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    MTA announces project to expand Staten Island’s Eltingville Transit Center Park & Ride lot

    Dec. 14, 2022
    When the project is completed, parking capacity at Eltingville Transit Center is expected to increase 34 percent to 586 spaces, up from the current 437.
    Related To: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY MTA)
    MTA
    MTA bus parked next to a stop
    MTA bus parked next to a stop

    Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced work on a project to expand Staten Island’s Eltingville Transit Center Park & Ride lot is beginning this week. When the project is completed, parking capacity at Eltingville Transit Center (ETC) is expected to increase 34 percent to 586 spaces, up from the current 437.

    “Thousands of people travel to and from Staten Island every day by using MTA buses and many use the Eltingville Transit Center as part of their trip,” said Frank Annicaro, senior vice president, MTA New York City Transit Department of Buses. “It’s important that Staten Islanders have enough room to park at a facility that is safe, modern and well-lit when they go to work or pick up family and friends on Staten Island, and this project will make it easier to find parking.”

    “The NYCT bus fleet provides a vital link for hundreds of thousands of Staten Islanders,” said MTA Construction and Development President Jamie Torres-Springer. “We’re not just expanding this access point, we are improving it, including a new sidewalk, better accessibility in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and a better drainage system. This modern facility will serve the entire area better.”

    The work will take place in four stages over six months with anticipated completion in spring 2023 and will include:

    • Completely clearing the adjacent property west of the limit of the lot
    • Installing a new drainage system, new lighting, a new curb and the expansion of the parking lot’s pavement
    • The additional parking will be on west side of the parking lot by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) access road

     The Eltingville Transit Center is the MTA’s premier bus-oriented transit hub, strategically located at the intersection of two major east-west and north-south arterial roads, Richmond Avenue and Arthur Kill Road. It is used by 12 express bus routes – the SIM1, SIM4, SIM5, SIM6, SIM7, SIM8, SIM10, SIM15, SIM22 and SIM31 – and has six local and limited-stop routes – the S55, S56, S59, S74, S84 and S89. It is the fifth stop on Staten Island’s S79 Select Bus Service route after the route originates at the Staten Island Mall to connect with the New York City subway in Brooklyn via the MTA’s Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

    The $4.3 million project is being performed by Apache Environmental.