STATEN ISLAND: ALL TRAINS, ALL STATIONS, PAST & PRESENT

[@richshort8120]

Thanks! Thanks for showing where I grew up from 1959 to 1973. Used to live in Eltingville. It was great seeing all the history of all the train stations. Have a great weekend 😎👍

[@SuprToe]

No way! Thanks so much! I had a great time making this one. You have a great weekend, too!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Kill is an archaic Dutch word that basically means "creek" or "channel". So Great Kills references the area having a great number of streams! While the North Shore Branch closed in 1953, in 1957, Elizabeth II used the North Shore Branch as part of her journey from DC to NYC and took the Staten Island Ferry! Tottenville's Conference House is a place of historical significance when it comes to the American Revolution as it was the site of the Staten Island Peace Conference, an unsuccessful attempt to find a swift negotiated end to the revolution, which was hosted there by his heir and grandson, Colonel Christopher Billop, on September 11, 1776. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge rowed over from patriot-held Perth Amboy and the meeting lasted for three hours, ending with the patriots politely declining the Howe's offer (Howe was only given the ability to issue pardons and amnesties), leading to another seven years of war. Huguenots are Protestants who fled persecution in France. Huguenots settled in the area in the 17th century and formed one of the first permanent settlements on Staten Island, led by Daniel Perrin (originally from the Channel Island of Jersey) who arrived in NY Harbor in 1665. New Dorp is an anglicization of Nieuw Dorp, meaning "New Village" in Dutch. New Dorp was founded in 1671 following the English resurveying the pre-existing Dutch settlement of Oude Dorp (now Old Town) and expanded the lots along the South Shore, which were then settled primarily by Dutch families. The new lots became known as Nieuwe Dorp in contrast to Oude Dorp (or "Old Village"). Stapleton got its name from a prominent early settler and landowner in the area, named Colonel William Staples, who acquired land from the Vanderbilts and laid out the streets. Staples and Minthorne Tompkins (son of Daniel D. Tompkins who was James Monroe's Vice President) started a ferry service from the neighborhood waterfront to Manhattan and began advertising their new village in 1836. For Dongan Hills, the name was changed to Dongan Hills from Garretson's to avoid confusion with Garrison-on-Hudson. The neighborhood was renamed for Thomas Dongan, the Irish-born governor of the Province of New York after the Kingdom of England acquired it from the Netherlands in 1682. The "hills" alluded to in the name are the eastern ridge of Todt Hill, the highest natural point in NYC, and the highest elevation on the entire Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod

[@Dxvine_x]

kim jung un i ripped a picture of you

[@Sam-pv7bd]

That’s a relief. I thought the station was telling me to kill Arthur. What did Arthur do to deserve to be killed?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

If you're wondering if they're gonna use that North Shore Branch again, they are! The MTA is turning the right-of-way from St. George to Arlington into BRT (they once considered light-rail too) as part of a BRT route from St. George to West Shore Plaza. You missed out on seeing the platform at the former BallPark station! It still exists, you went right by the former entrance to the station at 26:20! If you stopped your e-scooter at that Hamilton Ave intersection and looked down next to the path to the Staten Island September 11 Memorial, you would've seen the platform! They still have signs that point to the Ballpark station. But yeah, the station only opened in 2001 and lasted until 2010. It opened on June 24, 2001, in conjunction with the Staten Island Yankees baseball season and thus only operated between June and September during the season. Due to a budget crisis, this station was closed on June 18, 2010, the date of the first scheduled home game of the season, but trains last served the station in September 2009. The SI Yankees team itself stopped operations in 2020, replaced by the Staten Island FerryHawks. The ballpark was renamed Staten Island University Hospital Community Park in 2022. When I was a kid, my uncle would take us from Jersey City over to Staten Island to visit Snug Harbor for the children's museum and botanical garden there! It's a neat gem! While Sailors' Snug Harbor opened in 1886, the buildings there were built between 1831 and 1833. Sailors' Snug Harbor was founded as a retirement home for sailors after Captain Robert Richard Randall bequeathed funds for that purpose upon his 1801 death. The buildings became a cultural center after the sailors' home moved away in 1976. Sailors' Snug Harbor includes 26 Greek Revival, Beaux Arts, Italianate and Victorian style buildings! The grounds and buildings are operated by Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, a nonprofit, Smithsonian-affiliated organization.

[@edwardp3502]

The only thing the MTA has is a few PowerPoint map slides describing what they'll do with the line "one day" which is actually never. Don't be fooled, there are no concrete plans, no funding, and definitely no construction going on to make the old North Shore line into a BRT or any other mass transit line. The only remotely salvageable part is the concrete viaduct west of Port Richmond, and that's a total mess. Anything east of Port Richmond is either in numerous private hands, is parkland, or has fallen into the Kill Van Kull. It would take billions of dollars that the MTA doesn't have, and if they did, they wouldn't spend it on Staten Island.

[@angelsfunstuff226]

DAY 18 OF ASKING LORDTOE TO GO TO ALL VERSIONS OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS

[@xstremz7116]

Where the Fort Wadsworth station used to be is literally a minute away from my house!

[@SuprToe]

Nice!

[@MTAFan585]

The only part of Staten Island Railway that I rode was between St George and Eltingville. I need to take the SIR pass Eltingville to Tottenville one day. Great history lesson. My uncle used to live in New Dorp 11:30

[@EmeraldCrimsonShadowPeach2K5]

This was such a cool video! I've always been curious about visiting Staten Island and riding its Rapid Transit rail line one day. Personally, I think restoring the North Shore branch as part of the Staten Island Railway would be a great idea even if they may still not be able to allow service to Port Ivory. And if the MTA is able to figure out a way to build a branch of the IBX to St. George and maybe an extension of the R Train from 95th Street into the borough parallel to the VNB and along the Staten Island Expressway, that would be even better! Of course, the ferry from Manhattan should still exist, but I feel that Staten Island is underrated and deserves more rail service, especially if it makes it easier to access the other four boroughs. Also, I entirely agree with you, because what that person did with that remnant of the South Beach Branch in their backyard was amazing! I wish I had something like that in my backyard that would allow me to do something similar!

[@MrTomy2]

Can't Wait! I wonder if he found an R211S

[@christiancervantes5859]

Earlier Last Month (September) I saw an R211s passing by...... but they were doing their "R211s Testing Train" testing out the announcements, Open & Close the doors but Right Now there is ONLY ☝🏽 @ Clifton Maintance Shop (Right Now.. they are still getting more deliveries 👍🏽)

[@MrTomy2]

I know that the R211S are still testing

[@S10-y0r]

He saw 100-104. To: SuprToe: There is another R211S set. It is 105-109.

[@BMTEnjoyer160]

Supertoe is awesome, can’t wait for this history lesson about Staten Island

[@TrainTrackJackProductions]

Awesome video dude! I grew up being absolutely obsessed with the abandoned north shore branch and I always loved going to some of the abandoned sites. Keep up the great work!

[@SuprToe]

Thank you! I so wanted to get up close, but trespassing isn't what this channel's about.

[@joermnyc]

Fun SIRR fact: it is FREE to ride between Tottenville and Stapleton. It used to be free to ride to Tompkinsville, but the short walking distance to St. George meant a lot of people cheated the system. A station renovation put in entry/exit turnstiles. Yes, it’s pay to enter & LEAVE, same at St. George.

[@micheleburdan6654]

So so so good! Off to Explore the Urbans...

[@SuprToe]

Cool! But it’ll be a little while before I can get the mini doc up over there

[@NYBredBamaFed]

But...will it take longer than the video about the abandoned City Hall station? Oh, wait...that video is still not out despite it being filmed back in late February. And whatever happened with the footage from the NY Transit Museum in Brooklyn? You have quite a lot to post in the future...hopefully!

[@thomascook578]

Loved the video, one of another transit youtubers I follow, has just posted the r211s first day in service in Staten Island.

[@alk61695]

Wow! I was waiting for this video when you teased that you were going to make it last year. I can't wait for the history video on the other channel.

[@TheodoreScheinwald-er6lh]

I agree with @HelloMeetsRick. It IS about time you caught the R211 C train.

[@TrainTrackJackProductions]

Oh one more thing. There is a park in between West New Brighton station and Port Richmond station called Heritage park. There are some track remnants in there right when you enter the park. It is in a wide right of way with lots of trees, but the tracks are there.

[@Edison2-n5v]

great live video supertoe!

[@NYCSKYSCRAPERS-hp6pm]

Thank you for this video my friend enjoyed!

[@grrmine_yt]

for the mount lorretto orphanage branch, its terminus was actually pleasant plains. i believe that track in between pleasant plains and prince's bay (i guess) was for the train to go back to pleasant plains so that kids that were at pleasant plains could go back to the orphanage. edit: i got some more info: the spur diverged from the main line south of pleasant plains station. the branch was a little over a mile long and had a 2% grade. the right-of-way from the amboy road grade crossing to Mount Loretto was owned by the archdiocese of new york, and was not open to the public. mount loretto paid for any necessary track maintenance, which was provided by the SIRT. the stop was called the mission station and was located near cunningham road.

[@JamesDiGiacomo-r2d]

I am wondering if there are any remnants of the line between Amboy Rd. and the SIR nowadays. I have been doing some research online but have found very little except for what looks like the outline of the old track on google earth

[@edwardp3502]

In the 1990s, on weekends Nassau was a flag stop. You had to let the SIRT conductor know you wanted to get off there and he’d open one-half of one set of doors to let you off. On the way back to St. George, you’d literally have to flag the train down or it wouldn’t stop to pick you up, even if you were on the platform. The conductor schooled me on this as I was a North Shore boy going to desperately needed AA meetings and needed a Sunday meeting. Glad he told me as I’d have never known to flag a train down in NYC 😂

[@MunchkinPlayz8610]

I love this man Suprtoe! Keep up the great work tysm for the entertainment

[@SuprToe]

Thank you!

[@jacelineclaudio4839]

I love your channel and videos

[@SuprToe]

Thanks my friend!

[@davidburrow5895]

I admire you for doing this. The half dozen or so times I've taken the SIR, I've found it just about the most boring transit in metro NYC. When nothing is underground, you'd think there would be a nice view, but just about everything is blocked by the trees. It's also ridiculously long between trains that you spend more time waiting than on the train.

[@SuprToe]

The SIR is pretty boring, yes. But that's why I visited all the sites of the former South Beach and North Shore branches. Made it WAY more interesting... for me anyway.

[@christiancervantes5859]

Welcome to my hometown once again 😂👍🏽 Staten Island, NY 👏🏼👏🏼 *15:04* That's where I live in the South Beach Area 😄😄

[@SuprToe]

Cool!

[@S10-y0r]

23:41 It is now confirmed that 422 was also retired.

[@VIDEOVideo123-o7b]

Nice to meet you 🤝

[@kevinjohn9804]

I love GOGO supertoe

[@TheAmazingJedi]

this is going to be fun! i wonder what secrets he found? since it says "past stations" too

[@airplanegod]

Going to try in a couple of weeks to "step" at every SIR station, going to be fun because the conductors leave the doors open for like 4-5 seconds and the next train is 15 minutes away...

[@JJRol.]

Amazing video! I really cannot wait to see more videos like this! I was also just wondering, what's your camera setup?

[@SuprToe]

I just use a DJI Action 3 camera and an extension poll.

[@Jonathan-RF-402]

Supertoe do more videos like this PLEASE😁

[@chriscurtis4418]

Gogosuprtoe may be the biggest fan from WV. For my request, you take the 1 from 50th St S from times to grand central 7 to 5th av. B to B-LAF or for my suggestion BB for bleeker Broadway 6 to Grand central. S to times square 3,to chambers 1 to south ferry R to court st. 2 to Wall Street station

[@Erik-r9z]

A couple of days ago I got a close look at the r211s in St. George terminal when just sitting there with MTA workers running around inside. 25:05

[@thomascook578]

We have an arrochar station in Scotland, called Arrochar and Tarbet, on the West Highland lind, we pronounce it ArrowCar

[@gabrieltellez8148]

you should do all busses in the bronx

[@edwardp3502]

The stairs at Snug Harbor are indeed original and date from the late 1800s or early 20th Century. The North Shore line opened in the 1880s and was completely rebuilt in the 1930s before closing 20 years later 😢

[@HelloMeetsRick]

Suprtoe day 2 of asking suprtoe to catch the R211A on the C line

[@EPRTransit]

Hey supertoe is back again

[@edwardp3502]

Kill is Dutch for river or creek. Lots of old Dutch names on Staten Island. Dorp is Dutch for town. Old Town used to be called Oude Dorp.

[@AlexandraZacharias-y9f]

A request for you is to do the Q17 my home route but in trains. Do The (Q) from 14 St-Union Square to 57 St-7 Av, and walk to 59 St-Columbus City and Ride the (1) to 42 St. Then take the (7) to flushing, and take the Q17 bus to Jamaica 179 St Station

[@CoinyTPOT]

He kept his promise (I don’t think he promised but he said he’d do this lol)

[@taacandrew]

Ok Supertoe, get ready for a rhyme here and use my request! Start with the B Train from 145 St to 125 St. Next, take the A Train from 125 St to 59th Street Colombus Circle. Then, take the C Train from 59th St to 42nd St Port Authority Bus Terminal. Then, take the Q Train from Times Square 42nd to 57 St 7th Avenue. Finally, take the N Train from 57 St 7th Avenue to Lexington Ave 59th St Now you know it's called Bacon, hope you except my request

[@gamerhero_playzYtt]

7:52 The track goes to a parking lot it might have went to the orphanage

[@mahliekbenjamin174]

Never Been To Staten Island 🏝 Before And I Will Love ❤️ To Ride On The Train 🚆

[@leinoj06playz58]

Yo I live near new dorp That’s so cool w vid

[@DylanTheGamer78690_MTA_Fan]

Sorry GoGoSupetoe that I missed this live stream because I was playing with my friend Abel

[@SuprToe]

NBD hope you watched the vid tho!

[@DylanTheGamer78690_MTA_Fan]

Ok

[@Rokergame]

Did u Know: The R211S Are now Testing on the Stand Island railway? Now people can get in

[@bronxguy1729]

You should do the buses in Staten Island bro

[@SCRTCF]

You should do Queens Next

[@J6254A]

I have a new all trains route- Start at Beach 98th Street, at,e the shuttle to Broad Channel, take the A train to Howard Beach , AirTrain to Federal Circle, then the Jamaica AirTrain to Jamaica, change for the J train to Woodhaven Blvd (If you can, take the Z train to Broadway Junction but if you can’t, stay on the J until Broadway Junction.) at Bway Junction take the L train to Myrtle-Wykoff, take the M train to Lorimer St, do the walking connection to the G at Broadway, then take the G to Court Sq, take the 7 train to Grand Central, take Metro-North to Harlem-125th Street , change for the 4 train to 86th, then the 6 train to 59th, then the 5 train back to Grand Central, then take the shuttle to Times Sq, take the N train to 34th St-Herald Sq , then the F train to West 4th, change for the D train to 7th Av. Transfer for the E train to 42nd St, change for the C back down to West 4th, take the B train to DeKalb, then take the R to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, then take the Q train to Prospect Park, then take the Franklin Av Shuttle to Botanic Garden, take the 2 train to Bergen Street, then transfer to the 3 train to Chambers Street, then take the 1 train to Times Sq, then take the W train to Queensboro Plaza, and that’s it!

[@risksrewardsrelics51]

A kill is a body of water. Creek, tidal inlet, river, or strait. The word is derived from the Dutch “kille” or “kil,” meaning "riverbed" or "water channel".

[@DUHTRANSITGUY]

Yooo supertoe!! How u been?

[@SuprToe]

👍

[@JoeyJoe-f5o]

Talk about the Staten Island tunnel that never happened…. They started in Brooklyn and stopped …. It’s supposedly over owl’s head park.

[@SuprToe]

I'll probably talk a little about that on the Explore the Urbans mini-doc (eventually). Unfortunately there's not a lot of visual evidence to go along with it.

[@patbulfin5459]

14:30 I thought you would have said something about the Burger King on burgher avenue.😅

[@TheodoreScheinwald-er6lh]

Supertoe maybe you could also try taking these trains: Start at Richmond Valley Take the SIR to Annadale Take the SIM1C to 57 St The F to 179 St The Q3 to JFK The J to Essex St The M to W 4 St The A to Broad Channel The S to Beach 98 St

[@mtavideocapture]

Hey Suprtoe! Its a real shame those rollsigns are gone (vandalism), however, the R211S will be going into service soon! And a heads up, the R211A has officially entered service on the C line.

[@edwardp3502]

Not vandalism, the mechanics to the signs just broke.

[@mtavideocapture]

@@edwardp3502 Oh really? Some friends of mine told me that they were stolen.

[@edwardp3502]

@@mtavideocapture They’d be pretty hard to steal and carry out via St. George Terminal. Signs are huge.

[@Mattpsb]

yo, one question, where is ur intro song from its rlly cool

[@SuprToe]

"Eyes on You" I think

[@JamesOrellana-o6e]

Gogosuprtoe. When you ride staten island railway from author kill station you see the the wood that was under the new rocks , you see where the platform was if you imagined and that structure you say it was put of where the original Nassau st and Atlantic st station. This the information you need . Bye 👋

[@kibea003]

I SAW YOU IN STATEN ISLAND IN TRAIN LOOK BEHIND YOU

[@mahliekbenjamin174]

One Day Go Go Suprtoe I You Ride To R211S

[@HalenChen-o6g]

Fun Fact: Both the South Beach & North Shore Branches were abandoned in 1953

[@edwardp3502]

More like a Sad Fact than a fun one 😂

[@MARCUSELLIRIVERA]

Hey supertoe the r211 s came out

[@Glitch_PlaysBrawlstars]

Hey supertoe! Loved this video do you know if the R160B is still in service?? (Also whats the name of your intro?)

[@SuprToe]

The music for the intro is called "Eyes on You" i think. I assume the R160B is still in service? I've never been able to tell A and B apart, honestly.

[@DPell774]

Wadsworth is the butler in The Clue movie.

[@R142-vc7uf]

GoGosuprtoe can you make trains only L train to broadway junction and then C train to 168 at and then A train to 181 st and then the R train to Atlantic Ave barcys center and then D train to coney island pls

[@AlanLin-gm1qb]

I ❤ suprtoe

[@CanalConcourse1196]

My man brought back the OG Songs between 2016-2019 man 🥲

[@SAA_TheMTAFanner]

I watch this video everyday. Thinking about Asking “MTA” To Bring the South beach & North Shore. Back For the People That need to get to St George Faster

[@edwardp3502]

Never gonna happen. As you can see, the South Beach branch is covered with homes and the North Shore line east of Port Richmond is either in private hands or has completely fallen into the Kill Van Kull.

[@B10Mand390Morgan]

Spell R 2 1 1 I'll do it as 1, stop transfers Start at either 49th Street or 34th Street Herald Square take the (R)to Times Square 42nd Street Then take the (2) to 72nd Street then take the (1) to 79th then another (1) to 86th street.

[@babyshark5647]

Day 1 of asking suprtoe to go to the sky tower in Rockefeller center at top of the rock

[@Meromino22]

Commenting on every video till he rides all trains again

[@LeMrAnimatorGuy]

Hi

[@DanforthNiceBusQ110]

Too bad I already visited all states Island stations before u HA!😂

[@jftransit]

You didn’t post it so doesn’t count 👀

[@FNAQROLEPLAYMORE]

I’m going to try to taking every train in nyc

[@SuprToe]

Go for it!

[@MarthaFortune-g2x]

I think you should take every single Model train Not every single train every Model

[@KumarTheIII]

GoGoSupetoe is back baby!!!

[@kibea003]

I SAW YOU LOOK BEHIND YOU

[@baldibasic87]

I am getting information that what Akur kills replaced

[@Jairo-1287]

Adopt does kittys

[@therealjereboiz]

11:03 umm, suprtoe idk about nighttime, um its really dark…

[@abbyaidanandalexacosta6656]

Hello everybody how’s it going

[@no-xr6yd]

no way bro came to the island😭🙏🏼

[@SuprToe]

SI has the BEST railroad ruins!

[@transitcaptain]

I’ve actually been to every station on the Staten Island railway. I did it in four segments. 1. St. George to Grant city 2. Tompkinsville to great kills 3. Eltingville. 4. Annadale to Tottenville. This was not the most efficient way to do it I know, but it’s how I did it anyway. I did it for the bragging rights and to explore. New Dorp and Jefferson Avenue have pretty dense development around them

[@8kgmatt]

Well you miss the big spot of the ballpark station it was underground station still exist and abandoned.

[@SuprToe]

Yeah I know. Problem is I had assumed it was part of the North Shore branch, so I assumed it was gone. I didn't realize until editing that I should have researched that one a bit more. Next trip maybe.

[@richshort8120]

​@SuprToe I heard they use the track at that station now to store locomotives. When the station got abandoned they cut off the power on the tracks too

[@Sam-pv7bd]

How did you get the shots where you get to the track level of some of the abandoned stations? Did you climb on something, or did you use your tripod? Is it legal to walk onto the tracks at the abandoned Livingston Station? I don’t want to get in trouble with police.

[@SuprToe]

I put the camera on a long 12ft boom pole to get the high shots. And no, I did not do anything illegal. The Livingston St tracks are just sitting there for anyone to observe and walk on, just like the Sailors Snug Harbor station. Everything I did in this video, you can do too without worrying about breaking the law.

[@Sebastianiscool14743]

I made mount lorreto opinege in irl lol

[@andrewpalm2103]

According to Wikipedia, "kill" is derived from the Middle Dutch word "Kille" for body of water, most often a creek, but also inlets, straits, rivers, etc. There were lots of Dutch settlers in the Hudson River area in very early America. Thanks for showing the work train. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@SuprToe]

Thanks Andrew!

[@Kardin900]

Can you do all trains in toronto?

[@SuprToe]

Someday

[@jaydenbynum7577]

Early early early early early early early early early early early early early early early early early early early early early

[@gamerhero_playzYtt]

Hi

[@SuprToe]

👋

[@robbiecrombie8736]

Do you remember me? 12:11

[@FNAQROLEPLAYMORE]

Hey super toe today I need help

[@AidanWang-q6q]

Hello people idk what going on bruh ima go vibe

[@baldibasic87]

If the MTA opened in 1904 then how did the richmond Valley opened in 1860

[@SuprToe]

Staten Island is a railway, not a subway. It existed before the subway system that opened in 1904.

[@FNAQROLEPLAYMORE]

Tomorrow

[@6Ninjas]

34:02 My house is very near

[@jackbhong8883]

Is this recent? Within few months?

[@SuprToe]

I took the video a couple of weeks ago.

[@edwardp3502]

The South Beach branch closed in 1953 but the homes along the old ROW didn’t appear until the 1980s and ‘90s. Arrochar is a Scottish name pronounced “Arrow-car.” Vanderbilt’s Landing was the original terminal when the SIRR opened in 1860. Cornelius Vanderbilt ran his ferry to Manhattan from here until the ferry terminal was moved to St. George in the late 1800s. The SIRR was thus extended north to meet the ferries.

[@mariogeis9558]

hej supatoe you was by the dentist right! helka got his new clinic announced

[@mariogeis9558]

kærlig hisen kilmar p

[@edwardp3502]

State protected marshland, not swamps LOL.