“The idea of a subway to Staten Island really goes way back,” said Stan Fischler, a subway historian. “Way, way back.” The plan, first proposed in 1890, was approved. Maps were drawn up.

Starting in January, MetroCards will no longer be sold, and unlimited passes will be retired, according to the agency.

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.

SI Guide Staten Island bus map and schedule; Staten Island Railway and other borough mass transit options Updated: Mar. 03, 2015, 10:24 p.m. | Published: Mar. 03 ...

A 300 foot-long, 110-ton Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) was lowered into the Staten Island shaft in July 2012 and had progressed approximately 1,600 feet towards Brooklyn when operations were ...