S79 (New York City bus)

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A 2019 Nova Bus LFS (8592) on the Staten Island Mall-bound S79 SBS turning right onto 4th Avenue from 87th Street in July 2019
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	New York City Transit Authority
Garage	Yukon Depot
Vehicle	Nova Bus LFS
Began service	April 15, 1990 (S79) September 2, 2012 (Select Bus Service)
Route
Locale	Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities served	Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, Concord, Arrochar, Dongan Hills, Midland Beach, New Dorp, Oakwood, Bay Terrace, Great Kills, Eltingville, New Springville
Start	Bay Ridge - 4th Avenue & 86th Street
Via	Brooklyn: 92nd Street, 4th Avenue, 86th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway Staten Island: Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue
End	New Springville – Staten Island Mall
Length	14.8 miles (23.8 km)
Other routes	S59 Richmond Avenue Local/Hylan Boulevard South; S89 Richmond Avenue Limited S78 Hylan Boulevard Local
Service
Operates	4:10 AM - 1 AM
Annual patronage	2,476,147 (2023)[1]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	S79
Route map Bay Ridge – 86th Street  S79  92nd Street–Fort Hamilton Parkway Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Brooklyn Staten Island Fingerboard Road St. John Avenue Narrows Road South Clove Road / Norway Avenue Old Town Road / Quintard Street Seaview Avenue / Liberty Avenue Midland Avenue New Dorp Lane Lindbergh Avenue / Ebbitts Street Reno Avenue Tysens Lane Guyon Avenue Buffalo Street – Great Kills Park Bay Terrace Nelson Avenue Thornycroft Avenue Richmond Avenue / Hylan Boulevard Eltingville Boulevard Augusta Avenue Genesee Avenue Eltingville Transit Center Richmond Avenue – Yukon Avenue Ring Road – Sears Ring Road – Macy's Staten Island Mall (Marsh Avenue)  S79  Legend Two-way stop One-way stop  S79  Terminal Transit connections ← S78 ← Q70 SBS  {{{system_nav}}}  S81 → B44 SBS → B82 SBS →

The S79 Select Bus Service constitutes a bus route in Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, running primarily on Richmond Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, and Narrows Road in Staten Island, and 92nd Street, Fourth Avenue, 86th Street, and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn. It is based at the Yukon Depot.

The S78 and S79 were originally one route, but were split in 1990. In 2012, the S79 was converted to Select Bus Service, the first and now-only route in Staten Island to do so. It is the busiest bus route in Staten Island, serving 2.4 million riders in 2023.