Road
Staten Island Railway
Arthur Kill Road

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