34-428: S53 may refer to: S53 (New York City bus) , serving Staten Island Dhurga language , an Australian Aboriginal language S53: Avoid exposure - obtain special instructions before use , a safety phrase Shorland S53 , a British armoured car Sikorsky S-53 , an American helicopter Tsonga language , a Bantu language Saviem S53, a Saviem bus model Toyota S53,
68-559: A Toyota S transmission ZIS-S-53 , an Anti air and Anti-tank gun [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S53&oldid=1197911068 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
102-548: A limited-stop service, making limited stops between Bay Ridge and Victory Boulevard-Clove Road and making S92 stops west of there (local west of Jewett Avenue). It does not run on weekends. The R7 was created on November 21, 1964, the same day the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was opened, and ran across the bridge to provide service between Brooklyn and Staten Island, running between Fourth Avenue-95th Street and Clove Road-Victory Boulevard. A lot of patrons used
136-409: A center layup track forms just north of the diamond crossover, before ending at a bumper block just south of the 86th Street station. The platform has yellow painted I-beam columns and alternate ones have "95 Street" signs on them. Both platform walls have their original mosaic trim line with name tablets reading "95TH STREET" along the entire station except for a small section at the north end, where
170-533: A dogleg turn to access the westbound Staten Island Expressway Service Road, where it joins the S93. The S53 continues west and returns to running northwest on Clove Road until turning north onto Broadway, where it runs until Castleton Avenue. It turns west on said road until reaching Port Richmond Avenue, where it turns north until reaching the Port Richmond Terminal at Richmond Terrace. The S93 shares
204-612: A permanent addition. Bay Ridge-95th Street station [REDACTED] The Bay Ridge–95th Street station (originally 95th Street–Fort Hamilton station ) is the southern terminal station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway . Despite the name, the station is located in the neighborhood of Fort Hamilton (as its original name implied) at the intersection of 95th Street and Fourth Avenue in southwestern Brooklyn . It
238-525: A provision to extend the line to Staten Island. As a result of a motion made by Commissioner LeRoy Harkness in front of the Transit Commission, the contract was set to be put back up for bid. On November 2, 1923, the Board of Estimate approved the contract for the line with T. A. Gillespie Company, the same contractor that had bid on the project earlier, but withdrew. The Transit Commission, due to
272-482: A short distance east of 92nd Street before turning onto the Gowanus Expressway and continues across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island until using Exit 15W to run south on Lily Pond Avenue. It then runs west on McClean Avenue, north on Fingerboard Road and south on Hylan Boulevard. It then runs northwest on Clove Road, passing by Grasmere station . At Targee Street, Port Richmond-bound buses make
306-784: Is also the closest point to Staten Island. There were also plans to construct an underground storage yard here. The SIRT had been electrified in preparation for the tunnel, and had purchased subway cars similar to the AB Standards of the BMT. The tunnel plan was amended in 1919, moving its location north to Shore Road in Bay Ridge. A groundbreaking ceremony was held by New York City Mayor John Hylan on April 14, 1923 in Bay Ridge and in Staten Island on July 19. In 1925, however—the year bids from contractors were to be entertained by
340-1025: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages S53 (New York City bus) The S53 and S93 constitute a public transit line in New York City , running primarily on Clove Road and utilizing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to travel between Brooklyn and Staten Island . They are operated by the MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit Authority brand. The S53 begins in Bay Ridge at Fourth Avenue and 86th Street. Between here and Fort Hamilton Parkway-92nd Street, Bay Ridge-bound buses run via Fort Hamilton Parkway and 86th Street whereas Staten Island-bound buses run via Fourth Avenue and 92nd Street. From here, it continues
374-471: Is served by the R train at all times. Geographically, this station is the westernmost New York City Subway station. The station was first planned in 1922 as the first part of an extension to Staten Island through a tunnel under the Narrows . Construction began on December 17, 1923, after the construction contractor submitted, withdrew, and resubmitted its bid. The station opened on October 31, 1925, but
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#1732801503094408-561: The "Narrows Tunnel", which would have necessitated express service, although the tunnel was never constructed. South of this station, there is a false wall at the end of the tracks for a planned extension to 100th or 101st Street and into the never-built Staten Island "Narrows Tunnel", connecting the BMT line with the Staten Island Railway (SIRT) Main Line near its Grasmere station. The station would have also connected with
442-773: The MTA announced plans to create a limited-stop variant of the S53 named the S93 (which would start in September 2001) to provide service between Brooklyn, the Victory Boulevard corridor and the College of Staten Island, which had relocated to Willowbrook eight years prior. It would cost an additional $ 112,000 a year to operate and would also have the benefit of eliminating double fares and would save up to 15 minutes. It would run 3 trips in each direction: to CSI with hourly headways in
476-431: The MTA indicated that it was considering installing elevators at the 77th Street and 95th Street stations. Funding for elevators at the 95th Street station was included in the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program. In December 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $ 146 million contract for the installation of eight elevators across four stations, including Bay Ridge–95th Street. The MTA began installing ADA upgrades to
510-589: The NYCTA awarded a contract to conduct test borings at eleven stations on the Fourth Avenue Line, including 95th Street, to W. M. Walsh Corporation for $ 6,585 (equivalent to $ 60,172 in 2023) in preparation of the construction of platform extensions. The NYCTA issued an invitation for bids on the project to extend the platforms at stations along the Fourth Avenue Line between 45th Street and this station on May 3, 1968. However, work had already started on
544-649: The Richmond Road/Targee Street couplet, Hylan Boulevard and Fingerboard Road. On May 21, 2007, to decongest the busy Fourth Avenue-86th Street intersection, the S93 terminal was moved one block south to 87th Street. On January 20, 2013, the S93 was extended from the CSI entrance to inside of the CSI campus at the Administrative Loop. Even further improvements came when, as part of $ 4.9 million service enhancements, midday and evening service
578-491: The Staten Island extension was never built due to various funding disputes. The platform was lengthened in the 1960s. A renovation is underway to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 . On August 25, 1922, the Transit Commission directed its chief engineer, Robert Ridgeway , to plan an extension of the Fourth Avenue Line from 87th Street to Fort Hamilton. Initially, multiple stations along
612-421: The Transit Commission announced that it had awarded the contract for the construction of a half-mile extension of the Fourth Avenue Line, Contract 11B, to T. A. Gillespie Company for $ 1.5 million (equivalent to $ 27 million in 2023). However, as the Board of Estimate failed to take action upon it, the contractor withdrew its bid on March 7, 1923. The Transit Commission blamed the Board of Estimate for delays in
646-466: The awarding of the contract; the Commission said that the city would suffer a substantial loss due to increased construction costs, and because the contract that was given was "highly advantageous to the city." As part of Contract 11B, the extension was built with two tracks, with the exception of a short three-track stretch just north of the terminal at 95th Street. The extension was to be built with
680-514: The city—the project was halted and the project's engineering staff laid off. Officially, the plan was delayed due to lack of funding, but Hylan and New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) Chairman John Delaney also wanted to secure freight service for the tunnel. These disagreements caused deadlocks between the parties involved. Later proposals surfaced to connect the station to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge , one of
714-728: The delay of the project, gave orders on November 3 to speed up the completion of the project. Construction began on December 17, 1923. The final extension to 95th Street, Route 18, opened on October 31, 1925, with the first train leaving at 2 p.m. The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940. In the 1960s, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) started a project to lengthen station platforms on its lines in Southern Brooklyn from 530 feet (160 m) to 615 feet (187 m) to accommodate 10-car trains. On July 14, 1967,
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#1732801503094748-454: The extension were considered. This extension was to be the first part of an extension to Staten Island through a tunnel under The Narrows . On September 12, 1922, a meeting was held by the Transit Commission to determine whether a stop at 91st Street should be included as part of the planned extension. Ultimately, no station was built at 91st Street. At the meeting it was decided that money for an additional station in between 86th Street and
782-435: The morning and to Bay Ridge with bi-hourly headways in the evening. Expected to benefit over 2,000 students, the S93 started service slightly earlier on August 27, 2001. As the service proved to be wildly popular and successful, it received multiple improvements over the years. In September 2006, reverse-peak service was added to the route and on April 9, 2007, stops were added along Narrows Road North/South at either street of
816-512: The new terminal at 95th Street would be better spent on an extensive terminal with entrances at 93rd, 94th, and 95th Streets. Other extensions were also planned in 1922: a branch of the line running via 86th Street to 18th Avenue to connect with the New Utrecht Line to Coney Island, Route 19, and the future subway under Tenth Avenue, as well as a branch of the line at 67th Street heading to Staten Island, Route 20. On December 28, 1922,
850-549: The normal R7. Sometime between April 2, 1989, and April 15, 1990, the R7 was relabeled the S53. The R7 special and Victory Boulevard short turn were discontinued at an unknown date. Between November 1994 and January 1996, the Clove Road-Grasmere station overpass was replaced. During this replacement, the S53 was rerouted to run via Old Town Road between Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Road and Targee Street. In July 2001,
884-716: The now-defunct South Beach Branch by disconnecting it from the SIRT main line, with the BMT Fourth Avenue Subway taking over service from the SIRT's Fort Wadsworth station to the Wentworth Avenue terminal. At the time it would have been a very different line had this tunnel been built, with through BMT service from Queensboro Plaza to Wentworth Avenue in Staten Island stopping at this station before proceeding to Staten Island, since this station
918-631: The platform extension project in February. The platform at 95th Street was extended by 85 feet (26 m) to the south. As part of a plan to increase accessibility in the New York City Subway , during the early 1990s, the MTA proposed installing elevators at the Bay Ridge–95th Street station by 2010. The agency instead decided to make the 86th Street station accessible, as that station had transfers to more bus routes. In 2017,
952-402: The platform was extended in 1970. Here, the wall is bare black. The station was constructed with a signal tower and dispatcher's office. The station has two mezzanines above the platform and tracks. Mosaic directional signs indicate they were originally one full-length mezzanine. The closed-off sections are now used for employee-only spaces. The station's larger, full-time mezzanine is at
986-496: The platform, high entry/exit turnstiles , and two staircases going up to either southern corners of 93rd Street and Fourth Avenue. Additional exits were planned at 94th Street, but were never built. The station is built on the west side of Fourth Avenue due to plans for a possible extension of the express tracks south of 59th Street . This station had been built mainly to facilitate the Staten Island Tunnel or
1020-533: The route on weekends for a scenic ride during the initial operation year. On November 3, 1965, the route was extended to Port Richmond, with the former Victory Boulevard terminal being delegated to a short-turn terminus. In 1976, when the Sunnyside Campus of the College of Staten Island opened, a R7 special started operating between Bay Ridge and the campus, making significantly less stops compared to
1054-503: The route with the S53 until reaching Staten Island, where it uses exit 15W to run on Narrows Road until Targee Street, where it meets and once again follows the S53 until reaching Victory Boulevard. It runs west on Victory Boulevard, before later turning south onto Loop Road, entering the College of Staten Island campus and terminating at the South Administration Building on Administrative Loop. The S93 employs
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1088-408: The south end. It has two staircases from the platform, a turnstile bank, a token booth, and two restrooms. In addition, two staircases going up to either western corners of Fourth Avenue and 95th Street. A passageway leads to another staircase on the east side of the intersection, built inside an alcove of 9425 Fifth Avenue. The station's other mezzanine is unstaffed, containing one staircase from
1122-404: The station in 2023, including ramps to station entrances, two elevators, rebuilt staircases, and tactile platform edges. This underground station has two tracks and one island platform . The R stops here at all times and is the route's southern terminus; the next station to the north is 86th Street . The tracks end at bumper blocks at the south end of the platform. North of this station,
1156-428: Was added to the S93 on September 2, 2014. On September 6, 2015, the MTA started a pilot program by the name of Bike & Ride. This pilot installed bike racks on the fronts of S53 and S93 buses, with each bike rack being able to accommodate two bikes. In 2017, the MTA released its Fast Forward Plan, aimed at speeding up mass transit services. As part of this program, the bike racks on the S53 and S93 buses would be
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