The trains have since returned. Anyway, the new subway map shows what the old maps have showed forever: Staten Island isn’t directly connected to the city subway system. Sure, we have the SIR.

This May 27, 1950 view of the Staten Island Hospital and S.R. Smith Infirmary on Castleton Avenue at Cebra Avenue in Tompkinsville, was a gift of Herbert A. Flamm. (Courtesy Historic Richmond Town ...