Editor’s note: A version of this story was originally published in 2019. It has been updated by Nicolette Cavallaro.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For decades, buses have played an integral role in transportation on Staten Island.

From city buses to school buses, Staten Island residents have long relied on the large, lumbering vehicles to travel within the borough and to other parts of the city -- with Staten Island lacking the railway infrastructure of other nearby areas.

Continue scrolling to browse a collection of vintage photos of Staten Island buses throughout the decades.

Front view, 1952

Crowded bus terminal, 1954

Bus leaving ferry terminal in heavy snowfall, 1964

Waiting for the bus, 1967

School bus in the snow, 1975

Snug Harbor bus, 1976

Waiting on Hylan Boulevard, 1977

New bu

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