Book Talk: The Forgotten Borough - Staten Island and the Subway
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New York City has one of the most extensive subway systems in the world, featuring 472 stations and over 800 miles of track that link all but one borough – Staten Island. Scholar Kenneth M. Gold explores the borough’s transportation history, including when Staten Island first contemplated joining the city in the 1890s and the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964.
Join scholar Kenneth M. Gold, author of The Forgotten Borough: Staten Island and the Subway, as he traces opportunities for extending rapid transit to Staten Island over time and argues that a lack of connection by subway to the other four boroughs has deeply shaped Staten Island’s history and identity.
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