{{Short description|Avenue in Staten Island, New York}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox street | name = Arthur Kill Road | marker_image = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alternate_name = | image = File:ARTHUR KILL ROAD IN STATEN ISLAND, LOOKING SOUTH. PRIVATE HOUSES ARE ALMOST ENGULFED BY ENCROACHING INDUSTRIES. IN... - NARA - 552013.tif | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Looking south in 1973, with Arthur Kill and the New Jersey shore in the background | image_map = {{maplink-road}} | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | other_name = | former_names = Fresh Kills Road, Shore Road, Riverside Avenue | part_of = | namesake = Arthur Kill | type = | owner = City of New York | maint = NYCDOT | length_mi = 8.54 | length_ref = <ref name=inventory>{{cite web |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-RichmondCounty-2016.zip |title=Richmond County Inventory Listing |date=August 7, 2015 |publisher=New York State Department of Transportation |format=CSV |accessdate=January 20, 2020 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111053025/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/technical-services/hds-respository/HighwayInventory-RichmondCounty-2016.zip |archive-date=2018-01-11 }}</ref><ref name=googlemaps>{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.5106416,-74.2527181/40.5720027,-74.1469931/@40.5413212,-74.2348738,13z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-74.2394249!2d40.5294291!3s0x89c3b5418e526731:0xcce3ec630eeb4be7!3m4!1m2!1d-74.2217614!2d40.549926!3s0x89c3b52a42094853:0x249b71810cbe5392!1m0!3e0 |access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref> | length_notes = | addresses = | location = Staten Island, New York | direction_a = South | terminus_a = Dead end in Tottenville | direction_b = North | terminus_b = Richmond Road / Richmond Hill Road in Richmondtown | junction = {{jct|state=NY|NY|440}} in Rossville }}

'''Arthur Kill Road''' is a major northeast-southwest artery along the South-West Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is {{convert|8.54|mi|km}} long,<ref name=inventory/> and runs through the neighborhoods of Tottenville, Richmond Valley, Charleston, Rossville, Woodrow, Huguenot, Arden Heights, Annadale, Eltingville, Greenridge, Great Kills, and Richmondtown.

Arthur Kill Road is named for the waterway to its west, the Arthur Kill, which separates Staten Island from Union County and Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was known by other names in the 19th century, including Fresh Kills Road, Shore Road and Riverside Avenue.

Landmarks include the Blazing Star Burial Ground, the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/blazingstar/deadpool.html|title=Forgotten Cemeteries: The Dead Pool|publisher=Forgotten New York|accessdate=February 7, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109102038/http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/blazingstar/deadpool.html|archivedate=January 9, 2010}}</ref> the unused LNG tanks east of Chemical Lane,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/gas-storage-tanks-staten-island-torn-article-1.773236|title=Gas Storage Tanks On Staten Island To Be Torn Down?|last=Engels|first=Mary|date=December 23, 1997|work=Daily News|accessdate=February 7, 2015}}</ref> the Kreischer House as well as the Outerbridge Crossing which Arthur Kill Road passes underneath.

==Transportation== Local service is provided by the following: * The {{NYC bus link|S74|S84|prose=y}} are the primary routes of Arthur Kill Road, serving it east of Veterans Road West, near Bricktown Mall. There is no service between Bloomingdale Road and Rossville Avenue. * All {{NYC bus link|S78}} buses that run the full route serve between the Veterans Road West for Bricktown Mall, and either Main Street (St. George Ferry) or Johnson Avenue (mall). * Additional weekday service is provided by the following: ** The {{NYC bus link|S54}} runs east of Giffords Lane. ** West of Richmond Avenue, the {{NYC bus link|S55}} runs to Annadale Road, and the {{NYC bus link|S56}} runs to Arden Avenue. Express service is provided by the following: * The {{NYC bus link|SIM2|SIM22|prose=y}} run to Arden Avenue, the {{NYC bus link|SIM23}} runs to Richmond Avenue and heads south, the {{NYC bus link|SIM24}} runs non-stop to Huguenot Avenue, and the {{NYC bus link|SIM25}} runs to Rossville Avenue. * The Manhattan-bound SIM4 runs non-stop from Annadale Road to Richmond Avenue, heading north. Buses labeled “SIM4c” are extended in both directions to Arden Avenue, west of Annadale. * The {{NYC bus link|SIM8}} runs non-stop between Richmond Avenue and Woodrow Road. * The {{NYC bus link|SIM15}} serves Arthur Kill east of the Eltingville Transit Center, running with the non-stop {{NYC bus link|SIM5|SIM6|prose=y}} until Armstrong Avenue. Train service is provided by the following:

* The Staten Island Railway (SIR) runs adjacent to Arthur Kill Road from Arthur Kill to Tottenville.

==Major intersections== {{NYinttop|borough=Staten Island|length_ref=<ref name=inventory/>}} {{NYCint |location=Tottenville |borough=Staten Island |mile=0.00 |road=Dead end |notes=Southern terminus }} {{NYCint |location=Charleston |borough=Staten Island |lspan=2 |mile=1.3 |mile_ref=<ref name=googlemaps/> |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|440|dir1=north|name1=Korean War Veterans Parkway|location1=West Shore Expressway|to1=yes}} |notes=Access via Bridge Street }} {{NYCint |mile=1.6 |mile_ref=<ref name=googlemaps/> |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|440|dir1=south|name1=Outerbridge Crossing|to1=yes}} |notes=Access via Veterans Road West }} {{NYCint |location=Rossville |borough=Staten Island |mile=3.8 |mile_ref=<ref name=googlemaps/> |road={{jct|state=NY|NY|440|name1=West Shore Expressway|location1=Outerbridge Crossing}} |notes=Exit 4 on NY 440 }} {{NYCint |location=Arden Heights |borough=Staten Island |mile=6.87 |road={{jct|state=NY|Parkway|Korean War Veterans|dir1=south|to1=yes|location1=Outerbridge Crossing}} |notes=Access via Drumgoole Road West }} {{NYCint |location_special=Arden Heights–Eltingville line |mile=6.92 |road=Richmond Avenue }} {{NYCint |location=Richmondtown |borough=Staten Island |mile=8.54 |road=Richmond Road / Richmond Hill Road |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}

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{{Streets of Staten Island}} {{Authority control}}

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