Organization of the New York City Fire Department of 2018, the Brooklyn, and Staten Island Communications Offices are located at Public Safety Answering Center 1 (PSAC 1), 11 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Communications Office was formerly located at 35 Empire Blvd., Brooklyn. The Staten Island Communications Office was formerly located at 65 Slosson Rd., Staten Island. The Bronx, Manhattan/Citywide, and Queens Communications Offices are located at Public Safety Answering Center 2 (PSAC 2), 350 Marconi St., Bronx. The Bronx Communications Office was formerly located at 1129 E. 180th St., Bronx. The Manhattan Communications Office was formerly located at E. 79th St. and Transverse Rd., Central Park, Manhattan.
Staten Island Tunnel funded by the city, the tunnel was expected to help expand the then-sparsely populated borough in a similar manner to the population and development explosions seen in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Under the Dual Contracts, three routes were proposed—two to Brooklyn and one to Manhattan—which would connect the Staten Island Railway's rapid transit service (SIRT) to existing subway lines. The Manhattan proposal, often called the "direct route," would have connected with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)'s lines under Battery Park, near the current Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel. "Direct Route A" would have utilized a five-section tunnel under the New York Harbor,