Arthur Kill Road Explained

Arthur Kill Road
Former Names:	Fresh Kills Road, Shore Road, Riverside Avenue
Namesake:	Arthur Kill
Owner:	City of New York
Maint:	NYCDOT
Length Mi:	8.54
Length Ref:	^[1]
Location:	Staten Island, New York
Direction A:	South
Terminus A:	Dead end in Tottenville
Direction B:	North
Terminus B:	Richmond Road / Richmond Hill Road in Richmondtown
Junction:	in Rossville

Arthur Kill Road is a major northeast-southwest artery along the South-West Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is 8.54miles long,^[1] and runs through the neighborhoods of Tottenville, Richmond Valley, Charleston, Rossville, Woodrow, Huguenot, Arden Heights, Annadale, Eltingville, Greenridge, Great Kills, and Richmondtown.

Arthur Kill Road is named for the waterway to its west, the Arthur Kill, which separates Staten Island from Union County and Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was known by other names in the 19th century, including Fresh Kills Road, Shore Road and Riverside Avenue.

Landmarks include the Blazing Star Burial Ground, the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility,^[2] the unused LNG tanks east of Chemical Lane,^[3] the Kreischer House as well as the Outerbridge Crossing which Arthur Kill Road passes underneath.

Transportation

Local service is provided by the following:

• The are the primary routes of Arthur Kill Road, serving it east of Veterans Road West, near Bricktown Mall. There is no service between Bloomingdale Road and Rossville Avenue.
• All buses that run the full route serve between the Veterans Road West for Bricktown Mall, and either Main Street (St. George Ferry) or Johnson Avenue (mall).
• Additional weekday service is provided by the following:
  • The runs east of Giffords Lane.
  • West of Richmond Avenue, the runs to Annadale Road, and the runs to Arden Avenue.

Express service is provided by the following:

• The run to Arden Avenue, the runs to Richmond Avenue and heads south, the runs non-stop to Huguenot Avenue, and the runs to Rossville Avenue.
• The Manhattan-bound SIM4 runs non-stop from Annadale Road to Richmond Avenue, heading north. Buses labeled “SIM4c” are extended in both directions to Arden Avenue, west of Annadale.
• The runs non-stop between Richmond Avenue and Woodrow Road.
• The serves Arthur Kill east of the Eltingville Transit Center, running with the non-stop until Armstrong Avenue.

Train service is provided by the following:

• The Staten Island Railway (SIR) runs adjacent to Arthur Kill Road from Arthur Kill to Tottenville.

External links

• Blazing Star Burial Ground

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richmond County Inventory Listing . August 7, 2015 . New York State Department of Transportation . CSV . January 20, 2020 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180111053025/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-RichmondCounty-2016.zip . 2018-01-11 .
2. Web site: Forgotten Cemeteries: The Dead Pool. Forgotten New York. February 7, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20100109102038/http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/blazingstar/deadpool.html. January 9, 2010.
3. Web site: Gas Storage Tanks On Staten Island To Be Torn Down?. Engels. Mary. December 23, 1997. Daily News. February 7, 2015.