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A Tunnel Too Far, Part 1: Staten Island’s Failed Pipe Dream
A Tunnel Too Far, Part 1: Staten Island’s Failed Pipe Dream
In the annals of New York infrastructure history, projects like the 2nd Ave Subway loom large. But while 2nd Ave has progressed, and other projects like an Utica Ave Line or Rockaway Beach Branch get their cans kicked down the road once a generation, one unrealized dream looms like a mountain beyond the horizon: a tunnel to Staten Island.
Staten Island is the southernmost point in both New York…
Looking toward the Verrazzano Bridge from 95th Street where 4th and 5th Avenues meet in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, circa 1990.
